Baby shaped pillow when to use

Infant shaped pillow needs to be used only after 3 months of life, but clinically it is not recommended to use shaped pillow for infants. Under normal circumstances, the human spine will have four physiological curvature, cervical bend, thoracic bend, waist bend and sacral bend, and the baby was just born because the spine has not yet developed, and no bend, until about 3 months when the first physiological bend cervical bend, so before 3 months, in order to prevent damage to the baby’s cervical spine, generally can not pillows. And after 3 months can be, but not too high. At this time if the infant with a shaped pillow, it may be to a certain extent will help infants sleep a good head shape to. However, for safety reasons, there is no international authority that recommends the use of shaped pillows for infants. Therefore, in order to give the baby a good head shape, it is best to let the baby sleep alternately in the left side or right side position, or under the supervision of adults, can sleep on their backs and play on their stomachs for short periods of time.