Newborns are best not to sleep on pillows, because the newborn neck is very short, the head is relatively large, sleep on pillows will make the head instead of natural, affecting breathing and sleep uncomfortable, then whether the baby needs a pillow after one year old? From the growth and development of the baby 3 months began to learn to lift the head, the spinal column neck segment began to appear forward physiological curvature, if one year old does not use a pillow, the baby will find that the head position is significantly lower when sleeping, which makes the blood in the brain than when using a pillow, may affect the baby sleep, may also wake up face swelling. But parents need to pay attention to the pillow selection and improper use is also harmful. Choose a pillow according to the baby’s cervical spine physiological curvature development, observe the baby pillow pillow, head and body on the same level. The height of the pillow is generally 3-4 cm is better, you can start with the use of folded multi-layer cotton towel as a pillow, too high pillow can also be harmful to the baby, skeletal deformities, hunchback and so on. In addition, the pillow should be diligently washed and changed, the baby’s head sweat more, often soaked pillow when sleeping, easy to make some pathogenic microorganisms and dust and other allergens adhere, easy to cause infectious diseases or induce bronchial asthma.