how old for a blanket and pillow?

[nukuspot]

Just that, really. DD still sleeps in a sleepsack (17.5 months old) and no pillow. I really don't know how to tell when they are ready for their own little pillow and blanket? We cosleep but have a sidecar crib too. She really rolls and flails in the night, so that's why we are still doing the sleepsack. But maybe if she had her own bedding she wouldn't roll so much?

[quantumleap]

We gave dd her own pillow around 19 months, I think. She had been stealing the edge of DP's for quite awhile before then! We still don't do blankets though, because, like your dd, she's a roller and a flailer and the blanket wakes her up (I think because she gets tangled in it). At 17 months, I don't think there's any harm in a blanket and pillow, but there's also certainly no harm in maintaining the status quo. Does she steal your bedding? I'd take that as a sign she might be ready for her own!

[nukuspot]

Thanks for the reply! She's never stolen our covers yet...I'm curious about what this looks like. Does she roll off the pillow or stay on it? I'm so curious!

[dividedsky]

my boys have had a pillow since like 14 or 15 months. they're 20mos now. sometimes they stay on it, sometimes not, usually not. it cozies up their beds, and they definitely like to use them. they're not into blankets (wakes them up, also) but i do keep one on each of their beds. we'll see what happens when it starts getting really cold. i think if i tried to put them in the sacks they would go ballistic

[thehighernest]

We offered a pillow for the first time this month at 18 months when we switched DS into a big boy bed. Mostly we thought the pillow might prevent headboard accidents. We've offered him a very light muslin blanket too, but honestly, he doesn't even use it.

[Abraisme]

My 13mo DD has a pillow in her co=sleeper. She really likes to rest her head on pillows and will use it for part of the night (if I place her there). She's always finding the couch pillows and "trying" them out, so I figured she'd like a bed pillow too. It works just fine for her, even if she rolls over on her belly. She also has a blanket that starts on her, but is usually off within a very short time..

[Jend1002]

I am jumping in on this thread - great question! My DS just turned 2 and I still don't use pillows or blankets but I don't know why not. Do any of you with pillows have tummy sleepers? DS is completely a tummy sleeper so I am not sure if he'd like a pillow. I think I will try though!

[Sfcmama]

Thought I'd give this thread a bump since my 8mo old has started stealing parts of me and DH's pillow. She's also started laying on top of the pillows I use to block her in the sidecar during naps. She seems ok even when she's on her belly...
Should I get her a special pillow? Or just let her enjoy cuddling with what we have? WWYD?

[Marissamom]

we haven't given DD her own pillow yet (17mos) but the girl adores her blankets, she is up to 4 that she can't sleep without. I think I'm going to get a pillow for her bed soon, but mostly for me to use for the rare times she wakes up in the night, because she seems fine without it. she also has a small body and big head though (more than other kids her age, she is tiny but still has like 70th percentile head circumference), so that's one reason I don't think she would like to really use a pillow right now, her shoulders have to be on the pillow too in order to make it comfortable.

[NaturalMama311]

DD just turned 2 and she doesn't have a pillow in her own bed yet but she steals some of ours when she sleeps with us. Some nights when I put her to bed she asks for a pillow so I'd like to get her one of her own. Ours of course are all full size pillows, where do you get a small toddler sized pillow?

[JordanKX]

DS is 13 months and sleeps with blankets. And he actually sleeps under them! I've noticed when I have to get him up, he's always snugged underneath, even if he's rolled onto his belly (which is how he normally sleeps). He curls them in his hands under his face (SO CUTE!).
when he sleeps with me, he steals my blankets.

Pillow.... not yet. He seems to snuggle up to his animals when he's in his crib.

He would Die if I put him in a sleep sack. He can't even sleep in one-piece jammies - he wakes up immediately.

[curiouscanadian]

We got DS a crib blanket and crib pillow a little while before we switched him from a crib to a bed (to get him used to it) at 17mo. The crib pillow he never used, but he used the full-size pillow we had on the bed for us all the time. For those who were wondering, he's a side/tummy sleeper and just curls down off of it when he flips onto his tummy.

As for blankets, well, he's got one but will kick it off if he's awake when you put it on him... I honestly don't know how we're going to keep him warm enough at night this winter (his room gets REALLY cold).

[ElliesMomma]

wow i guess i'm in no hurry to give their own pillow. for my daughter it was... uh... around age 4. for my son (who's 13 months old now), it might also be awhile.

[Fujiko]

We gave a pillow to my dd when we transitioned her to a toddler bed at around 15 months. We got it at Ikea, it's really small and flat. We've always used blankets with her (as we usually do with ds). We just transitioned her from her toddler pillow to a standard size, along with her new twin size bed.

[Jayray]

I've been wondering about this too. My kid will not sleep under blankets!! He always kicks them off. So we just put him in really warm pajamas. We gave him a pillow for a while, which I thought he really liked. He would sometimes sleep completely on top of it! But DH thought it was a distraction and kept him from sleeping well/going to sleep easily. So we took it out. He didn't seem to care much.

I'm wondering about transitioning him to a big bed because we're expecting number 2 in March.

He's 16 mo, BTW.

[gagin37]

ds has been under blankets since day one, but we still don't do a pillow. He wiggles around so much, and mostly sleeps on his tummy. He does usually kick off his covers, but we do warm jammies.

[bestjobever]

Both my kids started with blankets and pillows (judging from these posts) VERY early... 12 months or so. I tucked the blankets into the foot of the bed and short sheeted them. I grew up in Europe without central heat and babies always had blankets to keep warm. They have always liked pillows, too, full sized, very flat ones. When they were co-sleeping I figured they were using our blankets. But I guess you are much more aware when they are with you. My kids also are not "all over the place" when they sleep.

[Marissamom]

we actually started doing one blanket pulled up to the waist at about 4 months for the times DD wasn't sleeping in our bed (nap and start of the night). That may be why she's soooo attached to them now.

[Belia]

I got DS a pillow when he was about 2- maybe a month or two younger. We got him one from Ikea that's really small- http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/72897210

He's not attached to it at all and hardly ever ends up sleeping on it for any length of time because he moves around so much.

He does have a blanket that he sleeps with every night since day one, but its not a comforter or anything- just a light blanket. It has satin trim that he loves to shred. Again, he hardly ever ends up with it on him because he's a mover and a shaker.

[gracemamma]

Here's where we got our eco-wool baby pillow- http://www.kelleygreen.org/servlet/t...atin%2C/Detail

We got our wool crib mattress from them too and I really like their products.

We haven't used the pillow yet, though. DD is 15 mo and also a tummy sleeper so not sure where it would go!