A Gift Parents Will Love: A Baby Pillow

A baby pillow is an excellent practical gift for a small child. Because there are so many types of pillows in the stores, it can be tough to pick out the right one. This guide will help you to choose the perfect baby pillow for the child in your life.
First, how old is the child? Sleeping with a pillow is a suffocation risk for babies under two years old. Rather than getting a sleeping pillow for a child under two years old, choose a nursing pillow or a decorative pillow. If the child is a toddler of two or older, then they are ready for a sleeping pillow.
You can find decorative pillows in just about any color, shape, and material to match any bedroom. You can also have a baby pillow customized. For instance, have a pillow embroidered with a poem that is meaningful to the parents, or that expresses your hopes for the child. Or commission a pillow to be printed with a photograph of the babys grandparents. If you have artistic skills, you can even buy a plain baby pillow and a blank pillowcase, and paint or cross stitch a unique design.
Nursing pillows are large, U shaped pillows that the mother arranges in her lap to provide extra support for the baby while she nurses. (Fathers can use them when bottle feeding, too!) Nursing pillows are nicknamed "boppies," after the top brand, Boppy, but there are several good brands on the market.
A baby pillow for sleeping is much smaller and less plump than adults pillows. Full sized adult pillows can give children neck cramps and make them sleep poorly because they are proportioned differently from adults. Pillow fillings that adults find comfortable, like feathers and down, can trigger allergies in children, so you should avoid them. The best baby pillow is at least half as large and thick as an adults pillow, and is stuffed with a hypoallergenic filling and covered with soft, smooth fabric. A good finishing touch is all natural pillowcases in the childs favorite color, or in a color that matches the childs bedroom.
If you follow this guide and your sense of the childs and the parents tastes, you will choose a baby pillow that will make a wonderful gift. When you give your present to the parents and the child, you can be sure that your gift is not only practical, it is also going to help an often fussy small child to sleep.

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