Pillows for children: types, forms and materials for all ages

Pillow - an essential attribute of a good sleep. It should be comfortable and pleasant to the touch. This does not mean that it must necessarily be soft. For someone such a criterion and does contraindicated. So let's look at how to choose the right pillow for your child.

Why is it important to choose the right booster cushion

In children, the active growth of the organism occurs. Particularly active organism grows and develops during sleep. Therefore, sleep should be comfortable and relaxed. Its nothing should interrupt. Baby needs a strong and healthy sleep, which definitely affect all bedding and bed itself.

Another important reason that special attention should be paid to the choice of pillows - it's spine.

In infancy and early age of the child only formed bones and posture. Position during sleep plays an important role here. Oddly enough, but the development of scoliosis can start just because of improper selection of pillows. If it is too high, then there is not only little inflection that affects the blood circulation, but also the formation of abnormal spine bone location.

If you want your child to be strong and healthy, and his spine, which is the root life, to function properly, responsibly approach to the selection of the attribute, as a cushion for Sleep.

What should be the children's pillow

We found out why this is so important attribute. We now proceed directly to the analysis of topics, what should be a good children's pillow. Definitely this question can not be answered. Firstly, a lot depends on age. The baby is not suitable sleeping teenager accessories. And in general, whether the baby pillow needed? But more on that later. Second, have the importance of the individual features, congenital disorders, weight and height. But first, let's deal with the general criteria for deciding to choose this attribute.

What material and filler for pillows to choose

The pillow is made up of three parts:

• the basis;
• filler;
• pillowcase.

Let's start with the basics. It is made mostly of flax or dense synthetic tissue. There is important strength fiber based closely intertwined. The main thing is that the filler is not beaten out through the base. This part may be formed from both natural fabrics and synthetic.

Further, a filler. There are a variety of options. And this element already has a dominant value.

Here, the best option would be ekofayber. However, it should list the possible options.

• Feather and down. Once the most common fillers. But now, with the advent of modern, safe options, they recede into the past. They are dangerous primarily to the fact that they can cause allergies. Also pen accumulates a dust which comprises bacteria. Do not forget about moisture. This material may accumulate and it thereby quickly falls down and dirty.

  Too soft pillows of down can not support the fragile spine baby and can cause allergies

• Wool. Good filler, compensates all the disadvantages of the previous. It is well suited wool sheep, camel, angora. The only drawback - bad holds its shape, which is not suitable for the child's body.

  Natural wool fibers are very elastic, the filler may allow air and moisture, but rapidly falls into lumps

• Natural silk. The winner among all these: hypoallergenic, waterproof material, good air permeability, not electrified. But it has a high price, that children's pillows, which have to be changed frequently, is unacceptable.

  Fillers for blankets and pillows made of natural silk - is excellent, but expensive option

• Ekofayber. As already mentioned, this is the best option. Despite the fact that he is a synthetic, it has all the positive qualities of natural silk. Price category, in turn, lower than the previous version. But in this case it is necessary to take care of antistatic impregnation or pillow case as ekofayber can accumulate static electricity, and can hit current baby.

  Ekofayber - an excellent choice for those who value their health and that of their children

• Bamboo. For early childhood will not work, so how bad holds its shape. The other criteria is not inferior to the previous one.

  Bamboo filler is thin and elastic thread, needs no chemical treatments and is an environmentally friendly material

About latex should forget. Such fillers are pretty tough, they come only in the case of the recommendations a doctor, as well as for older children.

Pillowcase. The third component. It also has a great importance. This part should be hypoallergenic, antistatic, good breathability and trap moisture. It is best to choose a natural soft material. Do not forget that it is recommended to have a few pillowcases, cushions especially for younger children.

Baby Pillow for different ages

With common criteria sorted out, now we go to the main indicator - the age. He primarily affects the selection of the correct accessory. In different ages need different baby on the composition and size of pillows. Analyze options for all ages.

Age	options	dimensions
baby	lack of pillows; folded diaper; inclined; positional; butterfly.	On cots or width, depending on the child's height and size.
From 3 to 6	orthopedic; buckwheat husk; ekofayber.	50x40
Over 6 years	bamboo; ekofayber; shape memory.	50x70; 50x60; 70x70.

Do I need a pillow newborn

Here, opinions are divided. Most mother says that the baby does not need this accessory, referring to the recommendations of pediatricians and podiatrists. However, this is not true. Doctors actually recommend a newborn to sleep on a hill in the 1-1.5 cm. This does not mean that the pad should be completely absent. This means that it must be appropriate low altitude.

In general, you can opt out of this accessory, however, in this case, as in the case of selecting the wrong pillow, there is a risk of suffocation. Babies love to sleep on the stomach, face down. Mattress, in turn, is not breathable, so a child in such a situation can suffocate. Cushion for the newborn should have the following criteria:

• hypoallergenic;
• breathability;
• naturalness;
• low;
• rather broad.

These criteria are valid for ordinary pillows. There is, for example, nepoteyka. It height 1.5 cm, width around the perimeter of the crib, the filler is buckwheat husks. Also a good option would be folded in several layers of natural diaper. But there are also special pillows for newborns.

For special pillows refers inclined, positional pillow butterfly and a bagel. What it is? Inclined airbag is a dense inclined plane of a strong material, that the child does not fall through. It usually has a width across the bed, and a length such that it was placed on only the upper part of the baby's body. cushion inclination of 30 degrees.

Positional pillow kid is all over. She has special guides that help keep the body in a certain position. This type is indicated in atony of muscles and it can be used if the child is severely tossing and turning in his sleep than wake you.

Pillow butterfly and bagel are saying names thus respectively form. Butterfly helps support a newborn head in a certain position, and does not allow him much spin in a dream.

It has a recess for the head, and it turns out that the baby sleeps on a hill no more than 1 cm; roll under the neck is missing. Bagel is shown only when the diseases of the spine. He placed under the neck, forming at this point cushion.

Cushion for children from 3 years

In 3 years the doctor advised to change the pillow, exactly like the bed. Kid "moved" from the cradle, and all the accessories for newborn leaves in it.

At this age, the optimum size will be 50x40 cm pillow. The filler may serve as buckwheat husks or ekofayber. From bamboo to give long standing as the backbone is not yet fully formed. At this age, you can pay attention to the orthopedic pillow that will support the child's head and body in a certain position, and did not give develop curvature.

Cushion for a teenager

The teenager - it is a transitional phase between childhood and growing up. With regard it can be considered as bedding, that the teenager - it is an adult. At age 11, the child may have to move to a bigger bed, and, consequently, change accessories to sleep. Pillow at this age can be the size of 50x70, which is considered evrosandartom. Or 70x70 cm, which is considered the Russian standard. It all depends on the preferences of the child and the parents. However, the best option would be the size of 50x70.

Whether to trust the unusually shaped pillows

Unusual forms include a pillow in the form of a flower, moon, rainbow and other. The market is crowded with all kinds of pillows in the form of popular animals, plants, and other forms of multgeroya. These pillows are advised not to use for sleeping. They are even decorative. They can do a good decorative role, while in bed or cradle next to the child, but at the same time without interfering with his sleep.

How to care for children's pillow

Care of cushion for the baby is of particular importance. At this age, a person strongly sweats, frequent regurgitation can occur in younger. In view of this stuff is worth to choose a quality to be easy to clean, and remained in good condition after many washings.

Wash the pillow to the child in the machine can be used only if it is not made from buckwheat husks or other similar fillers, latex and prosthetic bases. In other cases, it is better to refer to the dry cleaners, which warn that it's child's pillow to her cleaned with special means. Pillow from buckwheat husks, herbs, cherry pits or similar fillers should be cleaned separately: pillowcase washed filler - dry. Also do not forget that when washing children's products should use special tools.

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