What to look for when choosing a pillow

It is known that a newborn spends almost all of his life in a dream, sometimes taking a break to eat. As the baby grows up, the sleep regimen changes and becomes even more important for his body and life in general. Indeed, it is in a dream that the most important functions of the child’s body are “turned on” - T-lymphocytes are activated and activated ( responsible for immunity), somatotropin (growth hormone) is produced, as well as received per day is analyzed and generalized information.

For normal and proper development, a small child needs not only nutrition, temperature balance in the room and quality clothing. He also needs a proper and comfortable pillow.

How to choose a pillow for a child

There are three main criteria, following which you can easily select the necessary pillow without much labor and time consumption:
1. Naturalness
Children's doctors believe that baby clothes and bedding should not be made from synthetics. This material is the real enemy for a fragile, childish body, which has not yet fully developed immunity. Synthetics have the ability to conserve and release static electricity. This feature is very detrimental to the baby’s nervous system. Also, synthetics do not pass air through themselves, thereby preserving the heat released by the child's body. This leads to severe sweating in a dream. But even worse, this condition is often mistaken for symptoms with a diagnosis of rickets and an unnecessary and dangerous treatment is prescribed.

To avoid all this, you need to choose pillows filled with bamboo fiber, buckwheat husks or the most ordinary down and feathers. Such materials do not cause irritation, do not accumulate static electricity, as well as softer and more comfortable.

2. Hypoallergenic and hygienic
Household dust is one of the most common causes of allergies. Many parasites feed on this dust and excrete excrement, which is a powerful allergen. For this reason, most parents refuse feather and feather pillows, which are inhabited by feather mites. Even synthetic pillows were deemed not safe, because and malicious parasites reproduce very well in them. It's all about the warmth of humidity. Washing, dry cleaning and other methods solve problems for a very short period of time. After all, after these procedures, only adults die, and the eggs laid by them remain unharmed. For this reason, pillows that are filled with bamboo fibers or buckwheat husk are more reliable and safe.

Bamboo fibers are obtained through special chemical processing of split fiber. Chemical elements do not settle, but are quickly removed, leaving only material that is as close as possible to natural fillers. This fiber is not just hypoallergenic, it also significantly reduces allergy symptoms, and ticks and other parasites simply die in this environment.
Pillows filled with buckwheat husk take on the shape of a person’s head and relax the muscles of the neck and head. The husk is obtained as a result of processing the obtained cereals, the buckwheat kernels are thoroughly washed and then dried, after which they are threshed and buckwheat husk is obtained. These pillows improve blood circulation and relieve fatigue. They cannot have parasites or other pathogens. The husk itself contains essential oils that have a therapeutic effect on the human respiratory system. The size and volume of such a pillow is very easy to change.

3. Orthopedic effect and pillow size
A pillow is necessary in order to fix a person’s neck in a certain position, which is physiologically correct. It is because of this that the neck muscles relax and rest overnight. It is necessary to choose the right pillow size. Too high pillows block the airways and blood vessels, and too low prevents neck muscles from relaxing and recovering.

The age of the child is also important for choosing a pillow. If the baby has not reached 2 years of age, then it is necessary to use a special baby pillow, the size of which should not exceed the limits of the crib, and the height should not exceed 4-5 cm. Also, the pillow is obliged to “breathe” well and not accumulate heat so that the baby’s breathing can not go astray, and he can sleep peacefully, with his face buried in it. From 2 years to school age, the height of the pillow should not exceed 10 cm, so that the head and neck develop correctly, and its size should not be more than 50x40 cm. When the child reaches 7 years of age, it is possible to increase the size of the pillow to 60x40 cm, and the height is best chosen individually.