When to give toddler a pillow at night?

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My daughter will be 2 on December 1st and she has never been a good sleeper. Lately I have been giving her a pillow at night only until I go to bed (when I am watching her on the monitor) and she sleeps SOOOOO much better with it! If I give it to her she will sleep until I go to bed but when I go to bed I take it away and she wakes up within a half hour. If I don't give it to her she wakes up 1-2 times before I go to bed. I know the recommendation is waiting until age 2 but do you think 22.5 months is close enough? I don't want to risk her AT ALL but I don't know how much more she will gain in the next month and a half 🤷‍♀️ any insight would be amazing! Thank you ♥️

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My daughter sleeps with a pillow every night she’s 19 months, and has for months now. It’s the only way I could get her to sleep.

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He was 13 months here.

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When they start rolling around and moving and crawling I gave mine pillows

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When the can roll, pull blankets off them move stuff etc i gave mine pillows

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After one I think it's okay.

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I gave my daughter a pillow at 9 months, and always covered her with a blanket.

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I have my son a pillow when my son was 1. Kept taking mine or my husbands to use

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My twins had pillows since about 1. I thought they said it was fine after one. I’m sure your LO will be ok with a pillow!

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My daughter was in her own bed at a year and a half lol so she had a pillow, when my son was in a crib I gave him a pillow when he was standing which I think was about 10 months however he always threw it out of his crib 😂

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My son who just turned 16 months today has been sleeping with a pillow for a few months now, 
He was in my room in his crib until last month so I wasn’t too worried about him having it beside me, he loves it and he’s safe with it.  He seems so little lol but he’s a big boy acts way above his age and he knows what to do if he gets up under it which he hasn’t had an issue with. 
He’s been in his room in his crib for about a month or a little over and he has his pillow and a little blanket. 
If you’re comfortable with it then it should be okay. 
I was always skeptical with him having anything in his crib until after he turned one, sometimes I forget he’s only 1 with his attitude lol

When to give toddler a pillow at night?

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