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My six weeks baby.likes to sleep in a pillow i'm afraid about her neck but she falls asleep easily and sleeps more than two hours, is it okay!
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High risk of SIDS: Sleeping on a pillow has been found to pose a higher risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). While the risk of this happening is still small, it is certainly more with pillow use. I don't know if I would take that risk to get some extra sleep. She will learn to sleep well without use of the pillow - she just needs a little more time to accommodate to that.
Answered 11/27/2017
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