https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:30:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-a-pillow-in-the-crib-for-your-toddler#post-736540 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:11:32 +0000 HLK208 736540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't introduce a pillow until he switched to a toddler bed (2.5). He didn't seem to need one before then. It was a pretty thin one but now at 4, he finally has a big, normal pillow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-a-pillow-in-the-crib-for-your-toddler#post-736500 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:04:57 +0000 T.H.O.U. 736500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rsp213: I have an August 2011 baby (20 months old) and we started giving her a small pillow in her crib since she loved ours in our bed. But she won't sleep on it. She scoots down and lays flat on her belly. I try to encourage her for the same congestion issue but she won't. I keep the pillow in there just in case she changes her mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-a-pillow-in-the-crib-for-your-toddler#post-736477 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:59:03 +0000 rsp213 736477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies! @Pelikila, we are also hoping the pillow helps her sleep better since she's still not always sleeping through the night. Plus she has some night congestion so I'm wondering if a pillow will help elevate her a little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-a-pillow-in-the-crib-for-your-toddler#post-736356 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:33:09 +0000 heffalump 736356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 21 months and no pillow yet. She's a great sleeper so I wouldn't want to mess with that. Plus, she just doesn't seem to want anything in her bed. Every time I try to put a stuffed animal or her favorite doll in there she cries for me to get it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-a-pillow-in-the-crib-for-your-toddler#post-736339 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:31:09 +0000 pelikila 736339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave my son my baby pillow (a small feather pillow) around 1 year for a few months. Then when I got frustrated trying to find a latex foam toddler sized pillow I just gave him a standard sized one (we only use latex foam for allergy purposes) around 16 months and he's been good to go. He is still in his crib but has had the toddler rail since he was 20 months old. A pillow has actually helped him sleep a little better in my opinion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-a-pillow-in-the-crib-for-your-toddler#post-736272 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:13:30 +0000 rsp213 736272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi everyone! Early member/long time lurker here :) I am looking for some advice/recommendations on introducing a pillow to LO in her crib. She is 20 months old and my DH and I are wondering if any one had done this and if so, which type of pillow we should use. Thanks in advance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-533383 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:08:03 +0000 Weagle 533383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BeachMama: Same here. The back support was a pain. I much prefer my Boppy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-533223 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:46:10 +0000 birdofafeather 533223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love MBF! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-533120 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:32:27 +0000 ChelseaRose 533120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used a Luna Lullaby Bosom Baby pillow for the first month and then a Mr Brest Friend for the second month. I completely stopped using nursing pillows completely after two months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-533103 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:59:44 +0000 BeachMama 533103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had My Brest Friend and did not like it. The support in the back actually made my back hurt. And I always had to prop it up on other pillows underneath it when LO was a newborn. I bought a Boppy when she was about 3 months and have loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532898 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:02:09 +0000 MrsRcCar 532898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love my Boppy. My DH calls it a 4/4 because it reminds him of a tutu but bigger.. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532894 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:01:21 +0000 immabeetoo 532894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love the boppy and he loves laying up against it in his back and tummy! I use an a a blanket under his head with it so my hands are free. I sometimes use my pregnancy pillow as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532713 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:15:33 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 532713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gia! Gia! It's a good compromise between the MBF and Boppy. You don't have to hunch like with the Boppy and you don't have to strap it to you like the Best Friend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532673 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:59:13 +0000 mrsjazz 532673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had both the Boppy and My Brest Friend. I prefer My Brest Friend for the first 4-6 months and the Boppy as she got bigger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532660 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:55:53 +0000 CarrieLouWho 532660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have My Brest Friend upstairs and the Boppy downstairs. Love them both. MBF was great in the beginning and I preferred it over the Boppy. But like @mamamoose said, the Boppy got easier as LO got older. I like the Boppy better for traveling too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532631 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:46:21 +0000 T.H.O.U. 532631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just had the boppy. It was easy to pull o </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532507 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:32:54 +0000 MamaMoose 532507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a boppy and a my breast friend. The breast friend was definitely best for the first couple weeks when she was tiny and floppy. Now I use the boppy sometimes but most of the time I just hold her. I would go for the boppy because you can use that around the house in addition to just for feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532504 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:28:38 +0000 X0X0X0 532504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 months later im still using a king size bedroom pillow. I had a c-section and found it hard to use the boppy or the mombo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532484 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:19:18 +0000 jackieomy 532484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a Boppy and a travel Boppy.<br /> I think the Boppy is great now, but for early nursing, it was too soft to get LO positioned right. I used a My Brest Friend at a lactation consultant's place, and it was sooo much easier with a floppy newborn. Now, at 7 months, I love the Boppy and use it regularly.<br /> The travel Boppy is convenient for on-the-go, but I think it's too unstructured (and a bit small) for "perfect" nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532479 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:12:50 +0000 lovehoneybee 532479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only ever used the Boppy, but I love it. I use it every day. I even got a second one to keep at my IL's house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-breastfeeding-pillow#post-532477 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:11:48 +0000 QBbride 532477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you use one? Do you have a favourite? </p> <p>I like the look of My Brest Friend... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-83072 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:07:25 +0000 pastemoo 83072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 28 weeks and I sleep on.. gasp... my stomach! (sometimes 1/2 between my stomach and side). I use a giant *regular* pillow under my legs, so my belly isn't smooshed into the bed. When I sleep on my sides I get very sharp rib pain, and when I sleep on my back my legs go numb.</p> <p>Before you invest in pillows, try out the ones you already have. THEN, go get something that works better, but at least you know what your new sleeping position is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-83057 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:52:56 +0000 tequiero21 83057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aunt pol: both babies are head down but we have a c-section scheduled. we still have the option to cancel but i'm still leaning towards just going with it - since i don't want to vaginally deliver one and have to do an emergency c-section for the other </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-82989 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:43:50 +0000 aunt pol 82989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: you're into the final stretch now! What position are the babas in, and are you hoping to have a vaginal delivery or a c section? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-82988 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:42:35 +0000 aunt pol 82988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 26w4d and just the last couple days I'm feeling achy and it's carrying over through the night as well- I've some kind of muscle type ache above and behind my hips, very annoying. I can see how so many of you resort to the recliner for the last stretch- I was so comfy just relaxing on ours this evening, I can see it working! I find now I have to hold my belly to turn around in the bed, then rearrange my between knees pillow and my little wedge cushion for bump support... If we'd had all this crap in the bed six months ago I probably wouldn't be pregnant at all;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-82937 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:38:42 +0000 tequiero21 82937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm 34 weeks now and nothing works but my recliner. =( so i've been sleeping on it for the past few days. what a godsend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-82931 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:32:59 +0000 afarrell 82931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 28 weeks and I just used a regular body pillow, I bought it at Walmart. It helps, but I obviously don't sleep as good as I used to. But the extra support under my bump and having a little something between my legs helps a lot. I would have loved to try one of those pregnancy pillows - but too pricey for me :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80302 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:12:56 +0000 Mrsbells 80302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just bought some extra pillows and put one between my knees. I was interested in getting the snoogle but it seems like it would take some much space on the bed. I'm 32 weeks now and anxiously counting down to when I can sleep normally again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80278 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:41:44 +0000 twinmama 80278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 18 weeks and have had a snoogle since around 12 weeks when I had a stint of bad sleeping. I'm 5'8" so I still use a king sized pillow on the 'open' side of the C shape so I have support all around. Right now I use it a few times a week, but not every night. I really like it some nights, but other nights, the top of it really hurts my neck and I end up with a headache all day. I think I might need to force some of the stuffing out of the top so it's not so hard. I do think it helps me stay on my side though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-sleep-comfortably-do-you-use-a-body-pillow#post-80207 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:17:46 +0000 winniebee 80207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm almost 27 weeks and have been using a snoogle off and on since about week 20. I like it more now than before - but before I was having insomnia issues and everything was annoying to me while sleeping! I'm a small person (5'2) and DH is only 5'6 and we have a queen bed - I do feel like the snoogle is a bit big and takes up a lot of space, but it really helps me get comfortable and stay on my side.</p> <p>We were away last weekend and I used 2 large pillows - one in front between my legs and one behind to keep me from rolling over, and I wasn't quite as comfortable and also ended up on my back a few times. </p>