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Benefits Of Mustard Pillow For Newborn

A newborn baby is like a soft cotton ball. Its hands, legs and all other body parts are still very soft. You can give your newborn baby any shape you want not literally but metaphorically. But when it comes to your baby's head shape, then that is truly in your hands. Using mustard pillow for newborn helps to smooth the shape of their head.

Now many babies are born with minor birth defects. Some babies have a missing finger or a fused toe or a dented head. Alas all birth defects cannot be corrected. However, you can correct defects associated with your newborn baby's head.

Mustard Pillow For Newborn

Head Shape Birth Defects

Many babies are born with a slight dent on the head that is caused during the passage through the vagina. Some babies also have elongated heads specially you have forceps delivery. Even a slight manhandling from the doctor or nurses can cause a defect in the shape of your baby's head. In fact, your baby's head may also have naturally disfigured shape. But within a few weeks after birth, all these defects can be corrected to a certain extent by using mustard seeds pillows for newborn.

Benefits of Using Mustard Seeds Pillow For Newborn

  • First of all, a mustard seeds pillow will give newborn some much needed comfort. If is a very soft pillow and babies love to sleep on it. It gives their tender heads a comfortable cushion.
  • It has been seen that sleeping on mustard seed pillows smooths out the shape of the baby's head. Slight bumps or dents can be fixed when your baby is using this pillow.
  • Mustard seed pillows for newborns are adaptable. As your baby turns in his/her sleep, the pillow adapts itself to the sleeping position of the baby's head. In this way, even if your baby sleeps only on one side, the pillow will not put pressure on the head.
  • If your baby sleeps all day in the same position, there is a chance that his/her head will flatten out on one side. A baby's head is very tender and can change shape easily. That is why, even if your baby does not have any birth defects associated with the shape of head, let your baby sleep on a mustard seed pillow.

These are some of the advantages of using mustard seed pillows for newborn baby. You can use these pillows until your baby is 8 to 9 months old.

Story first published: Friday, July 12, 2013, 16:29 [IST]
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