Travelling tends to send our little ones off to the land of nod. Babies who use smaller car seats are given ultimate neck support and comfort with ‘head and neck halos’ that keep our children secure and their body supported whilst travelling. However, as our children become bigger and move into larger car seats they often ‘nod off’ quite literally, their heads lolling with the movement of the car.

It is crucial that we consider our children’s comfort and support whilst travelling, although children have developed head control by the time they are in larger car seats, they cannot control which direction their heads flop during sleep, therefore a travel pillow is a must.

Most travel pillows available on the market for children are quite bulky and tend to push children’s heads forwards and therefore make travel unsafe. Joél Wellonen, an American Mum decided to take this problem into her own hands and design the ultimate travel pillow for infants, toddlers, children and even adults. The PeeWee Gear Travel Pillow is very narrow at the back of the neck allowing room for the child to relax into the pillow without having their head pushed forwards, whilst the comfortable padded sides support the head from dropping forwards or to either side.

The PeeWee Gear Travel Pillow doesn’t need to attach to car seats or any other parts of the car, therefore doesn’t affect any safety devices, it is the ideal solution for ‘napping nippers’ in car seats, pushchairs, strollers, trains, aeroplanes, swings and much more. Designed to be used by children six months and over, the PeeWee Gear Pillow helps little ones to sleep soundly.

Joel Wellonen hand makes each pillow from 100% cotton shell covers and Polyester hypo-allergenic fibre filling. The PeeWee Gear Travel Pillow can be machine washed and dried on a  delicate cycle.

PeeWee Gear also produce and sell pillow cover slips if you wish to alter the colour/ pattern or simply protect your travel pillow.

The PeeWee Gear Travel Pillow is available in four sizes:

• Small/ Infant (4-18 months)
• Medium/ Toddler (12 months on above)
• Large/ Adult (Larger children and women)
• Extra Large (Men)

Mums Baby Magazine tested two of these pillows (the small/ infant and Medium sized pillows), we have photographed the results.

Beforehand, our model spent most of his time in the car napping whilst lolling side to side at each corner, this simply cannot be comfortable (see photo above).

The PeeWee Gear Travel Pillow put an instant stop to this and kept Joshua safe, supported and able to sleep in comfort. 

Although www.peeweegear.com is currently based in the USA, they do offer shipping to the UK and Europe.

Retailing from $15.99, The PeeWee Gear Travel Pillow is the ideal solution for parents wishing to solve ‘lolling head syndrome’ during travel time , offering their little ones practical, comfortable and safer travel.