When DS was almost 2 we finally got him a pillow from Pottery Barn Kids. We lived nowhere close to Ikea at the time. Now that he is 6 he has a thin pillow from Ikea. He has hardly used his pillow as a toddler, and still sleep next to it most of the time. Pillow is used mostly as a buffer between his head and headboard. So I don't worry about it being 'perfect'.