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If your child is a newborn or baby he should not be using a pillow or sheets while sleeping because babies have poor motor control of their arms and they can pull things over their faces. Newborns should be dressed in a sleep sack with long sleeves and just be by your side on the mattress. I like to make a little “cove” with my arm so my child rests just under my armpit. When your baby gets larger then you can use sheets and when he’s a toddler he can start using pillows.

It also helps to not be fat or drunk when sleeping with your child as to avoid the risk of smothering if you roll over in your sleep. But in all honesty you don’t really get much sleep with a newborn anyway.

They make bassinets called cosleepers that are open on one side and attach to your bedframe so you get the benefit of being right next to them without worry. I'm not fat or a drinker but worried about blankets and pillows covering the baby and me not knowing because of sleep deprivation. After about 2-3 months old it's not such a concern. Also if you don't vax and your baby is otherwise strong and healthy they can sleep on their bellies on a semi-firm mattress like you would get in a cosleepers or bassinet. That solves the jolting move they do as newborns which wakes them up and you won't need a swaddle. After I couldn't get my first to sleep on his own, I tried the methods our grandmothers would have used and surprise surprise, he and all the rest "slept like babies". The ABCs of safe sleep are a cover up for vaccine-induced SIDS, in my opinion.