An infant bedding apparatus utilizes a mesh sleeping surface and a suspension device adapted to suspend the mesh sleeping surface above an existing sleeping surface of the bed thereby defining an air space between the existing sleeping surface and the mesh sleeping surface. The suspension device is a rigid rectangular frame having connectors, which may be elastomeric, for attachment to the mesh sleeping surface. Tensioners may be attached to the connectors for tensioning the mesh sleeping surface. As a result, the circulation of the fresh air in the area where body contact with the mesh sleeping surface occurs is improved when an infant is sleeping in a face-down or a substantially face-down position.

An infant sleep support device includes a semi-rigid curved support having head support, stomach support, and leg support surfaces covered by a padded cushion that simulates a mother's anatomy. Panties having elasticized waist and leg openings are secured to the curved support by straps, and are extended over the infant to secure the infant to the curved support. Shoulder straps may also extend over the infant's shoulders. The curved support is maintained by a frame member in an orientation that positions the head support surface horizontally. The frame member may suspend the curved support for rocking motion, and the curved support may be removably attached to such frame member.

A pillow with a breathable valley for an infant includes a pillow having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a center portion. The top surface has a smoothly transitioning concave surface forming a top valley. The top valley is positioned about the center portion of the top surface. The top valley has an upper perimeter with a first closed side and a first open side. A first top valley extension projects from the first open side. A breathable semi-porous membrane rests within the top valley and the first top valley extension.

A pillow includes a first main face having an essentially planar main surface. This planar main surface includes a head receiving recess. The second main face of the pillow, located opposite the first main face, includes a plurality of extending fingers arranged in rows, wherein the fingers extend such that a base of the finger is located closer to the first main face than is the tip (or free end) of that finger. The fingers are of a length such that the finger tips essentially lie on a common plane which is essentially parallel to the essentially planar main surface of the first main face. Several recesses are defined in the area between a finger and the surrounding, adjacent fingers of the second main face. In particularly preferred embodiments of the pillow, the recesses between adjacent fingers extend through the pillow so as to provide vent holes through the pillow in the area of the head receiving recess. These vent holes can be formed in a preferred embodiment which involves coordinating the depth of the head receiving recess with respect to the depth of the adjacent valleys so that the innermost end of certain valleys open out into the head receiving recess. The pillow is advantageously made from a polyurethane foam material.