Abstract: A pad for protecting an infant is provided with a panel having opposite sides that are spaced to provide a flat support surface large enough for receiving the infant, such as a sleeping or supine infant, to enable changing of the clothes worn by the infant, for example. The panel has a continuous edge that is defined by the terminus of the sides and that extends away from the support surface. An endless roll having a relatively uniform cross-sectional shape extends around the edge to completely enclose the flat support surface. The roll includes an elongated blanket that is multiple-folded into a serpentine cross-sectional configuration. A cover surrounds and holds the elongated pad in such serpentine cross-sectional configuration. The cover has overlapping elongated ends.

Abstract: A roll extends around the upper end and along each side of an infant's back. The panel continues beyond the roll as a flap on which the infant sits. The roll is formed by an outer layer enclosing a resilient but compressible material and preferably has a larger diameter from the top of the panel, which may have a curved, convex contour followed by the roll, along each side of the panel to a position corresponding to the shoulders of the infant, and then decreases or tapers to the end of each side of the roll. Both the outer layer of the roll and a front layer of the panel may be quilted fabric layers with a rear layer of the panel being fabric.