Sleep surface insert system and method thereof

An air flow insert system for positioning over or adjacent a sleep surface of an infant, the air flow insert system comprising:

• a removable insert configured to at least partially surround a periphery of the sleep surface of an infant and be removable from the sleep surface, the removable insert including an elongated dimension and a height dimension such that the elongated dimension is configured to extend along the sleep surface and the height dimension is configured to extend upward from and above the sleep surface, the removable insert having an inner liner and an outer liner, the inner liner and the outer liner configured to extend upward between a bottom end and a top end of the removable insert to define the height dimension, the inner liner and the outer liner defining at least one chamber therebetween and the inner liner defining multiple apertures extending therethrough;
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• a blower configured to provide air flow into the at least one chamber defined in the removable insert, the air flow configured to flow into the removable insert and out of the removable insert from the multiple apertures defined in the upwardly extending inner liner so that the air flow from the apertures flows in a generally horizontal direction.