Baby blanket with receiving compartment for use in car seat

A baby blanket which is adapted for use with a baby or infant car seat having a plurality of restraining members which are affixed to the car seat and which can be releasably secured to each other to provide a restraining harness around a child placed in the seat, the blanket comprising a rear sheet having at least three aperture forming means formed therein and located to allow the restraining members of the car seat to pass through the apertures formed thereby with one of said aperture forming means being disposed in a lower central area of said rear sheet in the area of the crotch of the baby when the baby is disposed on said rear sheet and at least two of said aperture forming means being disposed above and on the sides of said one aperture forming means and on the upper sides of the torso of the baby when disposed on said rear sheet and a front sheet which is attached to the rear sheet, forming an open-topped compartment between the front sheet and the rear sheet for containing and holding the baby, said rear sheet aperture forming means permitting the restraining members to be secured about the baby while the baby is swaddled in said blanket compartment and for retaining said baby and said baby blanket in position in said car seat, said rear sheet including one or more fasteners placed at the top of said rear sheet for forming a hood over the head of the infant.