Neck, spine, and spinal cord support device for newborn baby and infant, and blanket assembly for same

A blanket assembly for swaddling an infant, comprising:

• a blanket body defining a pocket between an upper layer and a lower layer of the body at one end of the blanket body, the pocket accessible via an opening selectively closeable to seal the pocket;
• and
• a neck, spine and spinal cord support device having a body extending between a bottom edge, a top edge and two side edges of the support device, the body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the support device further having a concave section defined in a proximal portion of the body, at least a portion of the concave section extending below a bottommost edge of a rest of the body and having a generally circular perimeter defined on the top surface, a distal portion of the body configured to support an infant's torso and the concave section configured to at least partially receive and support the infant's head, the support device having a circumference smaller than a circumference of the blanket body and being removably insertable in the pocket of the blanket body and secured within the blanket body by the pocket so as to maintain the support device in a substantially fixed position within the blanket body,
• wherein the support device is configured to support the head, neck, spine and spinal cord of the infant when the infant is laid on the blanket body in a supine position and wrapped in the blanket body, and so as to inhibit injury to the infant's head, neck, spine and spinal cord while carried by a person.