Baby crib sleep aid

Physicians frequently recommend that babies who are suffering from colds or other forms of head congestion sleep with their head slightly elevated. However, this is often easier said than done. Modern baby cribs are not generally well suited to modification of the sleeping position, which is generally horizontal and flat. (As used herein, the term "baby" is intended to encompass both infants and toddlers, children under the age of about three or four who most often sleep in cribs designed for the safe sleep of babies.) A device for elevating the head of a baby in a crib comprising a wedge divided into a plurality of parallel spaced apart sections adapted to fit between the vertical bars of a crib and under the crib mattress to raise one end of the mattress an amount substantially equal to the height of the wedge.