{"id":119294,"date":"2016-10-04T03:19:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T03:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/health-fears-over-letting-babies-sleep-in-car-seats\/"},"modified":"2016-10-04T03:19:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T03:19:34","slug":"health-fears-over-letting-babies-sleep-in-car-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/health-fears-over-letting-babies-sleep-in-car-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Health fears over letting babies sleep in car seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Scientists warn of dangers of babies sitting in car seats for long periods<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>According to their research babies that fall asleep can block their airways<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The authors say their findings still mean babies should travel in a properly secured child seat during car journeys \u2013 as is required by law<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Colin Fernandez Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  18:00 EST, 3 October 2016<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  18:08 EST, 3 October 2016<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/>\n        <a><\/a><br \/>\n      <\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">          22<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Long periods sleeping in car seats may be dangerous for young babies, say scientists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Newborn babies can slump forward in the seats \u2013 blocking off their airways and in rare circumstances killing them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The researchers used a simulator in a laboratory to replicate the effects of sleeping in a car seat during a car journey at 30mph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After half an hour in the seat the amounts of oxygen in the blood of babies under two months old were found to have dropped \u2018significantly\u2019 while their heart rates increased, their study found.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cc97cdbe41069f7e\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/03\/23\/0066B40500000258-3820586-image-a-80_1475535359674.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Dr Peter Fleming, of Bristol University, is warning parents of the dangers of leaving babies in car seats for long periods and letting them fall asleep\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Dr Peter Fleming, of Bristol University, is warning parents of the dangers of leaving babies in car seats for long periods and letting them fall asleep<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The authors say their findings still mean babies should travel in a properly secured child seat during car journeys \u2013 as is required by law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But they advise that an adult should sit next to the baby to make sure the infant is breathing properly. The scientists, led by Dr Peter Fleming, of Bristol University, warn: \u2018There have been reports of deaths of infants who have been left in a sitting position, including in car seats \u2013 both on journeys, and when parents have used it as an alternative to a pushchair or cot for the infant to sleep in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Our findings suggest this kind of thing [death] could happen, although it would be a very rare event.\u2019<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/02\/13\/37D52AFE00000578-0-image-a-94_1472817880996.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Glamorous TV presenter couple are sentenced to a year of&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/03\/23\/3910464700000578-0-image-m-20_1475534079244.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Was the \u00a38.5m Kardashian heist an inside job? French police&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/03\/22\/3912342C00000578-0-image-m-6_1475530799117.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Pictured in her mugshot: Teen mom, 16, who &#8216;gave birth in&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/03\/21\/39112F3A00000578-0-image-a-6_1475526533435.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Incredible moment newborn baby with a plastic bag over its&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Babies do not have the muscle tone to support their heads and sleeping in a car seat may push the baby\u2019s head forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The authors say that car seats are designed to cater for children up to 22lb. But this may be too big to secure low-birthweight or pre-term babies discharged at weights of 4 to 5.5lb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most UK hospitals require premature babies to complete a \u2018car seat challenge\u2019 before they are discharged from hospital. Infants are observed for breathing dificulties or changes in heart rate while in a car seat. But the test does not take into account the more upright position in a car, or the vibration of the seat when the car is moving.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ccc4355b7e5ad5ba\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/03\/23\/13031731000005DC-3820586-image-a-82_1475535380266.jpg\" height=\"481\" width=\"306\" alt=\"The researchers advise that an adult should sit next to the baby to make sure the infant is breathing properly\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The researchers advise that an adult should sit next to the baby to make sure the infant is breathing properly<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">To measure the effects of sleeping in a car seat, the researchers studied 19 healthy infants, and 21 pre-term infants, with an average age of 13 days and a weight of 5.5lb. They tested the heart and lung functions of the babies for a 30-minute simulated journey in a car seat at an upright 40 degree position, designed to vibrate as it would if in a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The experiment was stopped immediately if any of the children suffered \u2018apnoea\u2019 \u2013 struggling to breathe during sleep for more than 15 seconds, or if their blood oxygen levels dropped below 85 per cent for 20 seconds. Trained personnel with resuscitation equipment were also on hand during the tests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The authors note that 30 minutes is a \u2018relatively short journey time\u2019 but despite this some of the babies had \u2018significant\u2019 drops in oxygen levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Some who showed these significant drops \u2018flopped forward in an extremely flexed position during motion, raising their heads intermittently but could not maintain a raised head position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The head and shoulders came forward despite shoulder straps, which may be too long for smaller infants allowing some forward movement\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dr Fleming warned that car seats are still vastly safer than babies being carried in an adult\u2019s arms. \u2018If you brake suddenly the baby could be killed,\u2019 he added. \u2018No human is strong enough to hold on to a baby in a crash. The law says they must be in a car seat, that\u2019s for a very good reason.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The study was funded by the Lullaby Trust, a charity which aims to prevent sudden infant deaths, and was carried out at the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in Swindon, with support from Southampton and Bristol universities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bigLinks sc-icns cleared\">\n<li class=\"facebook\">\n<p>                                    <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"share\" id=\"shareLinkBottom\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"social-stats social-stats-pipe\" id=\"shareCountBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"addCommentButton\" class=\"add-comment\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            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