Hello,
The wife of a colleague of my husband (hope that's clear) delivered a
healthy term baby, now 6 days old.  My husband mentioned to me that her
pediatrician recommended they should let their baby sleep in the baby car
seat, due to baby not wanting to sleep in the crib at night.  I'm still
learning, but it was kind of a red flag for me as I remembered reading the
study "Respiratory Instability of Term and Near-Term Healthy Newborn
Infants in Car Safety Seats" from Pediatrics September 2001 (Volume 108,
Number 3)(below) which noted "this study pointed out that all infants, both
full and preterm, are susceptible to declining oxygen saturation rates the
longer they remain in the seated position. This underscores the need to
minimize travel for infants and to discourage the use of swings and other
types of upright seating devices in the first few months of life."
Well...we chatted...she is an elementary teacher and thinks the study is
too old to be valid (and my doctor told me to do this)   :(    Are there
any newer studies that I could provide her?  Nursing is going well per mom
(delivered in a neighboring city), although mentioned she is giving "only
one" bottle of formula so she can get more sleep "and eventually when I go
back to work baby will be on formula-pumping would be too hard"...we
chatted about quite a few things as you probably can imagine.

Thank you for any help,
Roxanne Gollata, RN, LC Intern

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