2006-07-11 13:24:14 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I did with my first child. My cousin's daughter died of SIDS when she was 3 months old. I was so afraid that the same thing would happen to my daughter that I didn't let her sleep in her crib until she was about 6 months old. I felt that in a car seat she wouldn't roll over and suffocate. I would put the handle all the way back that way it couldn't rock and it also made it to where the seat was in a reclining position. She was also strapped in to sleep because leaving the straps unfastened could have strangled her or she could have rolled out. Do whatever you feel you need to do.
2006-07-11 13:34:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I assume you mean in the house and not in the car??
We have let our son sleep in his carseat at night. He was really congested and it was the only way he could sleep and breathe at the same time! When he was on his back he kept gagging because his throat would get so stopped up with gunk from his nose.
We have also let him sleep in his carseat when he was going through a colicky period, and was really finicky about where he slept. For a while he would ONLY fall asleep if we drove him around in the car. Then we'd just take his carseat inside and let him sleep in it, right next to our bed in our room. When he woke up we took him out and fed him, changed him, etc.
2006-07-11 13:27:58 · answer #2 · answered by Call me AL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless the baby has a GERD issue, sleeping in the carseat is generally not recommended....the fact is, most carseats have a thin layer of padding to cover a hard plastic seat, and baby's skull is still considerably soft, which could result in a flat-backed head, (plagiocephaly) if you will
2006-07-11 16:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by sadie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i brought my son home...we tried everything, bassinett, cradle, crib, and swing.... nothing and I mean nothing worked. I even tried letting him sleep on my chest... didn't work. And I didn't want to have him sleep in my bed, between my hubby and I.. tooo dangerous (when that little)... so we tried the car seat... it was a reclining seat that rocked. He slept so peacefully. This only lasted for a week or so... Newborn babies are used to small spaces... I assumed he didn't feel safe in the other places, too big of open space. Just a thought. If he/she is a newborn, go buy a swadle rap, they have them at walmart for under 15.00 it might work... they like to be rapped tight like the womb. If is an infant....I don't have an answer for that age.....I would talk with the doctor... he/she might have some suggestions. Good luck and get some sleep...
2006-07-18 17:13:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have known people to let a baby sleep in the car seat if the infant fell asleep in the car and it's a carrying car seat that just pops out, but overnight, no. That would be rather uncomfortable I would imagine and not very safe if the baby is old enough to roll over since they may try to roll out, or even climb out depending on the age of the baby.
2006-07-11 13:30:02 · answer #5 · answered by x_lil_redangel_x 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we first brought our daughter home, sometimes the only way to get her to sleep at night was to put her in her carseat. I remember one night, I couldn't get her to sleep, so I put her in her carseat, and put it on my husband's side of the bed (he was crashed out on the couch), where I could rock her while I was laying on my side of the bed. I didn't have her strapped in, but she was on the bed, and she would have hit me with her feet before she got very far if she had started to wiggle out. Plus, I only dozed in and out while I was rocking her. If your baby will sleep in the carseat, just make sure you are safe about it, and let them sleep that way. What's the difference of them sleeping in it when they are in the house or in the car? Nothing, except the car is moving. It could be the only way to save your sanity once in a while. Good luck!
2006-07-11 14:39:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not anymore (they're too big at 28 and 12 months, lol) but when both of my boys were infants, sometimes driving them around in the car was the ONLY thing that would calm them down and help them fall asleep. Once we got inside, I just set them in their carseats in their cribs and covered them with a light blanket. After listening to a colicky, screaming baby for three hours, you bet your sweet @ss I wasn't going to TOUCH him to get him out of the carseat! lol
My sister in law's son had acid reflux pretty badly when he was newborn. Her son's pediatrician suggested she let him sleep in his car seat to keep him upright to help the acid stay in his stomach.
2006-07-11 14:29:50 · answer #7 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if there would be any problems or not. I mean, I wouldn't do it every day, but if they fell asleep in their carseat then...you could probably leave them in the carseat until they wake up. I mean, why disturb the child if he's resting peacefully?
2006-07-11 13:32:53 · answer #8 · answered by JACQUELINE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, this means the baby would be sleeping in an upright position. Is this safe? A baby strapped in a car seat with no wiggle room at night?
2006-07-11 13:27:51 · answer #9 · answered by Kristen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some doctors prescribe this for some infants. Don't let it go on for too long or you will have a baby who cannnot sleep any other way.
2006-07-11 16:31:59 · answer #10 · answered by sherijberi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋