well, i can't leave her in the car seat all night can i?!

[ginger2000]

Having a mare with dd2 and sleeping. 19 wks so regression right? alro has a cold and is teething. She has fought naps all day. She has finally fallen asleep in the car seat after screaming after bedthme feed and writhmg around in arms bnd cot. Now what?! How long do i leave her on odd chance she might sleep or transfer and risk the screaming fit that going in the cot has become?!

we were advised to leave ds in his car seat to sleep as he had a stuffy nose, this was 10 years ago though!

It's not going to kill her to spend several hours in a car seat. I'd leave her be and then transfer to cot after next feed. She's more likely to accept the cot after she's had some rest. Desperate times call for desperate measures!! What did you decide to do in the end??

Don't leave her in the car seat all night!
Babies have been known to die

Ripeberry> Sorry if i'm being a bit thick but am genuinely wondering why is a baby more likely to die from sleeping in a car seat than sleeping in a cot?

I thought the reason they say don't leave them in car seats for more than 2 hours was to do with it being bad for there spines rather than an actual risk to their lives?

Ripeberry what a nasty thing to say. Ginger is obviously stressing enough without you talking such shte. Babies are capable of being in a car seat for a few hours you know, how the f** else do you think any travel will take place?

I despair at pplks stupidity sometimes, I really do.

Ginger you do what you feel is best for your child. My DS is 14 now, and didnt sleep in his cot EVER. He is pushing 6 foot and as healthy as an ox.

oops, ppls, not pplks, obviously.... who am I to talk about stupidity???

Die? bloody hell, thats made me feel shit!
How and why would that happen?

thanks all others-i've left her be for a bit. i agree missred, that once she's had some sleep she might be more agreeable! She sounds snuffly upright so am not holding out much hope for rest of night!

Babies drop their oxygen saturations in car seats - it's not the best position to be in for breathing as the way babies lie in them is not only bad for their spines but doesn't allow the lungs to inflate properly. It is not safe for young babies to spend hours in a car seat.

Try and take her out soon, as she's had some sleep she may well feed and then settle in her cot a little more easily.

If she has a cold prop the end of her cot up with some books, and give her some Calpol. If she really won't sleep in her cot she'd be better laying flat in a pram than in a car seat.

Well, she only slept for 2 hrs but thanks for info sidge. I really wasn't suggesting the car seat as an alternative to bed, it was just a comment on our dire attempts to get dd2 to sleep. She is awake now again and screaming! its going to be a long night!

you there ginger? i wouldn't be too alarmed about the car seat. i've no doubt that what sidge is saying is technically true but a bit of common sense needs to prevail in situations like these. My DS hated his moses basket and i often ended up putting him in the car seat for an hour or so. as far as i know car seats don't carry warnings that babies can only travel in them for an hour; therefore, i'm sure it's okay for short periods.
i'm also having the night from hell with my six week old who has been fussing, crying and generally totally unsettled till 1am. i have tried everything short of putting her in her pram and wheeling her up and down the corridor, which will be my last resort. all quiet now but i don't trust her an inch. i have no idea how i'm going to get through the day tomorrow. i will be a zombie. sending solidarity to anyone else who's up with an unsettled baby right now!

Awake again now sotough! hopefully you are asleep? hope she went off ok in the end, did you have to resort to the pram? i don't mind feeding in the night but its the unsettledness (i know thats not really a word-should be!) I struggle with.

DS1 spent a month sleeping in car seat in cot when he started teething, didnt do him any harm.