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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, since a car seat is also a risk for positional asphyxia, how many of you are actually pulling over every few minutes to make sure that sleepy newborn in the backseat is still breathing?
I’m not trying to be snarky here.  I was so terrified of positional asphyxia when DD was a baby, and I never could get a straight answer out of any of the so called experts and professionals on this.  People were quick to lecture on “back is best” when DD had horrible reflux and couldn’t lie flat without screaming in pain, but my concerns about the car seat, even for short trips, were shrugged off.[/quote]

If I am remembering correctly, car seats are at risk for positional asphyxiation when not properly installed in a car - if you take the car seat out and set it on the floor or in a booth at a restaurant. The baby is at a different angle when the car seat is out of the car installation (because it isn’t designed for sitting on a floor) and that is where the risk for asphyxiation comes to play, not from driving in a properly installed car seat. At least this is what I am remembering from reading after a daycare death where the baby was left to sleep in a car seat in a room alone I believe.[/quote]

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