any data on use of car seat as a relaxer?

is there any clinical studies which indicate that this is harful to
baby?my wife & i are in disagreement on this.our car seat has a
rocking base & our baby enjoys being strapped in. i wouldnt like to
exclude its use just based on a rumor. thx

wrote:
is there any clinical studies which indicate that this is harful to
baby?my wife & i are in disagreement on this.our car seat has a
rocking base & our baby enjoys being strapped in. i wouldnt like to
exclude its use just based on a rumor. thx

I think it depends on how much time you're talking
about. At least one study (I think it was a smallish study)
showed a relationship between total equipment use and motor
skills development (more total equipment use was associated
with delayed motor development; lower total equipment use
was associated with high motor development). I think that
makes a certain amount of sense. Strap the kid down too
much of the time and the child doesn't have as much time
to move and grow and develop like a child who has more
"free range" time.
Some particular types of equipment are associated
with additional motor development issues (like walkers).
I'm not aware of anything specifically about car seats,
so my concern would be more with total time strapped into
equipment of any sort.

Best wishes,
Ericka

On Jul 29, 10:20 am, "
wrote:
is there any clinical studies which indicate that this is harful to
baby?my wife & i are in disagreement on this.our car seat has a
rocking base & our baby enjoys being strapped in. i wouldnt like to
exclude its use just based on a rumor. thx

There's some evidence that being in a car seat can lead to low oxygen
levels in newborns (link to a popular account of the research):

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...ant_seats.html

I don't know if there's any evidence that, for example, 3-month-old
infants experience the same problems, though.

Beth

On Jul 29, 9:20 am, "
wrote:
is there any clinical studies which indicate that this is harful to
baby?my wife & i are in disagreement on this.our car seat has a
rocking base & our baby enjoys being strapped in. i wouldnt like to
exclude its use just based on a rumor. thx

My second child took naps in the baby car seat until she was 4 months
old. It was easy for me to carry this way from room to room and I
could rock her to sleep while I was doing something else (reading,
watching TV) etc. Don't know if this is what you're asking. I used it
mainly for the naps. Not 24 hours a day.