This is not new news. My grandson was born last October and before we were allowed to leave the hospital with him, he had to pass a test where he was put into a car seat for thirty minutes and his oxygen level was measured before and after. My daughter and I were quite alarmed to be told that he failed the test and it would have to be redone. The nurse told us that from her experience baby’s who failed the first time usually passed the second test. We were relieved when an hour or two later he did pass the second test.

Twenty years or so ago, when I had my children I had never heard of such a thing unless they did the test without telling the mother. Still it’s a good thing to know. Car seats are very important to use in the car to protect the baby from  accident injury. The problem is that many of these car seats come apart from the base and can be used for carryalls. Many parents feel that it’s best not to wake a sleeping baby and will let the baby remain in the car seat for hours.

The best thing to do is to take the baby out and lay the baby elsewhere.