Hellobee Boards Topic: Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep

Hellobee Boards Topic: Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:51:25 +0000 mediagirl on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-320880 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:52:11 +0000 mediagirl 320880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I thought of this post when I got home yesterday and M had fallen asleep in her car seat. I took the seat inside and put it by the back door. I let the dogs out and kept one eye on them and one eye on the baby until they came back inside. She slept in her seat for a good 45 minutes. I wasn't moving her for anything!! IcebergMom on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-320869 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:47:08 +0000 IcebergMom 320869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @sarbear yes they probably love the coziness. Just like being swaddled! :) GrapeCrush on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-320854 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:39:03 +0000 GrapeCrush 320854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ please if this is abuse, then i'm the number one offender! the only way DS would sleep for the first 4 weeks of his life was in his carseat and i'm talking at night sleep! we literally put him in his carseat for bed and put it in his pack and play, he slept so well! i was nervous too that it was bad, but at his 1 week appointment i asked the ped if it was ok that he sleeps in his carseat at night she said 'not at all! if that's where he's comfortable right now that's fine.' she also said, that especially when they are really little, they prefer it because it's upright and tight. IcebergMom on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-320841 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:34:58 +0000 IcebergMom 320841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not abuse at all but you are supposed to limit the amount of car seat napping because of danger to breathing. In fact before I went on a big car trip I found out you are supposed to take the baby out every 90 mins for stretching! (Or at least I think it was 90). I think a bigger crime is leaving the baby in the car seat all the time around the house when he/she is awake. Baby needs to learn how to move! :) prettylizy on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-320810 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:26:25 +0000 prettylizy 320810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pfft- this is why they invented infant seats with the clip in base, so that exhausted mommies can leave babies asleep. We used to bring her into the house in her car seat, and plop the seat right in her crib, close the door and turn on the monitor. Babies need sleep! Don't feel bad at all. Alivoo01 on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-320795 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:19:00 +0000 Alivoo01 320795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope, not abuse. My parents used to do it to me all the time as a kid (old enough to no longer sit in a car seat, but still needed naps). As @mrs. wagon described, they'd pull into the garage, roll all the windows down, and just let me sleep. When I woke up, I'd get out of the car and walk into the house. mrs. wagon on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-320773 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:10:06 +0000 mrs. wagon 320773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Wagon Jr. used to take at least one nap a day in the carseat! To get him down for that last nap of the day I would specifically take him somewhere or even just drive up and down the highway so he'd fall asleep. Once he was asleep I'd drive home, park and wait for him to wake up. We don't have a garage, but once when we visited Wagon Sr.'s cousin, they told us to pull into their garage because Wagon Jr. was sleeping in the back. (this was when he was in a convertible carseat so we couldn't take it out.) then we got out and had a drink at the table in their kitchen with the door to the garage open and the car windows down. When he woke up we just went and got him. They said they did this almost every day with their kids. It was so weird to be able to go in the house and do stuff with the baby still sleeping in the car!!! Pink Champagne on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-320757 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:02:22 +0000 Pink Champagne 320757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We do it all the time, especially if we go somewhere and LO has fallen asleep in his car seat. We just loosen the straps and let him wake up on his own. Obviously, we take him into the house and don't leave him in the car ;). I don't think there's anything wrong with it. T.H.O.U. on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-318425 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:00:45 +0000 T.H.O.U. 318425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She has napped in the car seat a lot. We have even left her in the car alone with the car and a/c running to get some extra sleep and we will play with the dog outside for a while (we are obviously right there by the car). We have even set up a "monitor" in the car. I call my husbands phone and put them both on speaker phone. We leave one phone in the car with her and take the other with us. Again, we aren't going inside or in a store or anything, this is only when we are right there with her but chatting with friends or playing with the dog. If we take her out of the seat (convertible) she wakes up, so if we want her to stay asleep we keep her in the car. erwoo on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-318391 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:39:33 +0000 erwoo 318391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not at all. When my LO falls asleep right before we get home I just slowly carry him into our office where there is a monitor and let him sleep there. Not often but it happens. banana on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-318380 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:51:03 +0000 banana 318380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I used to do that all the time for naps! If my son fell asleep in the car seat during a car ride, we would just bring the car seat inside the house and let him finish off his nap in it. looch on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-318367 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:43:14 +0000 looch 318367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Europeans have a totally different view about using the car seat for sleeping, largely because of the airway constriction concerns. I'd be careful about making it a habit that you then have to break and I'd also be concerned about flat head. Mrs. Yoyo on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-318084 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:24:08 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 318084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO has been a champion car napper! I've never left him in the car alone, though. For some reason the thought of that makes me a little uneasy. Andrea on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-318065 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:17:52 +0000 Andrea 318065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I wouldn't let her sleep there all night but DD has taken countless naps in the car. CupQuakeWalk on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-318021 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:06:06 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 318021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ To my understanding: it is insane to try & move a sleeping baby...:) so you're good! lovehoneybee on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-318015 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:04:45 +0000 lovehoneybee 318015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope. E naps great in the car, and sometimes if he's out out we'll leave him in it (and bring the seat into the house). We usually put it down on the living room floor and unbuckle him, but will let him sleep. anonysquire on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317994 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:00:59 +0000 anonysquire 317994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not abuse! pinkcupcake on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317989 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:00:12 +0000 pinkcupcake 317989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do that!! Sometimes if she falls asleep and I know taking the infant car seat out will wake her, I'll just sit in the car and surf the web while I let her nap :) pastemoo on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317974 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:56:26 +0000 pastemoo 317974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do not wake him if he's sleeping! Although now he wakes when the car stops so I don't bring the car seat in the house anymore. If he did sleep through the arrival I would totally bring him in and let him finish his nap there. Rubies on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317958 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:53:00 +0000 Rubies 317958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ OMG, sleeping in the carseat was the only way we could get her to sleep when LO was a baby~! winniebee on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317748 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:16:32 +0000 winniebee 317748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Abuse?! No way! My son took some of his best naps in his carseat!! plaidpants on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317706 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:29:00 +0000 plaidpants 317706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO only slept in her carseat for the first 6 weeks or so of her life! It was doctor approved. She had really bad reflux and it was the only place she'd ever settle down for the night. So if it's abuse, I'm in really big trouble! CATWOMAN on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317701 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:18:38 +0000 CATWOMAN 317701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've totally let LO nap it out in her car seat. That is, if I coulf get her in the house without making the dogs bark like crazy, waking her up and pissing her off. ;) Mrs. Pen on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317695 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:14:07 +0000 Mrs. Pen 317695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ hahahaha that is so funny. haha sooo not abuse. I know so many moms whose babies ONLY sleep in the car, so their naps are always in the carseat. I don't think it's a problem. chrispygal on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317692 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:10:15 +0000 chrispygal 317692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not abuse at all, leave her there. I'll do it sometimes when we'll come home from running errands and I know if I take her out, she'll wake up. Sammyfab on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317689 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:02:22 +0000 Sammyfab 317689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not abuse at all! I used to let my LO sleep in his carseat for 2-3 hours at a time! Freckles on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317687 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:57:49 +0000 Freckles 317687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, we all do it! I only wake her if she JUST fell asleep so i can put her in the crib, but if she'd been sleeping for 20 minutes or so, i'll leave her in the car seat. She once napped for 2.5 hours in the car seat! chopsuey on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317650 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:16:34 +0000 chopsuey 317650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We all do it! If Lo falls asleep, I leave her where she is! ;) luckypenny on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317649 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:11:16 +0000 luckypenny 317649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No. Definitely not abuse! My friends baby slept in his carseat even at night to help with his reflux for like a month and he's totally fine cyndistar3 on "Leaving LO in the carseat to sleep - is that abuse?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leaving-lo-in-the-carseat-to-sleep-is-that-abuse#post-317620 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:16:13 +0000 cyndistar3 317620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Definitely not abuse! If we get home and lo is sleeping in her carpet I will just bring her in and leave her in the seat until she wakes up. To me nothing is worse than disturbing a sleeping baby! lol