Manufucturers currently advise that babies are not left in car seats for longer than two hours at a time as it could do damage to their developing bodies.
However, scientists are now suggesting that the advice may need to be revised as there could be a risk of suffocation to newborn babies travelling in car seats for more than 30 minutes.
It comes after findings from a pilot study into the effect on 40 newborns of a vibrating car seat, which revealed an increase in the babies' heart and breathing rates when travelling in a rear-facing car seat for half-an-hour. They also found that in some cases, babies' blood oxygen levels fell.
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