When my first baby was born my mother had rattled off all the does and don't that I had to note down as a new mom. The most important thing she told me was to sit next to my infant son's car seat at the back and if there was no one around to chauffeur then to take the public transport. She had been horrified when my newborn's head had rolled forward. She had rested his head to the side and grumbled that the little one would have problem breathing.

Today the wisdom behind my mother's words came back to me when I read this news piece on BBC:

Babies should not be left asleep in car seats unchecked because there is a risk they will stop breathing, warn experts.The British Medical Journal study authors say modifying car safety seats so a baby's head does not flop forward could help avoid the risk.

They found the babies' heads tended to loll forwards, pressing the jaw into the chest, which made it harder for them to breathe.