Britney Spears with son SeanHot on the heels of her recent carseat controversy, Britney Spears nearly dropped her baby son Sean while leaving a New York hotel on Thursday.

Britney had to push through a crowd of onlookers and paparazzi waiting to see her at the Ritz Carlton hotel, holding a drink in one hand and her son in the other. According to website TMZ.com, the manoeuver caused her to trip, causing Sean’s head to snap backwards as she fell and knocked his hat to the ground. A bodyguard apparently caught Sean before he could fall too far from his mum’s arms.

As she regained her footing, Britney was reportedly heard to mutter “this is why I need a gun”, seemingly about the crowd’s that follow her.

According to onlookers, she later began crying after ordering food at a nearby restaurant and apparently used Sean to shield her face from others in the restaurant.