Melizerd
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From a lady on another board where they always ask me about car seats. I posted when she told me she was having problems:
Is she in an infant seat still or a convertible?
Is there a way you could sit in back with her? To talk to her and distract her?
Does she have reflux? Often babies with reflux HATE the car
Then her response:
"My car - britax roundabout
DH car - graco safe seat 1 (doesn't mind when it's in the snap & go, it's definitely the car that she hates)
She doesn't have reflux. She's fine going for a short ride... to/from daycare, errands, stuff like that. Long rides are another story.
Here's our MO: When there's a passenger, that person always rides in back. She has some fun toys that she likes and we rotate them. When it's just me, I play her favorite music and talk to her so she won't feel lonely sitting back there staring at the backseat.
I think what she hates is being strapped down combined with feeling lonely. She really fights the chest harness and I am worried that she will learn how to undo it out of sheer desperation to just get OUT. I don't use the chest harness in the stroller or high chair for the same reason.
We have tried timing drives with naps which has been hit & miss because she has a hard time falling asleep (has since she was brand new). Sometimes if she is very tired and I caress her face she will nod off. When she wakes though, it is usually crying and upset. (Anywhere else she wakes up happy and smiling)
The worst was when we drove to Yosemite... all those winding roads. I was driving about 15mph and she was SCREAMING her head off. We tried opening the windows, blowing on her face, giving a pacifier, sippy cup, touching her, singing to her. Finally stopped the car and I walked around with her for ten minutes until she calmed down. As soon as we got back in the car, she took one look at her seat and started screaming again. We gave up! DH just sat in the back and held her close until she fell asleep in his arms and that's how we got her home.
I welcome any advice. Really I do want her in the seat, but sometimes we just need to get where we are going and her crying not only breaks my heart, but also makes it impossible to concentrate on the road. I have even thought about turning her seat around to see if that will help.
Thoughts, ideas?"
Please tell me something I can tell her to help her and her daughter. She WANTS help and wants her DD to be safe.
Is she in an infant seat still or a convertible?
Is there a way you could sit in back with her? To talk to her and distract her?
Does she have reflux? Often babies with reflux HATE the car
Then her response:
"My car - britax roundabout
DH car - graco safe seat 1 (doesn't mind when it's in the snap & go, it's definitely the car that she hates)
She doesn't have reflux. She's fine going for a short ride... to/from daycare, errands, stuff like that. Long rides are another story.
Here's our MO: When there's a passenger, that person always rides in back. She has some fun toys that she likes and we rotate them. When it's just me, I play her favorite music and talk to her so she won't feel lonely sitting back there staring at the backseat.
I think what she hates is being strapped down combined with feeling lonely. She really fights the chest harness and I am worried that she will learn how to undo it out of sheer desperation to just get OUT. I don't use the chest harness in the stroller or high chair for the same reason.
We have tried timing drives with naps which has been hit & miss because she has a hard time falling asleep (has since she was brand new). Sometimes if she is very tired and I caress her face she will nod off. When she wakes though, it is usually crying and upset. (Anywhere else she wakes up happy and smiling)
The worst was when we drove to Yosemite... all those winding roads. I was driving about 15mph and she was SCREAMING her head off. We tried opening the windows, blowing on her face, giving a pacifier, sippy cup, touching her, singing to her. Finally stopped the car and I walked around with her for ten minutes until she calmed down. As soon as we got back in the car, she took one look at her seat and started screaming again. We gave up! DH just sat in the back and held her close until she fell asleep in his arms and that's how we got her home.
I welcome any advice. Really I do want her in the seat, but sometimes we just need to get where we are going and her crying not only breaks my heart, but also makes it impossible to concentrate on the road. I have even thought about turning her seat around to see if that will help.
Thoughts, ideas?"
Please tell me something I can tell her to help her and her daughter. She WANTS help and wants her DD to be safe.