Hates travelling in the car

[BelindaBB]

My 5 week old cries at the top of her lungs every time we take her somewhere in the car. She starts as soon as we leave home and does not stop until I take her out of the car. It makes it really hard to go anywhere when she is crying the way she does and it is just easier to stay at home:(

Its not the seat belt or anything else I can think of, she simply hates travelling in the car. Does anyone have any suggestions to help with this.

Belinda:(

[JodieC]

I wish i had some advice, my son was the same. It was a real problem because i had to drive for 2 hours each sunday to pick my other 2 kids up from their fathers. He eventually grew out of it, only lasted a few weeks. I used to sit in the back with him, try giving him his dummy or a small amount of expressed breastmilk would help too

[veve]

My son was the same - and now that he has cracked the 8kg barrier (is 8.7 kgs) - I have got a forward facing seat (allowed form 8kg onwards) for the first time in his life .. he hasn't cried in the car..,

I tried toys... music.. company in the back - lots of different stuff... in the end I just had to bear it.. :(

not easy - many a time I was reduced to tears in the car :crying:

:hugs: I hope it stops soon ...

[lediva]

Thank God Im not the only one whose had to deal with this!
I've spoken to a few mums and not one of them has this problem...
My DD hates traveling too and if we go on a drive for longer than 15mins than I need to sit in the back with her.
I usually have a stack of things to entertain her like books, and toys, and any other item she finds interesting inside the car! Even Dads mobile phone.
She is now 15 mths and its a little better but she still hates it. I think she just hates to sit for too long. Too active!!
And I too have been reduced to tears at having to sit through her screaming because she wants out and wants to be cuddled:-(
Its difficult.

Carol

[june05isttimer]

hi

how things have changed !!!
I posted this same thread when my bub was about your age and pretty well got no response from anyone in the same situation.

Feel glad you are not alone and all I can say is that I too have been reduced to tears many times over a screaming baby in the car.

Our chicken is now 10mths old and is still not great but is alot better than she used to be. She did the same thing as your little one is doing.

There is nothing more upsetting and frustrating than a screaming baby in the backseat that you can't get away from. The noise seems to be that much louder in the car !!!!!

We ended up turning her seat around before we were 'supposed' to and that helped somewhat.

I even resorted to seeing a dr about an ear inbalance or car sickness... all of which were dismissed pretty quickly. She just hated the car.

Hang in there it will get better for you...... nothing with babies lasts forever !!!!!

[Valosgirls]

I feel your pain:( My first baby was the same - I swear she was peeling paint off the outside of the car with her screaming. Going anywhere was such a nightmare. My only thought was perhaps she was getting car sick?

The day that I turned her seat around when she was the correct weight, she sat in that chair grinning her chubby cheeks off and never cried about car trips again.

I found that a dummy helped to a small extent but its really hard to drive and keep it plugged in if like mine your bub doesnt take one well.

All the best until that majic day you can turn the car seat around.

Rik

[Kaileysmum]

My dd was the same too. When we turned her around (at the right weight), she was fine. She loves the car now. Also as Valosgirls said a dummy helps.

[mamabear]

Yep same here. Once they move to the forward facing position it seems to improve. The only thing I would say is don't be tempted to turn them too soon just to stop the crying. It's better to put up with a few tears and keep them as safe as possible.

It does get better!!!!

[Twoterrorsmum]

Ohhhh, I know how u feel!! DD was like that until she weighed enough to have her seat forward facing, then she was alot happier. DD has just migrated into her first booster seat now and she loves it in her "big" seat, I'm hoping being in her new seat she'll travel well as tomorrow we're going on holidays and will be doing a 6 hr drive in the car. When we do a long drive she'll cry and carry on as she is tired and has a screaming fit until she finally falls asleep. On our last trip DH ended up putting earplugs in his ears while she had her crying fit, he can't handle the crying like I can. He just can't block her crying out, not like us mothers who learn to do that lol. We haven't done a long drive for a while so fingers crossed she won't start screaming her head off, or it'll be the trip from hell!!!!!

[elissas]

Our DS loved the car until recently, but now he gets bored facing backward. I can't wait till we turn it around, probably another few weeks yet.

One other question, at the start in the car, did she have someone in the back with her at any time, playing with her?

I ask this because while the seat is facing backwards our front passenger seat is a bit tight, so whoever's in the car with me, whether DH, my Mum or MIL, need to sit with him in the back - so they play with him and he loves it.

Lately, since he's been more alert, DS has been looking for a playmate whilst in the back alone, and it has upset him when nobody starts playing with him.

[jessgray]

my DS got like this just before we turned his seat around and he loves facing the frount. now we find its difficult to get him in the seat when we are going home :mad: :laughing: he squirms and chucks a wobbley like we are murdering him then when we drive off he cries. i have found if i give him a toy that it keeps him happy for a little while and if i give him a snack he quietens down. the wobbleys only seem to hapen when DS is ready to have a nap and a bottle on the way home seems to fix it :)

[IAdoreYou]

Brooke is the opposite .. she was great as a newborn etc .. now she vomits :( and carries ON!!!

today *hands to the lord* she was the best in weeks .. I even had to sticky tape piglet to the back of the passenger seat and give her books to hold .. + 100 other things she has dangling on her carseat adn she is forward facing !!!

last couple weeks she really has been HATING the carseat .. and mainly if we leave places and come home of a night .. cries all way home.

I just hope today was a sign its ending!

[jonesso]

DS screamed when he was in the car when the carseat faced rearwards. Hated it. I just used to block out the noise, turn the stereo up etc as I knew that there was nothing wrong and nothing I could do. DH and I got used to it. When he was about 4-5 months he had good head control and was a good size (6-7kg) so we turned his seat around and now he is a content little poppet in the car. They like being able to look out and sit up I think versus the cradle-effect of the capsule or rear-facing seat.

Not a great help but just block it out and drive on, the sooner you get to where you are going the sooner the crying will stop! A dummy was the only thing that would calm him enough so he would doze off on a longer drive (once he'd screamed himself out that is!)

Good luck.
Sonia