I find it weird when mothers "have" to ride in the back seat with their baby. DH is not a chauffeur and it is the only real adult time we have sometimes. If DS is extremely fussy then I will sit back there to calm him, but that is about it!
ETA: Seat surfers are okay in my book. We are all mothers who must attend to our children. I'm talking about those that sit there to start.
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I agree 100%
This is so me!
guilty! I sat up front once and ended up climbing into the back cause baby D was melting down. We have a bit of a commute to town; this way I can play with her and we don't have to pull over as much. She is getting better at car rides - or maybe our timing for car rides is getting better. I'll relocate to the front one day
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I ride in the back on the days that I don't feel like having my knees shoved into the dash, LOL. I have long legs.
I do this too.
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me too! i sit back there out of habit now.
This exactly. DS was a tiny newborn.
Also, he hated his carseat and would scream unless I was there to keep his paci in his mouth. I cannot stand riding in the front while he screams.
Now that he is older, I don't sit back there all the time, probably about half the time, depending on his mood.
Your daughter is beautiful!
Your daughter is beautiful!
I only sit in the back if we take the dogs with us as well, because the dogs will jump onto the baby in his car seat. The one time I sat in the front and the dogs in the back, we turned around and found one of the dogs just sitting on DS's legs, and he was only like 4 weeks at that time.
So, I'll probably stay back there until DS is in a convertible car seat.
This kid never screams otherwise, so I try and help out where I can. I carpool with DH, so I sit with him for 90% of the trip anyway.