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vent about driving with baby

bakershakerbakershaker
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My daughter absolutly HATES driving in the car. I've tried to make the timing right..right after a feeding..before a nap..during a nap..after a nap..and she still hates it! She screams bloody murder the entire way to the city ( I live 15 mins out of the city) and does not stop untill she is out of the car. Shes fine sitting in the carseat at the grocery store etc..so I know it's not the car seat, it's the dang car she hates..I think I'm doomed to having to stay at home and not leaving with them for another couple months:( Even my son has started to scream at her and say "That's enough crying Myla..mommy's getting mad". My poor lil girl:( Hopefully she gets use to it soon...I miss getting out in daylight hours!

Anyone else's Lo like this?

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  • bakershakerbakershaker
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    My daughter absolutly HATES driving in the car. I've tried to make the timing right..right after a feeding..before a nap..during a nap..after a nap..and she still hates it! She screams bloody murder the entire way to the city ( I live 15 mins out of the city) and does not stop untill she is out of the car. Shes fine sitting in the carseat at the grocery store etc..so I know it's not the car seat, it's the dang car she hates..I think I'm doomed to having to stay at home and not leaving with them for another couple months:( Even my son has started to scream at her and say "That's enough crying Myla..mommy's getting mad". My poor lil girl:( Hopefully she gets use to it soon...I miss getting out in daylight hours!

    Anyone else's Lo like this?

    And just to clarify before I'm flamed..I don't leave teh house moer then once a week...cause I don't want her to cry in teh car wherever we go..I'm not that mean of a mommy~

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  • MrsPhunkMrsPhunk
    DD's not quite that bad, but if she's in a bad mood (from hunger or just general frustration) I like to joke that I feel like I'm driving the bus in the movie Speed...if I drive fast (over 30 mph) she's fine, but the minute I hit a red light I hear wailing from the backseat Indifferent
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  • MrsRebeccaMrsRebecca member

    imageMrsPhunk:
    DD's not quite that bad, but if she's in a bad mood (from hunger or just general frustration) I like to joke that I feel like I'm driving the bus in the movie Speed...if I drive fast (over 30 mph) she's fine, but the minute I hit a red light I hear wailing from the backseat Indifferent

    This is how DS is. You stop the car and all hell breaks loose. I've been known to make turns at red lights to keep him quiet...

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  • Cathie111Cathie111 member
    Ugh omg Claudia was the same way...it was AWFUL.  We tried EVERYTHING.  Honestly no advice...she outgrew it as she neared the 12 month mark.  Singing sometimes helped.  We just did what we could to keep a pacifier in her mouth.  Once they can do the teething biscuits, those helped, too.  I thought babies were supposed to fall asleep in the car...that was a rude awakening! My 2nd daughter was fine...out like a light as soon as she got snapped into the base. 
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  • northhillsbridenorthhillsbride member
    where is her seat in the back - in the middle or on the window? my ds1 screamed until i moved his seat to the middle - i think he had motion sickness. just a thought.....
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  • sleepingbeauty825sleepingbeauty825 member
    imageMrsRebecca:

    imageMrsPhunk:
    DD's not quite that bad, but if she's in a bad mood (from hunger or just general frustration) I like to joke that I feel like I'm driving the bus in the movie Speed...if I drive fast (over 30 mph) she's fine, but the minute I hit a red light I hear wailing from the backseat Indifferent

    This is how DS is. You stop the car and all hell breaks loose. I've been known to make turns at red lights to keep him quiet...

    Haha this is us too! I guess our kids just like life in the fast lane.
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  • katiej23katiej23
    YES!  No matter what we do, she screams the whole way.  Even if DH or I am in the back with her.  It's awful and I feel trapped in my house.
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  • bakershakerbakershaker

    imagenorthhillsbride:
    where is her seat in the back - in the middle or on the window? my ds1 screamed until i moved his seat to the middle - i think he had motion sickness. just a thought.....

    I can't put her in the middle, cause my son is still in a carseat also..no room for her in teh middle. Damn..maybe that would be my answer!!

    Lol..I call all the side streets in my town "mommy routes" cause I am always turning left to avoid lights. Or if I see the light is turning yellow I slow down soo far behind so I can slowly pump my gas and brakes to get to the light when it turns green and avoid stopping..oh the crazy things we do as moms:)

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  • MrsColvinMrsColvin
    It may be that she gets too warm by the window. Do youhave a sunshade?
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  • bakershakerbakershaker

    imageMrsColvin:
    It may be that she gets too warm by the window. Do youhave a sunshade?

     yep I have a sunshade. She still is upset, I have even drove at night with her and she still hates it. Oh boy..she will probably be the baby who cries untill we forward face her at 1 year...better go buy some good walking shoes:)

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  • celiabwatsonceliabwatson

    I don't have this problem myself, but I got a new mommy gift that might help. A friend sewed together a whole bunch of really interesting fabrics in a book like way. It's sewn at the top and all the fabrics hang down. She said it's for the car, you put it in the baby's line of sight and they look at it and it distracts them, then when the baby starts crying again you just reach back and flip it to the next "page". I never tried it because our baby loves the car, but my friend has 3 kids and swears by it. 

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