Screaming in the carseat.

[DecemberBaby]

My baby never liked his carseat. Now he is four months old and has just started screaming when I put him in it at the top of his lungs until I take him out. It does not matter if we go down the street for five minutes or have to go for twenty!

Has anyone else's baby went through this phase? I have tried talking to him, singing, toys in the car......:confused:

[hotlama]

My dd was fine in her car seat until we drove to Nevada. It's a 6 hour trip and she was fine during the trip but once we got home she has been horrible. She hates her carseat now. If dh and I are together, I sit in the back seat with dd which almost always helps. If I am traveling alone, I try to just make short trips.

[Mary_Mary]

Will he take a pacifier?

Also, I used to wrap a blanket tightly around my daughter in the car seat, swaddling her as tightly as possible. I've since seen swaddlers designed specifically for the car seat, however, just a regular receiving blanket will get the job done. I would fold it lengthwise and tuck one end of it well under her before fastening the straps. Then I would get her arms pinned down by her sides and tuck the other end in as best I could. Along with the pacifier this would usually calm her down immediately. Otherwise she would scream non-stop.

To clarify: I would tuck the first end in, then fasten the straps around her, then wrap the blanket OVER the straps and tuck it in on the other side, pinning her arms. You don't want to have anything between the front of your childs body and the straps on the car seat.

Truthfully, had I realized that they made swaddlers for the car seat when my daughter was a tiny infant I'd have bought one despite the fact that she'd only have used it for a short time! Would have made the process much easier!

[aggie]

My 2nd hated his carseat too. No one believed me until they had to ride in the car with us. It was awful. :( I was never able to find anything that helped. We just kept carseat time to a minimum! Sorry! :(

[DecemberBaby]

Thanks foreveryones input!

[PeacefulMom]

Mine went through a phase for a while around 4-5 months old. It got so bad we'd stop the car and get him out to nurse but he'd cry shortly after we started again. It was the worst at night. I always say in the back with him when I could to try and entertain which helped. It was just a phase though and passed as suddenly as it started.

[DecemberBaby]

Thank you for the hope!

[Darcy_]

White noise, or static on the radio cranked really lound is what worked for us. oh and lots of toys too.

Parker hated car rides until we got our portilbe dvd player.

[Jacksmommy]

Mine hated the car seat til he could face forward in the car. Nothing helped. We just kept car rides to an absolute minimum - like one 10 minute car ride per week was all we did.

[kohlby]

My son went through this. It was awful. I tried everything. He outgrew it at 16 months!