Help me please, my baby screams and screams in his carseat

EarthMama · Mar 19th, 2012, 00:12 AM

He acts like he is being killed and it really stresses me out, even on 5 minute trips!!!

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NDH · Mar 19th, 2012, 02:24 AM

I cant help but i can relate. DD was fine for the first month - loved her carseat and would sleep in it for ages but recently screams hysterically all the time

She goes purple and holds her breath she screams so much.

EarthMama · Mar 19th, 2012, 02:42 AM

Thank you for the empathy! It's just awful, isn't it? My babe is only a few weeks old and I feel like I am traumatizing him beyond repair every time we go into the car! I actively avoid going on any car trips! No matter what I do he screams bloody murder and it makes me feel like an AWFUL mother to have to put him in that plastic cradle just for the sole purpose of modern transportation.

I've done research and I read that getting him out of the infant car seat and into a larger convertible carseat could really help, so I've returned my infant car seat and I'm going to try the convertible and see if it helps him be more comfortable because I seriously cannot travel ANYWHERE in the car with him when he screams like that, it's just way way too stressful for me, I end up crying too! I hope the convertible carseat works.

lozzy21 · Mar 19th, 2012, 03:41 AM

Put something that smells of you next to him in the car seat. At 3 weeks it's probably got more to do with being away from you than the actual seat.

EarthMama · Mar 19th, 2012, 04:16 AM

I always sit in the back with him while daddy drives and he still screams even when I am right in front of him! When I take him out he immediately calms down.

lozzy21 · Mar 19th, 2012, 04:25 AM

His eye sight still won't be great so he might not realise your there till you get him out.

EarthMama · Mar 19th, 2012, 04:56 AM

Poor baby.

we have a 40 minute drive tomorrow and I'm dreading it. I'll put a used shirt in the carseat with him, maybe it will help

NDH · Mar 19th, 2012, 05:38 AM

Once we are actually moving now she's usually ok - but heaven forbid if we have to stop at a red light. But there are still times that she will scream herself silly while driving too (with me in the back seat holding her hands and rubbing her tummy and offering a finger to suck on and singing to her). I'm always afraid to go anywhere alone with her cause of her crying.

meglet_nz · Mar 19th, 2012, 07:50 AM

Mine was the same for the first two months - and to be honest, who can blame them, they don't look comfy in those seats! When I meet up with my baby friends and it comes to everyone going home, all of the babies (ages 3 months to 9 months) scream and cry in their car seats. My wee one got a lot better when she could see more. There's not a lot we can do about it as there are times when you have to go in the car, just hang in there and hope he'll get used to it soon xx

Rmar · Mar 20th, 2012, 02:56 AM

Mine used to do that and she still starts crying at the sight of the car seat but once we are moving, she seems a bit better. Not on long trips, though. It was hard, but only time helped.

Mar 19th, 2012, 00:12 AM	#1
EarthMama Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kapoho, Hawaii Posts: 1,700	Help me please, my baby screams and screams in his carseat He acts like he is being killed and it really stresses me out, even on 5 minute trips!!! ((

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Mar 19th, 2012, 02:24 AM	#2
NDH Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 12,576	I cant help but i can relate. DD was fine for the first month - loved her carseat and would sleep in it for ages but recently screams hysterically all the time She goes purple and holds her breath she screams so much.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 02:42 AM	#3
EarthMama Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kapoho, Hawaii Posts: 1,700	Thank you for the empathy! It's just awful, isn't it? My babe is only a few weeks old and I feel like I am traumatizing him beyond repair every time we go into the car! I actively avoid going on any car trips! No matter what I do he screams bloody murder and it makes me feel like an AWFUL mother to have to put him in that plastic cradle just for the sole purpose of modern transportation. I've done research and I read that getting him out of the infant car seat and into a larger convertible carseat could really help, so I've returned my infant car seat and I'm going to try the convertible and see if it helps him be more comfortable because I seriously cannot travel ANYWHERE in the car with him when he screams like that, it's just way way too stressful for me, I end up crying too! I hope the convertible carseat works.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 03:41 AM	#4
lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 23,618	Put something that smells of you next to him in the car seat. At 3 weeks it's probably got more to do with being away from you than the actual seat.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 04:16 AM	#5
EarthMama Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kapoho, Hawaii Posts: 1,700	I always sit in the back with him while daddy drives and he still screams even when I am right in front of him! When I take him out he immediately calms down.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 04:25 AM	#6
lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 23,618	His eye sight still won't be great so he might not realise your there till you get him out.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 04:56 AM	#7
EarthMama Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kapoho, Hawaii Posts: 1,700	Poor baby. we have a 40 minute drive tomorrow and I'm dreading it. I'll put a used shirt in the carseat with him, maybe it will help

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Mar 19th, 2012, 05:38 AM	#8
NDH Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 12,576	Once we are actually moving now she's usually ok - but heaven forbid if we have to stop at a red light. But there are still times that she will scream herself silly while driving too (with me in the back seat holding her hands and rubbing her tummy and offering a finger to suck on and singing to her). I'm always afraid to go anywhere alone with her cause of her crying.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 07:50 AM	#9
meglet_nz Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 430	Mine was the same for the first two months - and to be honest, who can blame them, they don't look comfy in those seats! When I meet up with my baby friends and it comes to everyone going home, all of the babies (ages 3 months to 9 months) scream and cry in their car seats. My wee one got a lot better when she could see more. There's not a lot we can do about it as there are times when you have to go in the car, just hang in there and hope he'll get used to it soon xx

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Mar 20th, 2012, 02:56 AM	#10
Rmar Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,483	Mine used to do that and she still starts crying at the sight of the car seat but once we are moving, she seems a bit better. Not on long trips, though. It was hard, but only time helped.

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