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| Hi ladies. I need advice. My 2 month old daughter is having a very hard time adjusting to her infant car seat. Everytime I place her there, she cries uncontrollably (although she's ok if she's asleep). At first I thought it was that the car seat cushion was uncomfortable or that the harness was too tight but I bought her a better seat cushion and loosed her harness and she still cries while in the car seat. I used to stop the car, park somewhere and take her out of her seat to carry her a little while until she stoped crying but I've decided that can't continue to do this, so now I let her cry in her car seat until she stops crying or until we get to our destination. Have any of you ladies been through this with your child? Any suggestions on what to do about this would be helpful. Thanks |
| Posted by Rita on 07/29/2007 07:03 PM
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Have to tried one of those items that attach to the handle and dangle down that she can look at . They have them everywhere.
Laura |
| posted by laura on 07/29/2007 07:18 PM
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| My son started to do this when he was about that age. I just have to drive till he stops crying. I think its because now that they're learning to move and whatnot they dont like bein strapped down. I know its hard to just let them cry, but i think its what needs done. |
| posted by Jennifer on 07/29/2007 07:19 PM
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| i had the exact same problem. if my husband drove i sat back there with her and sometimes would give her a bottle or a pacifier or just sing until she got use to the whole experience. now she is better. she sort of grew out of it. i know how you feel, it was horrible. |
| posted by MARYANNE on 07/29/2007 07:52 PM
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| I had used the hanging toys and I had a mirror that goes on the back seat, this way she could see me through the rearview mirror. |
| posted by on 07/29/2007 08:08 PM
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| Does your car seat have the head support, and are you using it? My son had the same problem, and I realized that it was because of the newborn and infant head support that came with the car seat. I thought it needed to be really snug to keep him safe, but I think it was too snug that it made him feel way too constrained and he hated it. Once I took the newborn one out he still was able to use the infant one, and then he went through the same spell again until I felt that it was sage to remove the infant one. |
| posted by Toni on 07/29/2007 09:49 PM
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| My daughter did the same thing. She's almost 4 months now and she's pretty content in her carseat. I have one of those mirrors that go on the seat so i can see her and she can see me. I tried those hanging toys but she hated them. And they're not safe to use while the car is in motion because your supposed to put the handle down when you put them in the car. My mom is a car seat inspection specialist and she told me that if you get in a wreck with the baby in the car and the handle of the car seat was up and the baby gets hurt from it your insurance will not pay anything that happens to the baby because you were using the car seat wrong (just a good piece of advice I like to pass along) What i did for the longest time was reach back and rock the carseat a little bit, especially when we stopped. She's great in the car now, and sometimes she will even fall asleep in the car. I think it's just a phase they go through and she will grow out of it. Just like they get used to other things like thunder or trains going by. |
| posted by Amanda on 07/29/2007 10:30 PM
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| My son always falls alseep in his carseat so I don't have this problem but my cousins son didn't like his carseat till he was a year. When he got to face forward. Have you tried any kid songs? My son likes to listen to them even when his not in the car!! Good luck!! |
| posted by shelby on 07/30/2007 09:21 AM
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Our son has had phases of this on and off. He's 10 mo. now and sometimes he just doesn't want to be in the car...sort of gets tired of allthe running around. But, when he was around 2 -3mo. he was afraid of things...his eyesight was getting better and I'm sure some of the stuff he was seeing may have been unnerving. We started to put toys with friendly faces on his car seat to help distract him and entertain him while we drove. We also started using pacifyers for the car time, too. Then, around 5 mo. he started to do it again...and after a few days we finally realized we needed to raise the shoulder straps to the next height. We felt so stupid, but laughed about it when he settled right in. It was like "geesh, mom and dad! Get a clue...I'm growing, dontcha know!"
Well, I hope you stay calm and consistent! She'll come around. |
| posted by Kelly on 07/30/2007 10:45 AM
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| Oh yeah, that was another thing. Other than the head support being too tight, so were the car straps. We had to raise ours too. He just really felt way too constrained, but once we made those adjustments, he was fine. |
| posted by Toni on 07/30/2007 10:55 AM
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| You also might want to make sure she isn't getting too hot in the back seat. Sometimes those head supports make the carseat alot warmer then you feel in the front seat. |
| posted by Amanda on 07/30/2007 06:03 PM
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