My baby is almost 5 months old now and we have never had any problems with car rides but lately my little has been screaming at the top of her lungs the whole car ride! I can entertain her for a little with playing a show on Netflix but it does not last long before she starts screaming again we sometimes get lucky and she’ll one cry for a minute before falling asleep but I feel bad and don’t know why she screams all of a sudden. It makes it hard to go any where with her Because I can’t deal with her fits when driving alone with her plus I make sure to feed her right before we go anywhere so she’s not hungry
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Is she maybe uncomfortable? Or are the straps potentially too tight in the car seat?

I have loosened the straps because I had the same thought and I even bought her a little toys that go on the handle bar of her car seat so she has something to do

I’ve also check the car seat to make sure nothing was pocking but I do notice that everytime I take her out the back of her head and back are soaked in sweat

I'm sure you already have a mirror so baby can see you. Maybe sing songs for her so she hears your voice and is soothed/knows she's safe? One thing that usually worked for me when mine was that young was very low pitched humming. Sometimes though, you just have to stick it out and get to where you're going. I've done the stopping and nursing and getting her seat out to rock her in an empty parking lot because nothing worked. Best bet just became get home and do your best to breathe. Sometimes there is no right answer, and you just have to keep doing your best and know this will pass and it is only temporary. Good luck <3

A fan could help with the sweating if she's hot, but mine would be a good temperature but when she's crying and getting worked up her body temp goes up and she'd end up all sweaty too

There are soooo many variables to a car ride and it's hard to say for sure what could be wrong, but I think the most important thing would be for you to get some ear plugs so you can drive safely when necessary. Are your car rides typically pretty short? If you've ruled out everything else, maybe she thinks screaming gets her out faster. If you're only in the car 5-10 minutes, and she screams until she's out of the car, she could be convinced that this is a solution. My son would scream every second in the car seat until he was about 4 months old, then we took more long car rides and stuff. One time we had to drive a long distance and he cried himself to sleep in about 15 minutes of crying. He got sooooo much better after that.
But maybe she needs a bigger/new car seat. My son hated the bucket seat and was a lot happier around 4 months when he outgrew it and got a bigger seat that had him sit more upright.

I will definitely look into a new car seat and see if that’s the problem and our normal car rides are about 25 to 40 minutes we rarely do short car rides

If baby is sweaty, are they maybe overdressed for the car journey? The padding of the car seat provides a thick extra layer of warmth so they don’t need many layers of clothes whilst travelling.
If you can disable your passenger side air bag you could put your car seat in the front of the car so that baby can see you, that might help too