Why does my baby hate the car?

My almost 3 month old just cries and cries in the car. She someetimes will stop crying when going fast on a highway but if we come to a red light screams. Sometimes she will fall asleep but just mostly cries in the car. I don’t think its her car seat that she dislikes because shes happy in her car seat when we push her in it in the stroller.

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My son loves to ride but prefers to be held maybe your baby wants to just be held

i think so, bc she actually cries worse when I sit in the back seat when dad drives but seems more fine when i’m driving and no ones back there w her

I’m not sure I’ve never heard of that before my son is attached to me he hates when I walk away for a sec try to spend more time with her I think it depends on who’s she around the most as well

My daughter cries when I stop at stops signs or red lights if not she sleeps or enjoys the ride

It's a stage they go through. My 3 month old hates the car seat as well. She screams & screams unless she's a sleep and then wakes to scream if we stop. My LB did the same at this age. It doesn't last forever.

Sorry but @Annie that's such a stupid comment 'try spending more time with her' fml it's literally a stage they go through and perfectly normal 🙄

Mine would scream when getting put in the carseat and stop as soon as you started moving it around that age. He stopped around 4 months. I got him one of the warmies and bring a few toys for him (he loves crinkle books) that helped. Being able to see far enough out the window helped too. Otherwise he just screamed if we had to go somewhere like dr. Appointments and he wouldn't sleep. Had a few long 30 min drives turned around letting him hold my hand while screaming. They are still just learning.

don’t disrespect me an not every baby cries in a car seat bitch

Mine too 😂 we laugh and say we can’t control the lights.

Spending more time with a baby won’t help with this. In the car, a baby can’t be held and if it’s one driver, baby can’t even be touched.

@Annie the only one being disrespectful is you.! You comment is stupid a baby can't be held in a moving car.

A lot of babies cry in the car 😂 idk how spending more time with a baby would help crying in the car 😂

Well my child does not get in the car so it’s not all babies

Idgaf

Literally what I spend all day every day with her i’m a SAHM 😂 and I breastfeed. She wants out of the car seat when i’m next to her to be held. Obviously I can’t do that in a moving car so she cries.

Girl….no one said it was all babies. I said a lot of do. Learn to read 😂

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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

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When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

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Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.