Car journeys

My little boy has just gone 18wks & suddenly absolutely hates being in his car seat or being in the car….he used to love it & fell asleep more or less straight away but from about 15/16wks he’s just started to hate it, just screams the whole journey. As soon as he is strapped into his car seat he just starts crying. Has anyone else found the same thing? Any tips or tricks to make him calm again when in the car? 🙃🙏🏼

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My baby is the same way. She’s is 16 weeks, but she has been that way since the beginning. I haven’t really found anything to help yet and it’s awful 😭 sometimes if my husband is driving I will pop my breast over the side of the car seat to feed her. That’s the only thing that works. But when I have to drive somewhere alone I am so anxious and feel so bad.

Hi if you join one of the extended rearfacing carseat groups on Facebook they are really good at giving advice. They might be able to make some suggestions x

I'm going to assume he's still in his infant carrier ignore me if he's not but my daughter hated her infant carrier and was much happier in her convertible bigger seat. X

The Happy Song works for us - there’s a 10 hour loop on YouTube. It’s annoying but better than screaming!

https://halilit.co.uk/collections/baby-toys/product-type_car-seat-toys?srsltid=AfmBOorGm1jblHiWFwR1My2oLACaFwO1NJcxP9ElVAaaWgJBiDOm_JJM

There are some toys here that could be a good distraction x

My baby used to hate car journeys so I really sympathize. I would say she is now starting to get frustrated because she wants to wriggle and doesn't like being restrained. She starts to try and sit up (she can't sit up but does little crunches) in her seat sometimes. I wonder if yours is the same? Toys might help as a distraction?

I saw someone on another post recommend The Happy Song @Emily and it has helped us SO much.
I use it when she's unhappy in the car seat, sometimes it just snaps her out of her meltdown and then she's fine lol.
I used it this eve as she was kicking off after her bath while I was drying her off, it works a treat for us and very thankful to have it!

We’re exactly the same at 17 weeks!!! It’s a nightmare 😩 I’m only trying to go out when she’s sleepy as she might eventually fall asleep but appreciate you can’t live your life like this 😅

works miracles 😂

So update…..he hates the happy song 🤣 doesn’t work one bit for him haha! 🤣
We have attached some toys to his car seat & so far so good, he seems to be a lot more settled & hasn’t cried the last couple of days whenever we have been in the car. We have also started to leave the hood (he’s still in his “newborn” car seat) of the car seat down so he can see out of the window.
Thanks all! 🫶🏼

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