Screaming and crying in Car seat

My baby is 6mo old and constantly screams and cries in the car seat. I’ve tried toys to keep her occupied, she has a car seat mirror, I’ve tried putting something on. Nothing seems to work. It’ll only be a few minutes into the journey and she will scream and cry up until I take her out of the car seat. I’ve tried sitting at the back with her. My son sits at the back with her and will usually play with her and try and distract her but nothing works she’ll keep crying and screaming until she’s out the seat. Any ideas on what we could try? We currently use the Cybex Cloud Z2 i-Size Infant Car Seat

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Have you tried the Happy Song by Imogen Heap? I swear by it as my daughter is the exact same! Hope it gets better for you soon as it's horrible 🩷

Have you tried music she likes / that you listened to often while pregnant? My baby girl does the same until I play her 50 cent - how we do🤣 anything that works honestly

Would highly recommend seeing a chiropractor who has experience with babies. It's surprising just how much these little babies go through during pregnancy and labour. She could well have some pain/discomfort in her back which makes the car seat an unhappy experience for her x

We have this exact thing with our little
boy who is 7 month. Cries to the point his sick. We transferred him to the front for a few months which massively improved we have now moved him back to the back and sit with him on long journeys of shorter journeys we sit him on his own and this seems to be working at the moment. I know the stress as i used to dread car journeys x

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