Car screams

little einstein aquarium is the only thing that has worked for us other than timing car journeys around nap time

here for the tips too, its awful!

I had to play around with music for awhile and turns out both of my kids were metal heads. I never played it really loud, but loud enough to feel the vibrations.... they never wanted anything else, I was able to introduce viking styled and they were kinda ok with that.

I think why they liked it so much was because of the drum beats. Drums beats sound similar to heart beats and help them regulate how to feel. Try the viking style music that is calming, turn it up to your talking level in the vehicle, maybe slightly more, depending how your speakers are setup. I'll send a link in a moment with one of our favorite sleep songs ☺️

https://youtu.be/2ovdl4FcI1g?si=m6WBGitg8sTjE2e8

The Happy Song by Imogen Heap. Scientifically designed to help babies feel happy.

If he’s still fussy, we listen to it on repeat.

If I can’t handle another listen (I know the words to my soul) then we listen to something else and come back to it as needed.

You’re all welcome! 😊

Totally cringe but I made a CD of myself singing when my daughter was a baby, was the only thing that helped to give her comfort whilst I was driving! X

We’ve had no issues with our May baby in the car seat but did with our first and I think it was his car seat!
He was prem and very small but not a great car seat also…. Might hot be worth checking the fitting (strap positions, head rest and any inserts etc) to make sure it’s as comfy as possible x

The only way was to bring LO to the front seat (with air bags switched off) then I can give him dummy or hold his hand. He just wants to be able to see me

My daughter is pretty good, but she can have her moments! I saw a post on Instagram to try ‘Misty Mountains’ performed by The Wellerman. Thought I’d give it a try and it really works! It’s just over 4 minutes long. Try it out, hopefully it’ll work for you too 😃

The misty mountain song has sometimes worked, so has the Wellermen sea shanty song 'soon may the Wellermen come, to bring us sugar and tea and rum' and white noise. The happy song doesn't and the baby Einstein aquarium didn't. But nothing is consistent for us. Over time she's gotten better in the car and it's primarily if she's over tired as she isn't skilled at self soothing yet. I also don't think she's a fan of being contained for too long in general. We have our first slightly longer drive tomorrow (still only around 40 mins) but I'll get to sit in the back while my partner drives and we've thought we may have to stop once we get off the motorway to soothe her.