Baby won’t go in pram

Hi my 9 week old hates the pram. She screams the entire time she’s in there. I’m at a loss. She’s never liked it. She will go in the baby carrier happily but is completely against the pram. Any advice

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I know this sounds silly but try a pillow in the pram so they are upright a little bit, my son was the same x

I had the same with my little one, I ended up just giving up and having her in a baby carrier literally everywhere we went, which I think was actually easier than the pram (didn’t have to worry about stairs, narrow pavements escalators etc). Then I re-introduced the pram after she turned one, as at that point I could bribe her to stay happy in there with snacks 🤣 also she was getting a bit heavy to wear everywhere paha

We had this and took him to see a baby osteopath at 12weeks, it worked instantly, blew my mind. Something about tension from a rough birth (long labour and forceps) meaning the pram was causing him discomfort 😢

Make it a smaller space

My little one wouldn’t go in the pram either when it was the bassinet, she just screamed so we used the carrier. At just over 4 months, I moved her into the seat but kept it quite reclined and she was pretty happy most the time as she could see!

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