Baby hates the car!! Cries non stop

Please, can anyone offer some advice? My son is almost 5mo. As soon as we put him in the car all hell breaks loose. He screams so loud and won’t stop. 30 min,40 min doesn’t matter. He doesn’t get tired. I’m sitting right next to him, I talk to him calmly, I hold his hand, I play songs, I have toys - nothing calms him down. It’s not the car seat because I use it on a stroller and he doesn’t mind. Will it pass? Will getting a convertible car seat help? Any suggestions? We can’t live like this. I stopped leaving the house for a month 😭

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Maybe he hates staring at the car seat wall. Can u put a mirror ?

my son only started not screaming in the car at around 11 months 🥲 it was so stressful

We put a portable sound machine on the handle part and he likes that

Try spinning toys on the mirror

Our baby was the same way and we got him the chicco fit 360 convertible car seat and it slowly started getting better over the weeks. Now we put him in and unless it’s because he’s actually hungry or needs a diaper change he just falls asleep once we put him in!

We also got him a security blanket that he likes to cuddle with once we put him in and a rattle toy that he’ll sometimes play with until he dozes off

We go out and about a lot so I think also frequent exposure helped him get to used to it! And sometimes “the Happy Song” by Imogen Heap would make him stop crying (:

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