My 10 week old seems to have a real love/hate relationship with the car seat. He usually fusses when we put him in it but will settle if we swing it gently as we walk to the car.
He often enjoys it, looking around peacefully as we drive and sometimes drifting into a nice nap.
But then on other days, for no apparent reason--pow! He HATES it. When my husband drives I am in the back seat with him- but can't really comfort him until we pull over, sometimes he will suck on my pinky - he is not into pacifiers and I didn't even want to try them - but did because his screaming was so upsetting - I want to make him happy! ... Often though I am driving, and he is alone back there. The poor baby will scream and work himself into a sweat! I live in LA and am sometimes on the freeway, so it takes me a bit to pull over and comfort him and it kills me to hear him scream. I mean, I am usually in tears as well. I will pull over, take him out, check his diaper, soothe him, nurse him...sometimes he will be calm when I put him back but often he will cry again.
If he didn't sometimes really enjoy himself maybe I would consider not taking him in the car except for 10 min or less trips because his cries are so disturbing to me.
How do you all handle carseat meltdowns? I did a search but didn't find anything so forgive me if this topic has been covered...
TIA!
He often enjoys it, looking around peacefully as we drive and sometimes drifting into a nice nap.
But then on other days, for no apparent reason--pow! He HATES it. When my husband drives I am in the back seat with him- but can't really comfort him until we pull over, sometimes he will suck on my pinky - he is not into pacifiers and I didn't even want to try them - but did because his screaming was so upsetting - I want to make him happy! ... Often though I am driving, and he is alone back there. The poor baby will scream and work himself into a sweat! I live in LA and am sometimes on the freeway, so it takes me a bit to pull over and comfort him and it kills me to hear him scream. I mean, I am usually in tears as well. I will pull over, take him out, check his diaper, soothe him, nurse him...sometimes he will be calm when I put him back but often he will cry again.
If he didn't sometimes really enjoy himself maybe I would consider not taking him in the car except for 10 min or less trips because his cries are so disturbing to me.
How do you all handle carseat meltdowns? I did a search but didn't find anything so forgive me if this topic has been covered...
TIA!
