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[frogertgrl]

Madrone: glad to have you ask any car seat ?s in this thread! No worries.

Well, we turned DS ff for three days now and it was better initially (for a ten minute drive) but now it is no different. Lots of crying, tears rolling and I can't take him suffering.

If he is going to be upset, I guess I should go rf so at least we have maximum safety.

I am almost hysterical most drives as nothing helps. We have car only toys, music, food, drink, go when tired (nightmare!), go when not tired, have me in the back with him and DH drives, have me drive, point out things outside the window, frequent stops, etc.

It's just something he doesn't like and that is his right not to like it. But we sure do miss out on alot of wonderful places he would love and that is hard. Hopefully when he is older it will be better but dang, I thought by now it would be better and it's no better than when he was four months.

[madrone]

How old is your DS frogertgrl? I know my DS did not like driving for what seemed like forever unless I was nursing him as we drove. Hard to cry when your mouth is full. I remember him being furious even at 1 year, although it was not every single time at that point.

[frogertgrl]

He is 14.5 months and thank goodness he was born at home! I knew there was no way I was getting into a car during or after birth but he certainly would have protested.

We also did the homeopathics for motion sickness with no visible improvement.

The only thing I haven't tried is chiropractics.

[madrone]

I think what really caused my son to completely change about riding in cars was us being without transportation for a couple of months. I think he got tired of the bicycle and buses. When we got back into a car for the first time after that, he was very happy. That would be an extreme thing to try though.