Posting for any ideas/support!
My baby hates the car. Ever since she was 5 weeks old, every journey she screams until she can barely breathe. I honestly cannot face it but I have to do journeys for my other kids. The rest of the time I stay home or only go where I can walk and it’s really affecting my feeling of freedom now.
Has anyone had this? I am out of ideas. It is not the car seat, she’s happy to be in it as a buggy attachment.
We have tried the below, nothing makes a difference beyond about 3 mins.
- different car seats
- different cars
- toys / music / distraction / YouTube baby sensory!
- sitting next to her
- being in the front (airbag off!)
- mirrors
- windows open / shut
- Being fully fed / not fully fed in case queasy
- just woken up / middle of wake window / sleepy
Perhaps the strangest part is that she is not a sensitive or highly strung baby. She is otherwsie very chirpy and relaxed!
Has anyone had this / did they grow out of it? She’s 4 months old so a way off being able to forward face, if that would even help.
Desperately hoping there is a magic solution I have missed or some reassurance this will pass soon…..