Newborn suddenly hates pram!

[LindsayS79]

Hi all
For some reason my 6 week old has suddenly decided that she hates being in her pram!
She screams the place down to the point people must think I'm killing her! Has anyone else experienced this and is there any methods in trying to get her to accept being in the pram? It's not ideal for me to have a sling to go out the door every time and I'm desperate to try and sort this. I think she's doing it so that I lift her up but I can't do this all the time. She's stopped napping in her Moses basket as she's getting so used to being held.
I've not been able to leave the house because of it now and I'm pretty miserable.

(Annoyingly) six week old babies often do just want to be held. They have only been on the outside for a short time and some babies just find prams alarming and want to be close to their mums.

I found my DS1 was worse in the pram when he was windy at all.
It was uncomfortable lying down for him. I also used to plan my day so he went in the pram when he had just fed, was tired and likely to sleep. He would never go in the pram if he was awake or not sleepy.

But often he just wanted to be close to me. I used a sling in that case as babies change quickly and what a baby hates one week, they may like the next. A baby who hates the pram one week may enjoy watching the world go by when they are a little bigger.

If your baby is screaming at getting in the pram and it isn't just a momentary objection, I would just use a sling for what you need to get done and keep trying with the pram.

Sorry I don't have any great solution but there is a reason you often see a woman pushing a pram with a baby in a sling on her front. Before I had babies I used to think "why has that woman decided to wear the baby when she has a pram with her?" Now I know!!!

ds2 wouldn't tolerate being in the pram at all, so i just used a sling with him.
ds3 would only go in it if it was parent facing and he could see me at.all.times. did quite a lot of slinging with him too!

they both eventually were fine in the pram.
agree with rubyroo!

Thanks both. I really love our cuddles but sometimes I just need to get some shopping in at the supermarket and the pram is easier!!!
Fingers crossed I can get her to like it again...!

Totally agree it's a pain but try heading out when she's just been fed and ready for sleep to see if the motion gets her to nod off quickly. (And make sure she isn't windy.)

If that fails, carry back small bags of shopping with a baby in the sling and get your DH to pick up stuff on the way home is the way forward. Or shop online. Or, actually, push the pram and wear the baby. Then put the shopping in the pram. You can get a lot of shopping in the pram when you remove the baby.

I've done all the above things many times when my babies have been unhelpful...

I often wondered why I saw people carrying their babies with a pram full of shopping, now I know 😄
She's been refusing to sleep during the day, I think I'll try a bit harder at winding her..
Thanks guys