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Baby refuses point blank to go in pushchair!

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Ouisie · 28/05/2004 14:24

Anyone able to give me some advice - my DD aged 9 mths refuses point blank to go in her pushchair. She arches her back and slides out before I can do up the straps and then screams blue murder the whole time she is in it. She has never been very keen but sometimes I can bribe her with bread however this is only a very temporary solution. I take my baby sling wherever i go but at 9kg she is getting a little heavy....What can I do.....

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NomDePlume · 28/05/2004 14:28

Have you tried her in other pushcahirs to check that it isn't just the one you have that she has an aversion to ?

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Ouisie · 28/05/2004 14:30

She has been through 2 now - a Jeep three wheeler and a Maclaren Triumph.....

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LIZS · 28/05/2004 14:38

Has she just got mobile and feels her freedom is being curtailed ? Can the 3 wheeler face you as you push - dd turned to face forward quite late because she wanted to be able to see us. Deos she have any other separation anxiety ?

Think you just have to persist and keep distracting, you can't keep carrying her like that and I doubt that using any other pushchair or carrier would be much different. Can you try when she is not tired and the outing is purely for her enjoyment - to feed ducks or so on so that she doesn't just associate it with chores and rushing around.

misdee · 28/05/2004 14:43

what about attaching some toys to the buggy? i have seen books on springy straps that can be attached. its worth a try.

strangerthanfiction · 28/05/2004 14:54

Does she scream even when you've got going? My dd used to object to being put in initially but would always settle in as we got on our way. I'd always give her some toys to play with etc. and now (19 months) she often asks to sit down in the pram when she's tired of walking!

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Ouisie · 29/05/2004 14:05

Thanks for all the suggestions, unfortunately we've tried them all. She has a play thing which you attach to the pushchair and which has a rattly toy, a mirror and a musical toy - she just slaps it a couple of times; she screams the whole time - my dh says to keep pushing and she'll settle down but once she went for 30 mins. She is very mobile usually, I thnik I use at least a couple of hundred calories chasing her around trying to dress etc her (and she is only crawling and starting to cruise the furniture). LIZS you might have a point about not facing us as she does like to see us.

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maisystar · 29/05/2004 14:27

do you know any other mums with babies so she could watch them going in their pushchair?

if youve tried that and it failed maybe actually put the pushchair away for a bit so it becomes less of an issue.

maybe once she's walking you could give her the choice of pushchair or walking but no carrying. (i know this is likely to be a few months away but just a thought!)

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