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Help! Anyone know a baby who cries in the buggy and wants to be carried all the time?

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wikikki · 31/08/2007 21:07

Hi there Mums.
My friend needs help. Her son, 9 months od, refuses to go in the buggy + cries the whole time he's in there. He wants to be carried + his Mum is exhausted with having to literally carry him everywhere.
Has anyone else had the same problem or do you have any advice?
She's tried all the obvious stuff (eg persevere etc) but nothing works.
She's thinking of buying a hip seat or back pack, but will still have to carry him this way. Any ideas?
Many thnks.

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elesbells · 31/08/2007 22:02

my dd (17 months) is like this and always has been (i was just going to start a thread about my shopping trip today)

i was trying hard not to name the thread 'aibu to want to smash my daughters face in'

she seriously drove me bonkers. she would not sit in the buggy, she was screaming so much she now has a sore throat. she bit me, slapped me, smacked me with her cup..i ended up being a sweaty, stressed mother and bought nothing

anyway in answer to your question i have no advice whatsoever i just live with it and patch up the cuts and bruises.

sarahgg · 31/08/2007 22:07

Elesbells - totally sympathise. i have 2 year old (just) DD2. She has always climbed out of buggy straps, car seat, even her back pack. i try and insist she either gets back in buggy or walks, but she will just sit on pavement and scream. She also gets really aggressive and violent. Recently came back from holiday, walked off plane with my face pouring with blood, 'cos she wouldn't sit in seat for landing. She ended up screaming on the floor at my feet while we landed. God help the stewardess if she had insisted she sit back in her seat! Everone just says its her age, i was just amazed I let her reach her second birthday last week!

Feenie · 31/08/2007 22:09

I just carried mine! Hmmmm, maybe that's why he doesn't walk after 20 months......?
I am no help, am I!

nappyneeds · 31/08/2007 22:27

sounds like my dd. she is carried most places and into ds's school in mornings and afternoons (i dont mind this though as it saves having to get pushchair out for such a little time). although she is better now as I started taking her for walks in it when she was in a good mood and got some buggy books etc to get used to pushchair. Also is pushchair facing mummy or away? if its away could just be seperation anxiety? my quinny buzz faces me so i think that helps with dd

WriggleJiggle · 01/09/2007 00:41

dd is ok about her pushchair, but shopping trolleys ......I always end up carrying her, and at nearly 8 months pg thats not very easy at times. Worse still is when she won't sit in the trolley and won't be carried. No help I'm afraid, just ignore the screams and persevere. Buggy books are great, or other toys that only ever get produced at buggy times, so remain exciting, and can be tied on. Oh and vast quantities of grapes for bribing .

twentypence · 01/09/2007 00:46

Hip seat - it will change her perspective on carrying him. And he will become super intelligent because he is seeing the world as adults see it and not just looking at knees all the time.

She will also be super fit and gorgeous.

Much better to see it as a phase and think about the positives, lots of cultures manage just fine without pushchairs.

Hip seat was my best purchase ever and ds is 4 and can walk for miles. Being on the hip seat will develop the child's muscles more than sitting in a pram, and also will give him a great sense of rhythm.

twentypence · 01/09/2007 00:47

To add - ds no longer picked up at all.

Weegle · 01/09/2007 12:16

My friend's DS was just like this. He still is to a degree but not so bad and she has strategies (he's now 16.5 months).

she used a hip seat and back pack at times
she bought a new buggy which had him higher up, and no bar across the front (I think it was a mountain buggy, not sure if that is correct name)
she bribed him with his milk (he could hold it himself), food, and kept favourite toys just for having in the buggy
she took him out for walks in the countryside and gradually built up the length of time where it didn't matter if he was a PITA because no one could hear or watch
once he was confident standing (he walked at 10 months) she got a buggy board and he will happily go on that

It took a while but he will now go in the buggy far more happily.

babyblue2 · 01/09/2007 12:35

DD1 was like this from birth. We bought a carrier for when she was born and used this until she was up to about 7-8 months and then a large big rucksack thing to put her in until she was just over 1 yr old. After that I kept it to a minimum in little cheapy pushchair with some juice and a digestive when she moaned. She grew out of it.

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wikikki · 01/09/2007 17:10

Thanks Mums - you're wicked!
I'll pass all this on to my bud - it's great to know you care!
xxx

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sugarmatches · 02/09/2007 00:40

Every single child I have ever met goes through this. Usually once they start walking. Nightmare really!!
My ds goes nowhere near the pushchair right now, which is fun

looseleaf · 02/09/2007 20:39

I don't blame them actually - after all buggies are a relatively new invention on the whole scheme of things and babies seem programmed to be carried! we invested in a Bugaboo which we've hardly used!

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