Crying in the car! Help!!

[Pancakes26]

Hi, my DD is now 11 weeks old, she HATES the car and i mean HATES! The second she gets in until we stop she is crying bloody murder, uncontrollable, choking on spit crying! I have tried everything but if anyone has anymore ideas I am all ears.

I have tried:
-toys

• put in when sleeping (she wakes up)
• fully fed so happy
• my top under her
• more clothes, less clothes
• dummy (she doesn’t really take it)
• mirror

-singing

• shushing

-covering the window -music

• playing with her in car seat in the house
• covering the car seat
• claiming her whilst in the seat

-gaviscogn for her reflux -infocol for wind (wasn’t that)

• someone sat with her
• sat at the front (airbag off)

I’m looking into buy a new car seat (360) or at this rate just buying a new car all together!

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated!!

Not an advise as my baby was the same and now 9 months old has improved a little bit. I don't know what it is! Maybe they are not used to it?? Hope it changes soon for you! Xx

They do change, you might have to put up with it for a while I'm afraid. DS definitely went through a stage of this, was much happier once we took the infant insert out. Also a bit of foil blanket (survival blanket) massively distracted him when he was quite young.

DD loathed the car seat. Now (10 months) she's fine in it. Could just be a question of wait it out.

Do you have one of those mirrors that lets you see them and vice versa? Might help?

Ooh this was my son! I found every car journey so traumatic. He screamed every single journey so I often drove crying which was really not safe and it was just awful. I totally sympathise. My son did grow out of it though and these days he adores car journeys (he's 2 now). I think it took a few months for him to enjoy car journeys but maybe around 4 months ish he started tolerating them and by 6 months no problem. He reeeeeally hated then when h the as tiny though - so much so that he'd cry if I put him near the car seat! I tried to get him used to the car seat by putting him in it when he was happy in the living room. I'm not sure that made a difference. The other thing I've been told can help is a) q mirror so they get distracted and b) a photo of mum and dad so he feels safer. Never tried the latter. Best of luck.

I had the same with my son too, it took until he was 1 to stop the constant crying/screaming etc and it was just awful. People hated coming in our car, I tried all the above noted too and nothing worked. The only thing that worked was when he was 23 months we turned him forward facing.
I did however see a mum solved this for her little one (worked for her at least) and she put a picture of her face on the headrest facing the baby and it soothed her. Worth a try at least! I know I wouldve back then!