DD hates her pushchair

[Jasmum]

My DD nearly 8 months has never 'liked' her pushchair. She will not settle in it & on rare occasions has she slept in it even when she was a newborn. I followed GF from about 10 weeks, which has worked really well excpet as with other GF mum's it's really hard to do anything outside of the house what with feeding & naps. So during the famous 12-2 nap I've tried taking her out the house as the nap was so established that I figured eventually she would sleep in her pushchair she did for a while but most of the time she just yells & gets really stressed out.
It's so frustrating....other than just walk her round in it to get her 'used' to it,what else can I do? We're going on holiday soon & it's going to be such a nightmare - any suggestions?

This probably doesn't help but my ds didn't like the car seat we bought him so I bought him a different one which he loves and never argues about. He had the same reaction to the first car seat as your dd is having to her pram.

I bought both my car seats second hand so really they cost me the price for 2 as I would have got for one brand new one.

Is there anyway you can go out and buy a different pram. My ds never sleeps in his pram unless he is truly exhausted because there is too much to see out and about.

If you want you can use the pram I have which is a little old fashioned but works perfectly well as I have a stroller now. My pram was also second hand so it doesn't matter if it gets any more bumps and bruises than it already has. I don't need you to buy it off me but just give it back when we have our next (who knows when that will be) or when you finish with it.

Jasmum, my dd has never slept in her pushchair (I have been following GF too) and just cries and cries if I try and go out when she'd normally be zonked in bed. I now thing it's because she ALWAYS turns herself over and sleeps on her front when in her cot. She obviously can't do that in a buggy. What sort of holiday is it - beach, city, mountain...?

Oh Dinny, I'm so pleased you say that I thought it was just my baby. (hope that doesn't sound selfish). We're going to France so would be a bit of sightseeing, beach, chilling, walk around some little towns, lunches.
I've started avoiding going out in it now but know I need to keep trying but we're 8 months in & it's not getting any better. MIL said she's buy us a little buggy so will try that.
In some ways I wish I'd never started GF....

Jasmum, she was such a screecher (that's why I started GF, end of tether reached when she was 6 months old) that we are on buggy #2. Made no difference, I am sorry to say. Think she just likes routine and her own bed - I find it impossible to sleep on trains/planes, so can't blame her for protesting! Re your holiday, could you mabe miss out 9am nap (if still doing it), move lunch and nap an hour forward (ie. nap starts at about 11.15ish). Then you have a long-ish stretch to get out both am and pm....?
BTW, don't suppose you live in s london....? Need to meet others who have lunchtime naps!

Sorry meanmum I totally forgot your kind offer to lend me your spare pushchair, I think I will try another one that MIl will buy & if not then I may take you up on the offer! Thank you ever so much that's a really geneorous thing to offer.

No problem at all. It's just sitting in the cupboard. Better that your MIL is offering to get one for you as mine might not be ideal but my ds slept really well in it and still does when I use it.

Dinny, why though, its so unfair? It feels like my other friends can go shopping for the day & if baby's tired baby sleeps, not mine though she screams like she's being tortured. Other than that though she really is a happy contented little baby so i know I shouldn't complain but it is so frustrating when you wnat to go shopping as you can't browse properly unless the're asleep.
I will have to move sleeps around & try & work it out on holiday & just hope it doesn't muck up her nightitme sleep & she isn't grim in the day because she's not getting her proper daytime naps. I live near Windsor...too far I guess?

Jasmum, I know...!!! No-one ever told me babies get so upset when tired! DD goes into a frenzy if something stops her sleeping. She has been hard work, I used to phone Cry-sis all the time (till I started GF, which worked wonders for her - she's so happy now). All the people who diss the big G should truly see how much happier dd is than before (and me and dp too.)
Hope your holiday is fab. Windsor not a million miles away - maybe we should consider a meet-up some time after your hols. D x

I was exactly the same, I thought babies slept a lot or that was what I thought, but not mine - she didn't sleep properly for about the first 3 weeks, by the time I got to 10 weeks I was desperate so tried GF & it did work. I neeeded just that as a first time mum someone to tell me what to do & when to do it coz I was sh*t out of ideas, so Gf in some ways is my saviour & in others is the thorn in my side.
If she's happy I'm happy & same with DP, so definatley keep those fingers crossed for a happy first time family holiday!!

You're not alone Jasmum, I thought my dd was a freak as she would NEVER sleep in her buggy and I too resorted to GF because she wouldn't nap like 'most' babies. My HV said 'oh she'll sleep when's she's tired, babies can't keep themselves awake' Ha ! In your dreams !

Yes, I had to stick to restricted outings which were tough sometimes, but on holiday got the whole (extended) family to siesta and managed to sort of stick to GF by not altering dd's time to European time.

It might seem a complete pain now but my dd is nearly 4 and still does the 7-7 (or more likely to 8.30 since she stopped the lunchtime nap) and everytime we've been away has settled into a similar routine. We even had 3 weeks in the Far East recently with no major hiccups with jet lag or with sleep while out there.

Don't despair, it seems really tough when all of your antenatal group/friends/relatives babies just seem to go sparko no matter where they are and yours doesn't. You're not alone and you're not doing anything wrong.

Twink. my hv said exactly the same thing to me! Then watched in horror one time when she woke dd from (v rare!) sleep in buggy at clinic and dd went MAD WITH FURY. HV was quite shaken by dd's rage and kept saking "are you SURE you're OK?"
Baptism of fire for me and dp.