Baby cries in pram

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My 10 week old always cries in the pram. It's rear-facing so she can see me, and have tried both putting the seat flat & upright a bit, but she sits in it looking worried for about 10 minutes and then starts crying, even if I talk & sing to her. Have tried both with hood up and hood down. Going over bumps or grass calms her a bit, but sometimes there's none available!

Any tips? She'll happily go in the sling, but sometimes I prefer to use the pram. We don't tend to use it much though as it upsets her, but perhaps we should be using it everyday to get her used to it?

Ah no, don't upset your little girl
I would go the other way and stop using the pram for a while

In a couple of weeks, try again and she may love it! Babies change very quickly

Is there too much space around her? They sometimes need more covers tucked in around them so that they feel secure.

DS hated the pram. I ended up giving up and just slinging it. Not very helpful, I know but I think some children just don't like them.

Same as TanteRose and MotherOfHobbit. Thought it was only ds!

He was happy to go in pushchair when I tried him again around 8 months.

I think most children go through stages like this so don't feel alone. My DD went through it at 8 months but was strong enough to arch her back and made it very difficult to get her in. I would recommend using a sling and then if you have far to walk you could take the buggy to put your bags etc/shopping in and then when shes asleep pop her init. Try again in a few months, alternatively see if you can get a little child safe mirror so that she can look at herself init she might be happier then.

My DS hated the pram for quite a while. I did find that putting a lambskin in it did help like this one.

But TBH it only got much better when he was old enough to come out of the carrycot and into the main buggy forward facing, and even then he'd only cope in it for 15-20mins. Needless to say I love my sling!!

He hated being in the car too - screamed within minutes until he was 8 months and in the next stage forward facing car seat.

Please don't push it. I did for a while, it didn't help and I regrettef it.

Same here - went for the sling in the end. It was usually when he was tired, he'd kick off. I'll never forget an awful walk to the park when he screamed all the way home. I could put him in asleep and go out with the pram that way (eg if I needed to go to supermarket). He also had reflux so didn't like being on his back - you can get wedges that prop them up a bit.

I agree. Ditch for now, and retry in a few weeks. Have you tried swaddling whilst in there? Baby may not feel secure.

Dd hated the pram too and I spent far too long trying to get her to like it and stressing us both out than was necessary. Ditch the pram, get out the sling and try again every few weeks.

DS hated the pram and I just took to using the sling all the time. When he got older (around 6 months) he didn't mind the buggy so much, although by then I'd got used to the sling so only used the buggy very occasionally.

Same here. PILs bought us a very expensive pushchair that sat gathering dust until DD was five months old - before that she'd yell the place down in it. I just stuck her in the sling, which TBH was handier anyway as it was nice to have handsfree and easier on public transport.

Us too! Hates the car, tolerates the pram for 15mins now and best wrapped.

Us too with dd1 & now dd2 too. I have a Moby & an ergo instead. Dd1 started liking it around 12 months & wouldn't stop using it until past 3.

my ds is only 3 months and only in the past 2 weeks as he started to like the pram. i used to be only be able to put him in the pram when he was asleep before going for a walk. more often than not, he'd wake up while we were on the walk and scream his head off all the way home. so embarrassing - when my dp was with me on the walk i would just walk home with baby in my arms calming him and dp walking beside with empty pram - hardly the point of a nice relaxing autumnal walk!!
however, baby now seems to like it much much more and will happily look around him in it and nod off in it after a while. i've actually started using it now to put him to sleep. unheard of a few weeks ago!

as others have said, dont force it but try it again every week or so.

my ds always hated pram. But when I converted to buggy sitting up a bit at 5 months he loved it. I think he wanted to see out. I persisted with the pram when in retrospect I wish I had just stuck with a sling.

Thanks everyone for the replies and advice - nice to know I'm not the only one whose baby hates their pram!

If you need to carry shopping while using a sling you could always get one of those trundley shopping trolleys. Saves you carrying heavy bags as well as the baby.

Have you tried it FF?

I hate anything that moves backwards - makes me feel ill... worth a shot?

My DS was the same, I had visions of strolling round in a glowing fashion whilst my little darling slept peacefully in his pram, but it was not to be.

He did, however, like his car seat and we had the adaptors so we could put it on the buggy/pram base and used to wheel him around in that, until he was big enough to go in the buggy.

My daughter 7 months old keeps on crying when I take her out in the pram does anyone have any solutions

My daughter doesn’t like pram at 7 months old does any one have any solutions

@D1998 have you tried giving her some toys to play with to distract her or playing her some music off your phone?? Xx

My baby was only really happy in a car seat or pushchair from about 7 months.

The pram was a massive waste of money! I carried her everywhere in a sling.