8 week old doesn't like going out

[Shminzo]

I am desperate to get out of the house for walks but ds not so hot on the idea! I started off with a sling (he's a cuddly don't put me down sort of baby) - all babies love slings right?! Oh no! Now and again if I catch at the right time he'll settle and sleep in it for up to half an hour if I'm lucky, but when he wakes up in it he screams and screams until I take him out and give him boob. If I'm out with him when this happens, no matter what i do he will not settle until we get home. So I've been trying a pram - again have to catch him in the right mood, then he's good for about 10mins until he starts to grizzle. Tried persisting through it today to see if he'd settle but just escalated so we ended up carrying him and he eventually fell asleep (for about 15mins anyway). I just feel like he is only really happy if I sit on the sofa with him all day. I'm an active, outdoorsy person so find this increasingly frustrating. Am I being impatient/unrealistic? Should I just persist despite protests? I don't want to end up making it worse. Will he EVER want to go outside?! I don't expect to hike across mountains or anything, half an hour round the block would do.

Massive sympathy as mine, at five months, is much the same - sling, carseat and pushchair, she's not a fan of any of them. The sling is often best as she'll usually sleep in it after a while and she's getting better in the pushchair lately but I still couldn't have her in it more than about half an hour without tears. Just hang on in there. You HAVE to leave the house for your own sanity. Just try mixing it up a bit to try to find out what works better for different outings. Also DD is much better in proper pushchair seat than she ever was in carseat on chassis or pram attachment

Obvious question, but is baby wrapped up warmly enough or too warmly ?

Also I have to do pushchair but with sling in the bottom quite often. Bit of a PITA but a must for fussy babies!

Interesting because I thought my DS hated 'out' but he actually hated getting jumpers/jackets on. It might not be going out that's the issue, I know it's a PITA but trial and error around what happens when you take him out and what is upsetting him (angle of the pram? Temperature? Light in his eyes? Restrictive clothing?)

My DS loves it now and he's nearly six months

My DS also hated going out, but he got better at about 4 months when he could sit up facing outwards in the pushchair. The first 4 months I used to dread going anywhere and did spend moat of my tine at home. It does get better! (He is now 3 and begs to go out morning, afternoon and evening!)

Poor you. Wonder if there are any sling libraries near you so you could try out some different types? I found out about ours via a local parenting Facebook group.

Angle of buggy definitely a top tip, my DTS got a lot happier when at an angle and able to see what's going on.

Thanks guys for the sympathy, and tips!

Will experiment with buggy angles and clothing layers - I tried dressing him in one of those pram suits the other day and he was NOT IMPRESSED! I kind of wonder if he finds the sling too restrictive and that's what upsets him. Have tried a couple of different types with same reaction. There is a new SlingMeet locally so may try there for some ideas.

With the pram he is usually ok going in it, and for the first 10 mins or so, then just seems to get fed up.

Yeah I do dread taking him anywhere at the moment! Guess I need to be patient, and hopefully he'll like it more once he can hold himself up etc

Thanks again :)

My daughter was like this and still is at 21 months! She gets impatient in the stroller...not sure why! Even as a young baby she would just cry and I would dread taking her out and about. It was quite frustrating. I am still not sure why this is...but her younger brother who is 4 weeks loves going out in the stroller and just sleeps the whole time (she NEVER did this, not even as a newborn...would just cry!). Anyways, sorry im no help...just thought I would share I experienced the same thing! When she was older, I found it easier if I could offer her snacks to eat in stroller...which helped..until she was done snack and would scream again.