8 month old screaming in pushchair

[Phoenixwings1989]

DD used to love being in her pushchair but for the last two weeks or so every journey always ends with her screaming inconsolably either when coming home or going out. It usually results in me carrying her or DH and she stops and becomes happy again.

I have suggested to DH we try using a baby carrier but he frets it isn't the weather for a baby carrier and she is better off in her pushchair. We are disagreeing about this all the time and it is making me not want to go out.

Anyone have any advice on this? Going out of my mind!

Why would the season mean you can’t use a baby carrier? Get a baby snow suit if you are worried, or get a big coat for you and do it up over the baby.

I carried my little girl in a carrier all last winter, I just made sure she was warm enough and kept dry.

Also is she facing you or away in her pushchair? If facing away have you tried turning her round?

@GreyishDays I want to use a baby carrier. It is DH who is unwilling as he thinks nothing will keep her dry or warm enough 🙄. He is a bit if a worrywart unfortunately!

@summerstorms She is facing us in her pushchair. We thought maybe she was bored so we tried attaching toys so she could play while on the move but she is still very unsettled.

I think she just prefers to be carried but people keep saying she needs to be in her pushchair otherwise she will be 'ruling our lives forever" 🙄. Load of rubbish and I know DH is scared of mollycoddling her.

Yeah I know it’s him. I don’t understand why he thinks she’d be cold in a carrier, snuggled up to a parent?

Has she started crawling recently? My DS was a nightmare in his pushchair once he got mobile, he didn’t want to be strapped in. Didn’t really resolve itself until he started walking and could get out easily for periods. In the interim, there was a lot of snack bribery 🙄 and trying to keep pram rides short. If the baby carrier works, use it.

Honestly I physically can't push my child in a pushchair because I'm a wheelchair user so I had to carry her. (Now she's bigger she sits on my lap) and she's fine now and very independent. It's good for small children to feel close to their parents.

If he’s worried about her getting cold then you can reassure him that she’ll be warmer next to you in a carrier, but that’s such an odd reason I wonder if it’s more about her ‘ruling your lives forever’. I don’t really know what to say to that - she’s a baby, of course she is ruling your life for now! Much more sensible to pop her in a carrier so you can get out and about without her crying, we keep ours under the pushchair so it’s easy to switch between.
I understand the hesitancy / not wanting to form habits if she were 3 or so, but at 8 months!

I found carrying baby far easier in winter than summer - you get all sweaty in the summer! Just wrap up, have a big coat and use an umbrella!

This is a stupid question but have you checked the straps are correct for her height and there’s no newborn seat in there still?

DD absolutely hated her pram for a while until I realised the straps were set for a much smaller baby and were pulling her from an odd place. We fixed it and she stopped crying / fussing in there immediately

Turn her around to see the world or biscuits 😊 I have to bribe mine in, she back arches, but is happy enough watching the world as long as I don't stop and occasionally I have to sing a bit !

Try turning her round so she can see the world like a couple of other posters said. My daughter was having the same problem with her little one at that age. She could see her mummy so wanted to be on mummy. Once we turned her front facing so she could see the world she didn’t cry ever again.

Try turning around, worked for us

I imagine she wants to move around herself rather than being pushed or strapped in to a pram.