screaming and crying in a pushchair, prefers being carried

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Hello there, just joined the board in the hope that you clever people out there can help me and the missus with a little conundrum.
Our little girl (32 weeks old(first one)) over the past couple of weeks has taken to screaming and crying whenever we take her out in her pushchair, she prefers to be carried a large part of the way. Also she's taken to screaming in her highchair too, which usually results in her muummy feeding her on her lap which she seems content with. My missus has come out with a theory, perhaps she doesn't like being strapped in? Is it a teething symptom(first tooth imminent)? We're at a loss as to whats causing it and it seems only in the past few weeks she's been doing it. Any of you good folk can shed any light on this? Any help and advice would be very much appreciated

sounds like she's starting to get opinions and tell you what she likes and doesn't like. you could always buy a sling. dd has to be forced into her pushchair and highchair sometimes. she also wants to be on the go all the time and it cramps her style

Morocco, we're thinking about the sling angle. My littleun also wants to be on the go all the time as well, a very restless soul 'tis she!
Sounds like this could be a phase she's going through, well i hope so as it will be quite a struggle if she's still the same in a few months!

Cheers Apomegranate, nice to be here!
She's actually started to 'creep' which i believe is a precursor to crawling? Still she gets around the room at a nice steady pace especially when her eyes are focused on something. I'm warming to this sling solution now.

it's all a phase tone!! Welcome to MN

Can you buy a backpack? We have a BushBaby which is fab, and i also used an EllaRoo wrap with ds until he got too heavy!

What highchair do you have??

Ha! You wait till she can run away and throw herself bodily on the floor screaming blue murder when you try and strap her in!

Seriously, it's really common for babies to prefer being carried - if you aren't that mobile of course you want to be picked up rather than ferried in a cold pushchair.

Have you checked btw that her highchair is comfy? We swopped DDs highchair about that age because we discovered it was pressing on the back of her legs and was obviously not right for her (she's v. tall) and found she was much more settled (we went for the very cheapy £11.99 one from Ikea second time round and ditched the v expensive one).

If she is too heavy to carry round on your front, consider a back carrier, they are up much higher (they like that) and can see more (they really like that) and best of all, they can swipe at tree branches, grab bits and post them down the back of your shirt

Yes, the comfort angle was something we thought could be a possible reason for her distress. we'll look into that. In the meantime many thanks for the advice folks, there's certainly a lot of food for thought there. I'm off to the land of nod now, 'night all!

Don't worry too much. Buy a sling and just enjoy cuddling her when she needs your bodily comfort. Since she's used to being in the buggy, she'll be fine with this as well, as long as you don't 'deprive' her of mummy cuddles when she needs them. (apols for use of strong word 'deprive'!)

The people who say it's a phase are right. Just think back - what problems did you have with her a month ago that you don't have now? My BF counsellor used to say that this week's problems won't be next week's problems. Then suddenly she'll be 17 months old and you'll be in a lovely, relaxed flow and will have forgotten all about today.

Good luck!

xxx