DD (4 months) has always been very anti-napping so I've relied on using her car seat to get her to sleep - either just swinging/rocking her in it at home, clicking it onto the pushchair base and walking or taking her for a drive. The only other way of getting her to sleep is to lie down with her and feed her until she drops off (literally).
In the last week she's started crying while we're out walking (never fun in a small village) and nothing seems to calm her down until I get her out of her seat. It's the same when we're in the car; several times DH has had to pull over so I can get in the back with her. At home it might stop her crying for a short time as long as I'm swinging her but she won't fall asleep in it (we used to call it her magic chair because the effect was so amazing).
There are 2 problems here really:
- I'm now left with only one way of getting her to sleep (I've tried pretty much everything else from dummies to plonking her in front of the washing machine)
- Car journeys are very stressful. I'm meant to be driving to a friend's 3 hours away in a few weeks' time and I'm dreading it. How can I make it fun without singing 'She'll be coming round the mountain' 5 million times???