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post #1 of 10
10/19/07 at 6:37pm
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Travis does not like riding in the car. He screams the vast majority of the time he's in the car unless MIL is with us (because she's in the back with him). If it is just him back there or just he and Emily back there, he screams and cries. It's AWFUL. Today, we were in the car for a couple of hours. He screamed for an hour and a half. Any ideas on how to make this better for him?
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post #2 of 10
10/19/07 at 6:56pm
He still rearfacing? (hopefully <wink wink>) Have you tried a soft mirror that attaches to the headrest (If you have them?) they're a technical no no but safer to have a soft mirror then a forward facing child under 2.

Does he yell if Emily is back there too?

Does he have reflux? What angle is his seat at? You could install it more upright to help with that too.

If he's forward facing after I'm done cringing I'll think of some things.
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post #3 of 10
10/19/07 at 7:15pm
ok.... well I'm going to assume that he is foward facing, since he is over 1 and I haven't heard you saying that he is underweight.

Have you tried playing CD's that are kids music?
I'm guessing that you have tried toys on the car seat... let's see, His straps are adjusted properly, as in not pinching him.
I used to play peek a boo with Tessa using the rear view mirror. I would have it flipped for night vision, still enabled me to see out the rear with it, but also allowed me a view of Tessa (because she was in the middle) and I would say peek a boo right before I looked in the mirror. I wasn't actually looking at her, I was checking the rear view... but she could see my face and thought I was playing with her.
I will try to think of some other things... Karah was horrible in the car seat for a very long time, but I never really found anything that helped her, she just grew out of it eventually.
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post #4 of 10
10/19/07 at 7:21pm
http://www.target.com/Baby-Sight-Bac...Amirror&page=1
http://www.target.com/Eddie-Bauer-Ba...1038590&page=1
both those mirrors would work.

If you did turn him right away, did he yell when he was RFing? Turning him back might help too and if he screams both directions please please keep him RFing.
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post #5 of 10
10/19/07 at 8:16pm
my only suggestion would be to buy some earplugs i guess.

Logan has always liked his car seat thankfully, when he does get fussy a cd with fun kids music on it works wonders.
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post #6 of 10
10/19/07 at 9:32pm
TJ was a screamer too. Absolutely hated the car. It didn't stop until he reached 1 year and I turned him around. We've not had a problem since. I know how upsetting it is and hope you find some relief soon!
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post #7 of 10
10/19/07 at 9:52pm
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He is forward facing, and I don't think we'll put him back RFing. At his one year check up he weighed 27 pounds 13.5 ounces, so he's probably 28 pounds now. He's bigger than Emily was at 18 months old, so I think he's plenty big enough to be forward facing.
I am pretty sure his car seat straps are not pinching him, but I will check to be sure.
I'll try the CD thing, too. We have a DVD player and watching that sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't help.
Thanks for the suggestions!
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post #8 of 10
10/19/07 at 9:54pm
Please know that size doesn't have any thing to do with being FFing a larger child is actually at MORE risk under the age of 2 for head and neck injuries then a smaller child. ANY forward facing child under 2 is FOUR times more likely to suffer from those injuries then their Rearfacing counter parts.

Their bones don't fully calcify until between 2 and 3 so keeping them RFing longer allows that to happen. Being RFing in an accident allows the seat to absorb the impact of the crash.

If you check my car seat thread you can watch the videos about it as well. I hope you reconsider
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post #9 of 10
10/20/07 at 12:57am
The only thing that worked for Duncan was Opera music. LOL.
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post #10 of 10
10/20/07 at 10:38am
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Originally Posted by Liz109
Oh boy---here we go Tammy, follow your pediatricians guidelines.

Actually the AAP recommends rearfacing for the limits of the carseats (33lbs-35lbs depending on the seat).
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