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Is she still in the infant seat or in a convertible seat? My LO's travel got much better when we switched to the convertible.... I think she likes being up higher to look out the window?

I will tell you that my son was a nightmare in the car. It actually caused a lot of mental stress for me. I hated going places and listening to the crying would make me so upset. I tried switching to a convertible car seat, and if I'm being really honest, I even turned him forward for a short ride to see if it would help stop the behavior. Nothing worked.

Eventually I rearranged my entire days, to only going places, when I knew he was tired and would fall asleep. Otherwise the car rides just fell like torture for both of us.

My pedi reassured me that it would eventually change and he would grow out of it. At 8 months I started to notice that 50% of car rides were better and eventually, it stopped. It was probably the worst part of Mommy hood for me with him in the beginning. It made me bananas!

@ms.janedoe: Oh gosh I really feel terrible for you. I don't think people actually understood how bad it was for me and him. I hope it gets better for you sooner than later!

I don't have much advice, because I don't have any LOs yet, but this thread did remind me of this message board post I read awhile back:

http://prebabyblog.com/2012/10/convertible-car-seat-what-saved-our-car-trips/

So as @cyan mentioned, maybe a convertible really can help.

This was my kid. It was so bad for awhile that I wouldn't take him anywhere because it would be a scream fest, and I would just end up crying as well. Unless it was a 5 minute drive, I didn't go anywhere unless I had DH with me. When I was with DH, I would pump a bottle before we left and feed it to him in the backseat, and sit with him. That would appease him.

It wasn't until he was about a year old and could play with toys that he got better. I wouldn't say he loves the car, but at 2 he tolerates it as long as he has some toys and books. We can interact with him a lot more.

@ms.janedoe: what car seat do you have? We have the britax chaperone and the b safe and he is obviously happier and more comfortable in the b safe.

D went through this, too. Lasted for about 1.5-2 months. He'd be ok if the car was moving, but as soon as we stopped, even for a stop sign, he'd scream. It was SO stressful. But it passed!

I remember back when I was still pregnant and researching chiropractors & babies (a spin off of trying to flip the breech boy) I discovered that infants can go in for "adjustments" that are more like massages & one of the most common "success stories" were babies who previously hated their car seats. I guess for some they just weren't comfy. I always figured I would try it if the car was a problem for us. I do know you have to find a chiro who is trained in child/infant practice since it's obviously different than adults. Might be worth a shot!