What do you do?
He's 3 months and in the Chicco Keyfit 30 so I really can't see him and talking to him doesn't soothe him. He usually falls asleep after a few minutes.
I feel bad ignoring him but I can't do anything 
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Keep driving.
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omg this JUST happened with my almost 1 year old!! ahhH!! She was screaming like she was being pinched or something so I actually pulled over on the highway into the breakdown lane, reached back, took off her shoes, took away all things near her and she was still screaming! I offered her her bottle, a snack, etc. and nothing helped. So I just drove home and she was screaming/crying for 10 mins straight
I have no idea what set her off.
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I have the same carseat. I just ignore. That's all I can really do because talking also doesn't help. I hate it though.
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I talk, sing or ignore.
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I just keep driving =/
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Keep driving, but I talk to him to let him know that I hear him, and I understand he's upset. It doesn't necessarily stop him from crying but I want to get in the habit of letting him know that I understand how he is feeling.
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i keep driving but hate it when he's screaming his head off! usually nothing can stop him so i just keep driving.
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When LO was younger, i sang at the top of my lungs.
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I sing, play music, sometimes I stretch one arm to the back and rub her hair.. I have long arms
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If it's not far I keep driving. Maybe I would try to sing to her. Do you have a mirror so you can at least have some comfort that he's ok?
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Turn the radio up higher. Actually there were many a drive home with the white noise app running through the blue tooth at full volume. But if it works it works.
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have to keep driving. we always gave ourselves 20 minutes of crying. if she was still crying, we pulled over. 9 times out of 10, she falls asleep. 2-3 months was the WORST in the car seat.
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I can reach back to re-paci, but I often just roll the windows up and down. It's enough of a distraction sometimes. If that doesn't work, I just keep driving.
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I like the window idea!
He's got a very distinctive "get me the eff out of this carseat" cry so I'm not too concerned that something's wrong, but I may invest in one of those mirrors just for peace of mind.
We're never more than 15 minutes from our destination when I'm driving (we're going to the dr, grocery, etc. anything else DH is with us and he's driving while I sit in the back with lo)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who ignores. It's a horrible feeling, like I can't do anything for him, but I try to remind myself that rear-facing, in the middle, in the backseat is the safest place even if it means I can't reach over and comfort him
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@septemberlove: mine usually doesn't cry more than 4-8 minutes. Then he passes out. Sometimes I reach back and pat his arm or make sure he has his pacifier. We also play white noise through the speakers (using iphone) if we know its nap time anyways and we want to knock him out faster.
Only once have I stopped the car and climbed in the backseat to try to console him. He was crying SO hard and for too long. I stroked his head (something I do when putting him to sleep), "shhhh'd" a lot and held his pacifier in until he calmed. -
Pray. Haha
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keep driving and sing the "winnie the pooh" song. Works every time
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Keep driving. Sometimes I try to talk/sing, but since it doesn't seem to help much.
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I try to talk to my LO as he is crying and continue driving. Talking to him seemed to calm him down a bit to know that I was acknowledging him.
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Sometimes I talk to him. Mostly I ignore. It simultaneously gives me a raging headache and breaks my heart
ETA: If I'm driving with someone I make them sit in the back and distract him.
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@coacheswife123: Seriously. Pray that I don't hit every single red light.
But all you can do is hope they stop crying and you don't hit every red light.
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Turn the radio up. Sometimes it calms him down, mostly it just drowns out his whining. at a stop light i can reach around and pass him a toy or a paci, but he'll generally just throw it away.
if it's not cold out i wind down his window. he seems to like the wind.
luckily these days he doesn't cry in his carseat much anymore
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Turn up the music and keep going!
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Oooo, I just thought of this. If your LO responds well to white noise, but you can't play your phone app through your speakers, just tune the radio to something between stations. The static is a great white noise.
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Keep going
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H cries in the carseat bc honestly we dont use the car that much (live downtown so walk/use UBV). And she gets so pissed when I put her in there. If I know she's fed and clean dipe, all I can do is let her wail. She usually spends about 5 minutes splitting my head in half with her window shattering high pitch screams, and then she'll just play with a toy bc she's like, "Damn. This is a lot of work! I need a break!" Sometimes I'll sing to her, and that helps if I can yell loud enough for her to hear me. But if she doesnt appreciate my talent, I just shut up and let her rip for a few mins. She is Drama Baby. There's nothing wrong with her other than the fact that she DEMANDS to get out of the carseat.
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I sing some of LO's favourite songs and that usually works at calming her down. We have a mirror on the back of the seat so I can see her and she can see my face. That usually helps as I can pull faces at her (whilst stopped at a light) and that distracts her enough to stop the crying for a bit. Otherwise, I just keep driving and hope we don't hit every red light!
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I have this Baby Einstein travel songs cd that I put on the stereo. Makes both of my kids calm right down.
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@septemberlove: I just keep driving unless we're far from our destination. Making a mistake at the wheel could cause FAR more harm than not responding to every peep. LO is ~10 months but talking to her does not soothe her either.
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I keep driving and hope for green lights.....LO loves movement in the car and it's when we are stopped that she screams. Also my DH says I can't get distracted by her wailing and the best thing I can do is ignore and be a safe driver.
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I ignore her. The longest I have had to do this was 40 minutes. It was awful. But she always cries in the car and there's nothing I can do.
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The morning my BIL died I had to drive for 2 hours by myself and M (a newborn then) screamed at the top of her lungs for every minute of the trip. I knew she was fine so I literally just turned up the radio and pretended I couldn't hear her. Awful but I just couldn't do anything to help her and I needed to get home. One of the worst moments I can remember.
Today she was fussing a little in the car and I could stick my hand into her carseat without turning around and she just smiled and held onto my finger. It was pretty cute.
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i faced this during a long road trip. After much turmoil, i finally got the idea to hold my iphone in front of him and play baby videos on youtube. I guess i have long arms like @mrsbells
I need to remember to actually have some videos downloaded to my phone for the next road trip because i used a lot of data! I also try to time road trip with the start of a nap and he will sleep longer than usual
ETA: if nothing works though, not even the video, i would just keep stopping. On one road trip, I stopped so many times, it took me 10 hours instead of 6-7 to get to my destination. What finally when i did stop was putting him in the Beco. It calmed him down enough to finally eat and then he fell asleep the rest of the way.
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@MrsF: wow, I'm so sorry! That sounds super stressful!
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This happened today.
I sang to her and she just kept crying so I just ignored it and kept driving.
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I turned up the radio and kept going. A crying baby is an alive baby, so I didn't worry too much.
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I have the same carseat and LO used to love being in it and driving in the car- not so much anymore- he just screams the whole time now. I was driving to Maine last week from My house (a 45 minute ride) an DS screamed the whole time- it was so bad by the time I got there I was crying. I basically drive with my arm draped in his seat so he knows I am there- sometimes it helps!
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I ignore it mostly too. Ill turn the radio up, roll the windows down, try handing her her snack cup or drink, try handing her a toy, talk to her, etc. sometimes one of the above works, sometimes not. If not, i just turn the radio up and try to tune it out.
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i usually sing loudly, roll windows down, hand her toys, or just reach my arm back there so she knows i am there. if all of those things fail, i just let her cry and she usually stops in 5 or so minutes
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