Tuesday Tips & Tricks 4/26

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[beardpapa]

The car seat is a daily struggle. Whether it's a 10 minute drive to the library or a 2 minute drive to a park, when I'm without my SO in the backseat with baby it's gonna be a tough ride. How do you all make it possible to get out of the house and to an activity or adventure that's not walking distance?

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Apr 27, 2016 3:23:29 GMT -5 beardpapa said:

The car seat is a daily struggle. Whether it's a 10 minute drive to the library or a 2 minute drive to a park, when I'm without my SO in the backseat with baby it's gonna be a tough ride. How do you all make it possible to get out of the house and to an activity or adventure that's not walking distance?

Is this a case of a young baby screaming on the drive? Just making sure it isn't a case of older baby or young toddler in the I don't want to get in my seat phase.

[beardpapa]

Apr 27, 2016 9:39:30 GMT -5 cam said:

Is this a case of a young baby screaming on the drive? Just making sure it isn't a case of older baby or young toddler in the I don't want to get in my seat phase.

11mo, and they are ok now at getting in the seat...at least better than before. I get them in the seat with an activity (book, shaker, teether) and I get in the front and we get a smile and wave together in the mirrors, and then we have 30 to 90 seconds of self-directed play. Then there's cranky that can be satisfied by 0-5 new toys. By that time either they have started eating the book which I encourage them not to do, and that's upsetting, or providing new toys gets met with throwing them out of the car seat. Ensue inconsolability and me singing through the screaming until we arrive and they calm down immediately when I get out of the car to open their door. I do have to get them out of the seat quickly too, though, as they know that's the real ticket to freedom.

[beardpapa]

Apr 27, 2016 10:49:36 GMT -5 forevermorgan said:

beardpapa - is LO in a convertible seat or still in the infant seat? For us, LO stopped carrying on when we upgraded him to the convertible. Now it's just a struggle to get him to sit down. Lol.

Convertible, but still rear-facing and this one seems pretty reclined. Not nearly as much as the infant, though. We upgraded recently and still have to get another one and maybe that will help?