Re: Little one -hates- the car seat (or something)

Dan Stromberg <strombrg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I almost forgot to mention: This is with two different cars, and two
different car seats. One of the car seats is for toddlers, while the
other is a convertible seat for infants and toddlers.

It is not clear to me whether he always reacts the same to a specific
car seat - does he complain with only one car seat v.s. the other -
i.e. is he always picked up with the same car seat? If so, maybe it
is the specific car seat that he is reacting to. Can you switch the
car seats from one car to the other to test this theory?


On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:58:58 +0000, Dan Stromberg wrote:


Hi folks.

I have a 14 month old who doesn't mind being taken to daycare in the
morning, and doesn't mind if my wife or I pick him up at daycare, but as
soon as either of us tries to get him into his car seat for the trip home
(but not the trip to), he gets =very= unhappy.

He'll cry, he'll yell, he'll arch his back to avoid getting into the seat,
he'll twist, he'll wriggle his arms away. It's easily the low point of my
day, trying to get him into that car seat, because it's obviously so
extremely unfun for him.

We semi-concluded that maybe we were too permissive earlier, and let him
learn that if he protested enough, he could get out of being put into his
car seat right away. But it's to the point where if we wait, he'll be
fine - until we try the car seat again.

I have to wonder if he didn't get hurt badly one or more times while
getting into his car seat, so now he's terribly frightened of getting in.
But since he can't talk, we're left to guess. And if that's the case,
then his reaction to the fear is likely leading to more mishaps, since
it's such a battle, and a spiral ensues.

Has anyone else had a 1 year old (or so) who just couldn't stand their car
seat? What did you do?!

Thanks!

.

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