Car rides are miserable!!! Anyone else? Advice appreciated!

Since day one my little guy has HATED being in the carseat, ergo car rides. He has great lungs and can and has cried an entire car ride before (sometimes 20-30 minutes straight). At some point the cry-it-out method is the only thing we can do. The way i see it, if we take a break, take him out, its only a temporary fix then since We have to get back in the car to go home and the crying is just going start all over again anyway. He’s now (literally almost) 5 months old and i just find it super stressful for me because I hate seeing him so emotional, but its also overwhelming driving like that. Is it going on o be like they foreverSometimes he’s literally screaming crying and i just dont know what to do!? I do give him toys, we put different kinds of sound on; from music to podcasts to soundscapes. We give him toys that make noise we give him toys that are sensory oriented. Pacifiers don’t work because he just ends up spitting them out and then crying more and sometimes I’m just not comfortable, giving him a bottle while I’m driving because I’m afraid if he starts choking since I’m not able to help him because I’m driving. Anyone else baby hate being in the carseat? Please help any advice is greatly appreciated!

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Same with us. Just here for the advice.

My girl is the same way. The only thing that has seemed to help so far is putting a mirror for her to be able to see me or Daddyman the whole time we’re in the car. I point her car seat mirror towards the rear view mirror/fold down visor mirror and that seems to help us. If it’s dark and she can’t see us anymore she’s right back to screaming though /: hoping she’ll grow out of it, I can definitely relate on how uncomfortable it is to drive with a fit pitcher.

The only thing that worked for me was someone in the back seat with her. My daughter finally stopped crying when she was able to go forward seating

Lol, I am in the same situation, my mum takes him out quickly to feed him and puts him back when he sleeps, sometimes I park my car to breastfeed, the day I drove with him alone I was confused while driving the tears and noise made me lose concentration. I think the only thing that helps is time and someone sitting with them

Have you guys tried taping a picture of ur smiling in front of them on the back seat lol I seen a tiktok & it helped don’t know for how long tho lol a

Advice I received from a PT is to consider getting an L shaped carseat instead of the bucket shaped newborn only ones. They do make them for babies as small as 7lbs. If the problem is because of the position (ex. reflux, gas) it could be worth the switch. In my case my baby was (pain) crying even when I sat in the backseat with him so we could rule out separation anxiety or boredom, and he also stopped crying immediately when we got him out of his seat. Thankfully he is started growing out of the discomfort at 4 months but there was a time he couldn't be in the seat at all, and then for a maximum of 4 min - not quite long enough to get to the grocery store 🥺 or home.

U basically do the same thing I do. I give a paci before I start driving which eventually ends up on her lap and I give her a toy and she just chew on it and plays with it but it works so idk. I use to sing the ABCs to her before because she loves when u sing to her and that’s her fav song but it does get tiring after singing it like 29 times cause as soon as I stop she gets to complaining

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