Car Rides & Road Trips: Babies 'R' Us
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Road Trip: Infant Fussy in Car Seat
Asked by C.H. from Chicago
on May 27, 2008
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I need to take my 10-month-old on a 2.5 hour car trip this weekend, and I have to travel without my husband. She will sleep in the car for about and hour to an hour an...
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- If you haven't tried this already, line the seat with a soft blanket or sheet. I've learned that the upholstery on these seats are itchy and uncomfortable.
- Have you tried a DVD player? Even buying a new toy like a book that has doors to open - something interactive.
- DVD player and books with the "peek flaps" - those books with imagines behind flaps. I got 2 of them at Target last summer in their summer aisle for $1 a peice. My 11 ...
Advice on a Long Trip with a 5 Month Old Baby by Car
Asked by T.D. from Syracuse
on January 28, 2011
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Hello,
we are moving next month to a different country (from Italy to Germany) and for many reasons the only way we can travel is by car! our baby is 5 month and im...
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- We did a 15 hour trip with our twins. First, if you can drive at night you should. The baby will be sleeping, so it won't throw off the schedule. Depending on how l...
- I noticed that when my kids pooped in a car seat, it oozed out of the top of the diapers, leaving the car seat and entire back of my child a complete mess. We take a 1...
- Babies get really sore from sitting in the same position for extended hours. Make sure you look for spots on her skin that stay red after she is picked up, this can b...
Weekend Trip with 15 Month Old - Looking for Advice on Sleeping and Car Sickness
Asked by H.B. from New York
on May 11, 2009
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Hi there. I have 2 different topics I could use advice on both related to an upcoming trip. We have a wedding in Newport RI (about a 4 1/2 hour drive). My 16-month old...
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- Hi H.. I wish I could help you out with the car sickness, but I don't have any solid advice in that area except maybe try and leave at a time that you know your daugh...
- Hi H., My daughter had car sickness from 2 weeks old. She is now 6. My doctor told me to give her Benadryl for the motion sickness so far so good. Ask your doctor, ...
- Hi H.! As a kid, I got car sick, too, and the only thing that helped me feel better in the back seat was opening the windows and getting fresh air circulating in the ...
Screaming in the Car
Asked by M.T. from Austin
on May 15, 2009
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I need help. My 6 week old sometimes will scream in the car. In fact if he's not asleep before I get him in the car then he screams. I've tried checking the seat, chan...
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- My middle one did this till she was about 3 months. My youngest on and off till he was about a year out of bordom. I don't have any advice, but it looks like some of...
- It sounds to me like your baby is car-sick. I was when I was a baby and my son was too. As I got older the car-sickness got better, but it wasn't until I was around a ...
- Hi M., I work in the holistic world and look at things a bit differently than those who are not. You are in a very difficult situation. Your 6 week old, from the soun...
Road Trip Advice for My 3Y/o
Asked by M.A. from Dallas
on February 25, 2009
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Hello! My husband and i will be taking a road trip to visit family this year instead our normal flying to save on money. We will be saving half the flight cost. My son...
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- saving money may cost a little money to keep your little motivated, happy, and at ease..... so here are a few ideas that have worked for us... HAPPY TRAVELING... por...
- We have driven back and forth to Columbus a few times with our 3yo and her infant sister. We have had such great trips doing this with family bonding. Just a couple ...
- Have a map from your home to your destination. Kids will ask a million times, "Are we there yet?" (before you've even left the neighborhood). You can show Eli exactl...
Car Seat
Asked by S.H. from Detroit
on September 27, 2006
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Hi,
My son is almost 10 months old and we need to buy a new car seat for him soon. He is very skinny (he's in then 20th percentile for weight) but very long (in th...
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- My son is exactly the same and we bought the Britax Decathlon for the extra inches. It has the adjustable crotch setting which was nice to make sure he had a good fit ...
- I have three children and bought all their carseats at 'babies r us' I can't remember the brand names off hand. I do know what helped me the best was to go to www.babi...
- If this doesn't convince you that a 5-pt harness that goes to at least 80 lbs (not one that converts to a booster - a carseat w/ a 5-pt-harness that lasts until at lea...
Car Seat??
Asked by P.R. from Dallas
on October 26, 2010
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My daughter will be 4 in december. she is much taller than kids her age and weights about 45ish pounds. I am not sure what kind of car seat she should be in. for he...
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- Legally, I think she can transition to a booster at 4years old AND 40lbs. However, I would keep her in a 5-point harness as long as possible. My oldest is 5 1/2 (he'...
- The new law in Texas is 80lbs or age 8 for taking out of a carseat, so she definitely should be in some sort of seat, not just a seatbelt. We have an Eddie Bauer ...
- Check out the Britax Frontier 85, a highback booster seat w/ a 5 pt harness. Goes up to 85 lbs. (or 100, I can't remember). We have two, one for each car for our 5-y...
Car Seat
Asked by L.B. from Dallas
on May 19, 2007
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My little girl is 2 months and hates riding in the car seat. She cries all of the time in it. Have any of you had a baby like this? My doctor said to just keep putt...
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- My daughter has the same issue and once we put her in a Britax car seat she began to sleep more peacefully in the car. The seat is much more cushiony and sits at a sl...
- My second daughter did that for the first three months and did not respond to mirrors or mobiles. It may have been more of a coincidence, but I started putting a bl...
- Both of mine were the same way. I think it is because of sitting backwards that bothers them. Anyway, I had to kind of ride it out until they got a little older and co...
Car Seat
Asked by S.B. from Portland
on August 22, 2008
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OK i hope that i am not the only one out there with this problem but every time I put my little girl in the car seat she screams. Why? She is almost 3 months old now (...
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- Our son, at 5 months started screaming in the car within seconds of being strapped in. The only thing that worked was "Rockabye Lullaby: Radiohead" which is a glockens...
- Hi S., After two children who were just fine in the car, my third daughter was also a cryer whenever we tried to take her anywhere in her first months of life. I k...
- Hi, I had a baby einstein toy that attached to the car seat handle and it played music.. It had a clear part of the toy that was made to look like an ocean with floa...
Car Seat
Asked by A.J. from Columbia
on November 19, 2006
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I am the mother of an almost 4 month old little boy who has ALREADY outgrown his infant carseat. I am in need of a larger carseat but there are so many versions out th...
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- I think that you were right to start out with the seat that you did. I know some mothers that started out with the larger seats and their newborns head and body just ...
- Hey i was just going through the same thing just remember that the child cant be in a facing carseat till they are one... I went to go buy that and then her doctor sai...
- We went from the carrier type to a Graco ComfortSport, and now we have an Eddie Bauer one. The comment I wanted to make is that unless your baby is sitting up alone,o...
