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Ok this we figured out. What I need to find out is what to do in the car. Our kid mostly calms down while walking, but unlike his older brother the car vibrati
by d--b 4y ago
Ok this we figured out.
What I need to find out is what to do in the car. Our kid mostly calms down while walking, but unlike his older brother the car vibrations do not make him sleep at all. And so once he starts crying in the car, we have no way of calming him down, beside stopping the car and carrying him.
It seems like very bouncy driving (a sequence of high acceleration followed by sudden braking) helps, but it’s kind of wreckless, makes my wife sick and my older kid angry.
Help!
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- sailfast 4y agoProbably just need to gut it out for a couple road trips and try not to show the kid how stressed out you are while it’s happening - kinda like a thunderstorm. It gets better. Good luck. Intermediate tactics: white noise in the back seat, maybe some lullabies, singalongs, make sure the seatbelts aren’t too tight, maybe a drink or pacifier, etc - whatever to keep things quiet for a bit.
- PakG1 4y agoI got nothing. For us, we discovered that if we time car trips around their bedtime or naptime, she cries a while and then conks out. Then when we reach our destination, we take her out and put her in an adjustable lay-flat stroller (if outside) or to bed (if home). The process of getting her to conk out while we drive? Just pure grit, endurance, and lots of singing lullabies, which may simply be correlated, rather than causative. Sometimes it takes a while. :(
- dflock 4y agoIf their car seat is rear facing, do they have one of those mirrors on the adult seat, so they can see what's happening/see you?
- Gordonjcp 4y agoThis made a huge difference for us when Gjcp_v2.0 was small enough to be in a rear-facing car seat. You can see them, they can see you.
- pshc 4y agoMore evidence on how harmful a car-centric lifestyle is to humanity.
- dgfitz 4y agoYour virtue has been signaled. Pretending cars are going away is not a realistic view.
- Dylan16807 4y agoPlease explain? I don't see how one particular baby's dislike show anything about whether it's harmful.
- TylerE 4y agoMore evidence of how anti-car fetishists are ruining HN
- adaml_623 4y agoIf you were aware of how many things make babies cry I think you would be quite embarrassed about this comment
- jeofken 4y agoChild safety and cars sure is related - and history buffs will be glad to know the “kindermoord” of automobiles was what got the Netherlands to change from car-centric cities with many lanes wide traffic jams, to the best city infrastructure in the world https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/02/20/the-origins-of-hollands-stop-murdering-children-street-safety-movement/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/02/20/the-origins-of-hollan... Cars produce crazy noise pollution, and car lifestyle requires massive subsidies such as street parking, and a huge share of city real estate being used for parking and roads. Lately, I’ve been inspired by this channel “Not just bikes” on the subject, and other HN readers may find it interesting as well https://youtu.be/XfQUOHlAocY https://youtu.be/XfQUOHlAocY