Unfortunately it doesn't seem to matter if facing rear or forward as we have two cars with seats facing different ways and he is the same in both. I agree that he may not be comfy at times like Limeslice suggested but it can't be all the time can it? The two seats are quite different in position but he stills cries after 20mins in each of them. If anything, he is a little better in rear facing (more reclined) seat, but only marginally. I hate car trips!
Thanks for your input/suggestions.
Ok, I'm probably not going to be much help....but just wanted to say my DD was exactly the same. She has only slept in the car as a toddler (2yrs+) and even then only a handful of times. Never slept in the car under this age. She also would whinge and cry the whole time no matter what. People thought we were just fussy and couldn't handle a little cry because we didn't travel more than 15 minutes in the car unless we really really had to....but it was constant no matter how long the trip. I can't really think of any particular thing that stopped it. I think it's more a phase. One thing that has helped in the past 6 months though is kids music tapes (oh joy, )....prior to that I'd just sing songs I knew she liked which would occasionally work. Also have you tried putting him in the middle of the backseat? That way they can see everything, cars in front etc....I think we tried this for a period of time and it worked briefly.
Have you tried giving him a rusk to chew on for a while?
Anyway, sorry, I wish I knew what our magic was in the end but just can't think. The next phase we had after she could start to talk was constant asking for a cuddle in the car , so we made up a way of doing cuddles in the car which is just to hug ourselves with our arms and make stupid noises.....seems to distract the attention seeking for a bit and gets a laugh out of her.
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)....prior to that I'd just sing songs I knew she liked which would occasionally work. Also have you tried putting him in the middle of the backseat? That way they can see everything, cars in front etc....I think we tried this for a period of time and it worked briefly.
, so we made up a way of doing cuddles in the car which is just to hug ourselves with our arms and make stupid noises.....seems to distract the attention seeking for a bit and gets a laugh out of her.
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