Hiya,
This is a shout out to all mums who's babies DON'T fall asleep in the car (or is mine the only one? )
DD is 5 months old and while she travels fine in the car for short journeys she will not fall asleep in it instead screams her head off til she exhausts herself We are about to go to NZ to visit family and have a lot of driving to do! I'm dreading the car journeys...any advice on how to get her to sleep herself in the car?
Some background: DD is one of those kids who needs to be held to go to sleep so I think that despite the motion of the car (which she likes) she cries cos obviously I can't hold her
She falls asleep in the pram ok (now - used to be a drama)
We rarely use the car (maybe once a week) as we live close to everything we need and use public transport if we need to go int o the city, so she hasn't had that much practice - though we tried a few 'road trips' of about an hour in recent weeks.
She will be in a rear facing car seat in NZ (still in her capsule here)
Any advice is welcome!