Advice needed: baby wont go to sleep in car :(

[YoYo]

I was also going to suggest a dummy if she takes one. Or perhaps sit in the back with her to help settle her?

[melsa31]

My DS was exactly like this until he was able to be forward facing then there was no problem! Until then, whenever there were two of us in the car, one of us would sit in the back with him and hold his hand or stroke his head and he would settle then. I think he just felt alone in there by himself! Could you try that?

[koru]

Thanks MM and ZF, unfortunately DD is also one of babies that doesn't like dummies either! But I will try the toy distraction If I sit in back with her it helps a bit though eventually she 'cracks it' anyway
Melsa I had a feeling facing backwards is part of the problem. DD used to hate the rear facing basinette in her pram but is totally cool now she faces forward in the normal seat and can see what's going on.
What's the current age/weight for forward facing car seats now? Won't make a difference in NZ for us tho - the law there is rear facing til 1 year old!

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Hopefully the toy distraction works...

The rear facing i think MOST carseats is 8kg and the ppl i go to would not turn DD around until she was 10mths old, she only JUST met the weight limit by then anyway...