what to do in the car... help!
my little one isnt that crash hot on trips in the car... she can sometimes go about 20 minutes then starts grizzling before going into a full blown hysterical cry, due to being tired and not being able to drop off to sleep by herself (i am working on fixing this).
so what do u do when your baby starts crying when you are driving? for short trips it doesn't worry me, but for longer trips ie to my mums tomorrow which is an hour and twenty minutes, and can get really distressing. i have pulled over before to comfort her, but it only lasts a minute or two then more crying when we start back up, and the drive is mostly on the freeway so its really hard to stop.
is it bad to just let her cry while i continue on driving? i mean, besides trying to comfort her with my voice, what else can i do? life must go on surely, i cant stop going places because she cries in the car?
i am going to buy an ipod today to put in my ears in case she starts crying? what do other people do, surely u cant keep pulling over?
any advice on how you cope would be great. it cant hurt her to cry a little can it? she is 11 weeks old. we are letting her cry for a few minutes and comforting her while she drops off to sleep in her cot. maybe she will cry for a while in her car seat then go to sleep (yeah right!!).
how do you guys get out and about with a little one and not lose your sanity?
i am mainly worried that it could harm her in some way pyschologically. is that being silly?