Quote Originally Posted by Marigold2
I would let him cry if he wants to. You could turn the radio on for some relaxing music or if you don't want to hear him scream put on some Led Zepplin. We all went through screaming kids in the car. It's part of being a mom as well as poopy diapers, having them spit on you in the grocery store. Being a mom means work work work work work. Not having a free moment and wiping spit, poop, vomit and pee 24/7.
Being a mom is a lot of work and it's the best work in the world- I absolutely love it. Because it's so much work I love finding little tips to help things go more quickly and more smoothly. Every minute I can shave off one chore is an additional minute I can spend somewhere else.

Quote Originally Posted by AdoreMyDogs
Quinn was the same way in her car seat. She just despised it and nothing we did made her less miserable in her car seat...toys, attention, more a/c, less a/c, music, no music....so we actually were given a really nice car seat from a friend of ours. It's not the prettiest car seat, it's it doesn't have the cute decorations or fabric that I like, but it looks brand new and that child really seems to like it. I have since put her in her old car seat and she just fusses. She just doesn't like her old car seat, the one that's actually cuter

So, the only thing that worked for us was to get her into a new car seat. The new car seat sits up a little more and it's actually a safer carseat, she's strapped in better and it's more confining, but for some reason she likes it much more and only fusses if she's hungry. She's also a very active little one and isn't fond of being confined anywhere. Weird that changing her car seats worked so well.
Genius! I hadn't thought of that. Nathan's car seat can adjust to 3 different positions. Today I adjusted it so it sits a bit more upright and he did much better. He's now able to see and play with his toys and books much better than before. He was still a little fussy, but nothing like he was before.