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- Subject: Re: Car seat battles (13 mos)
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 23:11:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.212346.22576@novell.com>
- janines@novell.com (Janine Schenone) writes:
-
- >
- >In article <92314.100920CLH7@psuvm.psu.edu> Chris Himes <CLH7@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >>Over the last month Doug (13.5 mos) has developed a fierce determination not
- >>to get into his carseat. . . Any hints in the meantime to make things easier?
- >
- >Welcome, fellow wrestler. I have dubbed myself the carseat wrestling champion
- >of Northern California. Georgia (21 mos.) has been fighting getting into
- >her carseat since she was about 16 months old, and since then, we have
- >had quite a few wrestling bouts. My hints aren't the greatest, but
- >they have helped some. At first, I would let her toddle around the car
- >a bit and express her independence. But she kept extending the toddling time,
- >and she would still fight me when I tried to put her in the car, so
- >I stopped that. Now, I always make sure she has some comfort object
- >(baba, blankie, "Baby"--her doll) in her arms when I put her in the
- >car seat.
- >
- >Just two weeks ago, she came up with her own coping mechanism:
- >she wants to climb in the driver's seat and push all the buttons. Sigh.
- >At first I was not happy with this development. But it turns out that
- >if I let her do it for a little while (about 15 seconds), she feels,
- >that she is being accorded the respect that she deserves, and she'll
- >usually get back into the carseat without a struggle. Doug's too
- >young for this option right now, but if you can think of some way
- >to empower him, it will help. It beats shoving your kid into the
- >seat while she arches her back and kicks.
- >
- >Janine, Mom of Gorgeous Georgia
-
- I've been having the same problem and letting Stefan get into the driver's
- seat hasn't really worked for me, he doesn't want to get out! :-)
-
- I'm positive he'll be ten and will be asking for the keys to the car. :-)
-
- I've tried a few things, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
- 1--ask if he wants a bottle of juice, if yes, then explain he has to sit in
- order to get it. (obviously this won't work if he doesn't want the juice) :-)
- 2--Bring along small toys, in our case, matchbox cars.
- 3--last ditch effort is bribing with food--fortunately this doesn't usually
- work either. (well...maybe NOT so fortunate---:-))
-
- Anybody else have any ideas, answers, words of wisdom from years of experience?
- :-) :-) :-) :-)
-
- Ellie
-