So we have now reached the point in toddlerhood where my daughter will not sit in her car seat. So every time we try and get her in her car seat she will kick, scream, flail. She also will stiffen up her entire body so we can't get her to bend at all. So when my son used to do this, our oldest, I would just tickle him and he would sit down. Well, my daughter will not do that. you tickle her she gets madder and she will grab at your face or she'll like try and **** your hands like she's ruthless. So the only thing I've been able to find so far that will work is giving her a pack of gummies like candy gummies or like some type of candy but I don't feel like that's setting her up good for the future with having to bribe her to sit in her car seat. So if you struggled with this issue with your toddlers, what worked for you? Give me all the tips and tricks because like I guess I could like I just don't want to go to giving her candy every time I need to leave the house, but give me all the tips. I'm desperate.
I feel your pain the way you describe your daughter to sound so much like my son like he does exact same thing like he'll get more mad if I even try to help him and he'll get more mad but he's kind of like stop doing it
So much now he actually pretty well enjoys the car ride for the most part nowadays like I am back in the day and I what I found weren't I did also try the candy row
But then I noticed that it wasn't expected thanks like we will go to the car and he play candy candy and I'm like oh so I started something crack crack but I have the one thing that I found that really helped like him actually sit in the car seat
I would have Pacific like I am I went out and bought pacific like car books like car toys and car pop it's like not actual cars but like for the car like certain toys he doesn't play with all the time certain books
So I would keep his attention and he'll be like oh that's something no and he get excited about it he then he would forget that he's even in the car seat or like that he's even going in the car he could be like I was something new I never seen it like I'm interested in it and obviously like
So I can't remember what we did with my oldest, but my youngest, he's not to that stage yet and he's only like a couple years younger than your daughter.
But he is fascinated with putting his socks and shoes on to go so man so I let him walk to my car I was holding my hand and then he just climbs up into my car and into his car seat all by himself
Maybe it's like an independent saying like you can do with it like have a hold your hand and you can walk to the car and she can try to do it herself and that's like a Nicole Smith and should be proud of herself