Advice need for outings with touch 7-wk old!

[2004beachbride]

My LO is a touch seven-week-old who cries inconsolable every time we leave the house and the environment/routine she's comfortable with. Any suggestions?

Typically, we leave the house during her typical A time, but she's unable to fall asleep outside of our typical routine with swaddling, wind down and white noise. The result? She gets overtired, overstimulated and extremely fussy.

Should attempt an outing daily to desensitize her, or if that's just going to overstimulate her and make matter worth. Should we leave the house when she's already asleep, or does that defeat the purpose? Or should we just be patient, as this is something she'll grow out of?

[yaya]

OMG absolutely NO advice but will lurk here in search for tips! HUGS btw!

[Erin M]

Does it matter which A time you leave the house during?  I know with my LOs they both did better earlier in the day.  In fact, with my older dd, we really never left the house at night until she was much older (although she does great now).  Where is she when she's upset?  Is it the car that is troubling her?  Both my LOs hated the car until they were about 4 months old.  If she's in a stroller, it just might be scaring her to be far away from you in a strange place.  If you've got some sort of sling or front carrier, that might be a good place to put her.  When dd2 was tiny, I would put her in the carrier and go about whatever we were doing.  That way, she felt safe and close and would often fall asleep in there.  As for continuing to go out, if she's truly panicked by it, I would try just small outings (like a walk around the block) until she gets more used to things.  HTH!

[kwaker5]

They do grow out of it so no need to force it.  At that age, I often took my touchy one out to try and get him to sleep because he liked the motion.  But he did go through a period of waking up everytime we stopped, which was a pain!