At least, that is what I was always told. I heard countless
stories from friends about how the only way to get their newborn
to sleep was to go for a car ride.  And then my baby arrived.
And guess who hated car trips? Yeah, this guy right here:  A
rare sleeping-in-the-carseat moment after visiting the ocean for
the first time at 4 months old. As a side note: yes we adjusted
his chest strap before we started driving!  He would scream and
thrash so badly during even 10-15 minute trips that I spent much
of the first 6 months at home because I dreaded going anywhere.
I specifically remember this one time I needed to go grocery
shopping and I went to a specialty store 30 minutes away. He
screamed so hard the way home that I stopped five times to try
and soothe him, nurse him, get him to fall asleep etc, and
nothing worked. I was crying just as much as he was because I
couldn’t bear it! In fact, this sour attitude and general
loathing of car trips/car seats lasted until he was well over a
year old. This is how we h