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Originally Posted by atouchofheaven

i've wondered that myself. great ideas. i have another one to add. my son is a big hitter right now, being almost 2. and for some reason he likes my husbands car better than mine. everytime he has to go in my car with me somewhere, he throws a fit, screaming, hitting, scratching. but usually, it's not an option not to go. any suggestions? how do you do a time-out or at least let him know it's unacceptable to hit even though i can't do much about it while i'm buckling him in? anyone have the same issue?

My daughter's usually not too bad with the car seat issue but she'll occasionally fight me. I just have a couple of ideas to throw out. What about having special toys that your DS is only allowed to play with once strapped in to his car seat? I saw on one of the nanny shows that the nanny actually took car seats out of the car for the kids to play with in the living room - so they got to have a fun memory with them and that seemed to help. Would it be possible for your DS to get himself into his own car seat and then you strap him? The other day my DD actually climbed into her seat from over the back. I didn't plan that but saw what she was trying to do and went with it. Once she got to her seat she sat very nicely and let me strap her in. Good luck! Gotta love those almost two year olds