Chimaera used as sleep aid!!!
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Last night our two day old daughter screamed until 4am, so I took her for her first drive in the Chimaera....guess what?.....zzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz....for the full hour we were driving around Norwich...got home...turned the engine off.....WHHHAAAAAAAAAAA....looks like i'll be burning some more Optimax tonight 
Every time I take my oldest daughter of 21 months out in my S3 she arrives sleeping, then when we leave she screams "weeeeee" points to "bike", "bus" and "car", goes "baaah" to Vectras and after a sip of milk nods off again.
This is with the roof of and the back down too on Bs, As and motorways - who says TVRs are unsuitable to babies and toddlers?
This is with the roof of and the back down too on Bs, As and motorways - who says TVRs are unsuitable to babies and toddlers?
This effect works on adults passengers as well (at least in does in my SEAC 
). Most of my passengers seem to fall asleep on long journeys. Last years Le Mans my naviguesser needed a good kicking to stay awake long enough to stay awake long enough to say anything useful.
Now please excuse me - My bed has been nicely warmed by the hot water bottle and my mug of Ovaltine is ready.
). Most of my passengers seem to fall asleep on long journeys. Last years Le Mans my naviguesser needed a good kicking to stay awake long enough to stay awake long enough to say anything useful. Now please excuse me - My bed has been nicely warmed by the hot water bottle and my mug of Ovaltine is ready.
Yeap, both the wife and the 2 1/2 year old son have managed to fall asleep in the TVR with the roof off and going pretty fast.... quite how I have yet to work out, but they both manage it without fail......
As for screaming kids - I trust that you have found the miracle that is Calpol? If not, get down to the 24hour garage and get some. It fantastic stuff and works a treat.... my little boy suffered with really long and bad teething... not any more!
As for screaming kids - I trust that you have found the miracle that is Calpol? If not, get down to the 24hour garage and get some. It fantastic stuff and works a treat.... my little boy suffered with really long and bad teething... not any more!
pbrettle said:
As for screaming kids - I trust that you have found the miracle that is Calpol? If not, get down to the 24hour garage and get some.
[bossy mum]
Calpol is for babies aged 3 months and over (but an exception is made for 2-month-olds at their first vaccinations - go figure!). [/bossy mum] Know what you mean about the soporific effects of TVRs, though. SBaby is pretty much guaranteed to have a snooze in the Cerbie, although he's now coming to terms with having to slum it in the 850 T5 and will nod off in that on long journeys. But he adores the Cerbie - the front-facing seat helps (haven't got one for the T5 yet), but he really does like travelling in it. Apparently the safety cushion that sits across his lap is delicious.
Oh, one last thing - congrats Nick and Mrs Nick!!
>> Edited by SGirl on Friday 10th October 10:23
Don't do it!!. Our first baby used to cry each night. I spent about 2 hrs every night for 18 months trying to get him to sleep by driving round. Little chap used to wake up as soon as he got back to his cot. We then read a book called Toddler Taming which advised leaving him to cry each night. This was very hard to do but after 3 sleepless nights he gave gave in and went to sleep when put to bed from then on.
Just a thought. At 2 days old, she's probably still in a state of shock at being dumped in the hard, cold, cruel world after being tucked up all nice and warm listening to mum digesting her dinner. What I found worked with SBaby for the first couple of weeks or so of life was cuddling him close to me in bed at night. You have to be quite careful if you do this, but talk to your midwife - she can tell you how to go about it as safely as possible. Or you could try the NCT website - IIRC there was some advice on this there.
Simon T is right - if you set a precedent by getting her off to sleep in the car every night for weeks, soon you'll find she can't sleep unless you drive her round - fun at first, but a pain in the bum later on as you get more and more tired... Driving round is a great way to calm a colicky baby, though, or else you could try putting the washing machine on - apparently that works too, never tried it myself.
What I found worked with SBaby for the first couple of weeks or so of life was cuddling him close to me in bed at night. You have to be quite careful if you do this, but talk to your midwife - she can tell you how to go about it as safely as possible. Or you could try the NCT website - IIRC there was some advice on this there. Simon T is right - if you set a precedent by getting her off to sleep in the car every night for weeks, soon you'll find she can't sleep unless you drive her round - fun at first, but a pain in the bum later on as you get more and more tired... Driving round is a great way to calm a colicky baby, though, or else you could try putting the washing machine on - apparently that works too, never tried it myself.
Plotloss said:
Hoover is another one...
She also seems like the angle grinder!
Hoover doesn't always work... SBaby screams his head off if you wave a Hoover at him!
Haven't tried an angle grinder though...
BTW Matt, re. what we were discussing the other week - did you ever get it sorted? If not, mail me offline - I have something that may help.
jeremyc said:
Anyone who was at the TVRCC track day at Donington in 2000 (I think) will have seen Alison sleeping in the passenger seat of my Chimaera.
With her crash helmet on.
Being driven around the track.
Obviously not showing enough commitment into the corners there Jeremy
. Funny enough No2 son who comes out regulary will normallly slink into the seat after a hour or so when returning from days out and he's 14 and loves anything petrol driven
must be the bass note of the exhaust, knocking them asleep I say . Harry
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