Welcoming a child is a huge life change for anyone, but things can be more stressful when that new addition is what many refer to as a "Velcro baby." Some infants cry or are generally unhappy if they aren't being held. But in some situations, such as riding in a car seat, that simply isn't possible.
A screaming baby during every car ride is fun for nobody. However, a mom posted a TikTok video showing her "hack" for babies who hate car rides. Many parents are wondering why they didn't think of it sooner.
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A mom named Jacquie Ciccone posted a now-viral video on TikTok.
In late June, Jacquie shared a video on TikTok that has since gone viral. The clip was only 12 seconds long and featured her happy infant in a car seat. Thus far, it has attracted more than 11.2 million views and over 2.1 million likes.
She used a photo of herself to make her car-seat-hating baby happy in the car.
"When your baby hates the car seat but loves your face," she captioned her video. In the clip, her infant smiled and cooed while sitting in a rear-facing car seat and staring at a printed-out photo of Jacquie that was attached to the headrest.
In the comments, folks lauded the mom's 'genius' car seat hack.
Judging by the comments, plenty of fellow parents wished they would have thought of this car seat hack.
One person wrote, "That's so smart omfg."
Another commented, "Instant baby fever omg what a sweetie! Also you're a genius haha."
Meanwhile, yet another TikTok user declared, "Mama makes all the scary things less scary ✨," and another exclaimed, "WHAT THIS IS GENIUS."
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Still others couldn't get over how adorable the clip was.
TikTok users practically swooned over Jacquie's baby's response to seeing the photo of the mom.
"This is the most precious thing ," one shared, and another wrote, "Stop it!!! Stop it right now ADORABLE ADORABLE ADORABLE!!!!!"
Someone else commented, "You're standing right here but she's still giggling at the pictures. BEYOND adorable. ."
Other TikTok users shared their own stories of cranky car babies.
A fellow parent lamented in the comments, "You mean I'm on baby #2 that screams the whole car ride and I haven't thought of this ."
Someone else echoed, "Not me crying realizing this is how my Velcro baby feels about me ."
Yet another TikTok user shared a similar story, writing, "My husband had to hold a pic of me on his phone when I was at work to get our son to fall asleep. He'd tap his dad when it would turn off ."
What do you think of this mom's hack?
