What weight and age were your kids when you turned them?
Chelsea was 10 months and only around 8kg....now i think about it...i should have left her...but Jasmine was coming a month later and i didnt want to have another seat installed rear facing when there already was one.....
So we had Chelsea's new seat installed forward facing.
Jasmine in now 10 months and probably around 10kg (who knows...she grows so fast) and dont want her turned yet...there is no need.
DS is almost 16 months, weighs 10.5kgs, and he's still facing the rear. His seat allows rear facing until 12 kgs, so that's when we'll turn him. I feel much better with him rear facing.
My mum has a seat for him (she looks after him two days a week for me), and when I checked it recently I found that it only goes to 10kg, so she's had it turned around. She's not very happy about that, but I thought it best to follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Janie does DS mind still rear facing....i couldnt imagine Chelsea at that age liking it....where does he put his legs???
Sorry probably dumb question but i know looking at Jasmine now (and she is only 10 months), her legs are looking a bit squishy cos she is really long and they spend most car trips in the air..LOL
I think DS we turned at about 9 months? (can't really remember). He's probalby only 12kg now.. so really could have been rear facing all this time LOL.
DD is still rear facing, and will stay that way as long as possible. It's quite good coz DS is right next to her, so they can see each other, so I don't think she'll mind facing that way for a while yet.
DS is fine with it, he loves just staring out the window LOL. I was worried that he would hate it after being in mum's car, but he's still a bit freaked out by facing the front in hers I think LOL. I'm aware that could change soon, we'll just deal with it as it comes. His legs are starting to get near the actual seat, but they're not cramped yet. And I've heard it's better to have cramped legs than a broken neck! (Sorry to be crass).
We had to change DS at 7 months because he was 11.5kg (seat max is 12kg). He freaked out for the first couple of days, but is happy facing forwards now.
Grace was 10 months old when we turned her around. she was always turning her head around to look at us. We were travelling interstate and thought that she would enjoy being turned around for the trip and she did..she loved facing forward. The longer you can keep them rear facing is apparently the safest position for them. Sorry can't be more help.
I think I've heard that the rule of thumb is to turn them at 12 kilos or 12 months ... whichever comes first.
But DD is 12 months and 9kg and I honestly don't see the problem leaving her as she is which is rear-facing. We rarely use the car so I'm not quite sure what she does with her legs and she's quite tall for her age (about 80th percentile)!
I did put her in a friend's forward-facing car seat about a month ago and she thought all her Christmases had come at once, she thought it was great. But I'd rather keep her rear-facing if it's safer.
Just thought I would mention you need to make sure the straps still fit, it is not just the weight. My dd capsule goes to 12 kilos and hoping that she will be in it for a long time but also says that once the straps are below her sholders then she is to tall for it. With my first 2 dd's number one turned at 7 months she was to tall and seat weant to 9 kilos, dd2 turned at 6 months only becuase she went into a hip brace and did not fit that seat had to by a maxi rider even though she was not the right weight as her legs would not fit in the seat with the brace on.
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