thread: Car seat and weight/age

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  1. #1
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Nov 2005
    Langwarrin. Victoria
    1,654

    The new law is weight AND age.....so they have to have reached both of those milestones to be turned forward facing, so bubs had to be 8 kilos AND 6 months old to turn around....... If the capsule you have hired will go to 12 kgs I would strongly advise keeping bubs in that until they hit 12 kgs or get too tall for the capsule. The minimum is just that, a minimum......Connor is 16 months, about 10.5 kilos and still rearfacing...we won't be turning him until he hits the 12 kilo mark that the seat is rated to....it is just not safe to have small children forward facing in cars. If we could legally get the European seat here that allow rear facing until 4 years of age he would stay rear facing till then, unfortunately we have very outdated car seat standards in this country, some of the most lenient in the world unfortunately.

  2. #2

    Apr 2009
    central coast
    2,298

    Ok i will keep her in the capsule until she is to big for it as it only goe's up to 9kg but i dont think she will outgrow it by 6mths.

    Our 6mth-7yr car seat is not designed to go reward facing only forward facing and either reclined or upright.

  3. #3
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2006
    melbourne
    11,462

    if thats the case then id go and get on (or borrow one) that is rearfacing

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Jan 2011
    Perth, WA
    1,245

    if thats the case then id go and get on (or borrow one) that is rearfacing
    I have to agree with Olive....and if possible get one that rear faces untill 12kg.
    My little man is nearly 17mths (7kg) and is still RF and still will be for some time yet.
    It is the safest way to have them.