Today I noticed that my 5 month old nephew was forward facing in the car. When I questioned it my SIL said "he's been forward facing for ages now as he's over 8kg". I did mention whether she'd seen the video clips and info regarding the difference between rear facing and forward facing in accidents and she dismissed it with a 'yeah'. Still curious, I asked if the laws had changed, and she said she was told 6 months OR 8kgs and decided that since he was 8kg he could forward face. I left it at that cause she clearly thought I was being rude, but I'm curious, have the laws changed? I'm worried about my nephew (not that I think they'll change him back around).