Rear-facing toddler seat

[2CheekyMonkeys]

fair enough.. but like i said before.. it is passing the australian standards atm. i hvent had a chance to look at the link yet and i am all for keeping our bubs safer on the road. but yeah.. just wondering why its allowable this way in australia.. kwim?

side note.. we just went on a holiday had to drive 3 hours in the car. got to the destination and for some reason had a look at the car seat and the anchor thingy was not attached! i was furious at DH who had taken chair out a few weeks prior and put it back in. he swears black and blue he attached it. so yeah, i will be checking that they are all anchored properly before driving in the future. so lucky we didnt have an accident.

[onthefly]

Yeah, DS was close to the height limit when we turned him, so that's why I don't think it would have lasted much longer anyway.
The radio programme I heard mentioned rear facing seats in Europe that would last till 4!

[Lolli]

side note.. we just went on a holiday had to drive 3 hours in the car. got to the destination and for some reason had a look at the car seat and the anchor thingy was not attached! i was furious at DH who had taken chair out a few weeks prior and put it back in. he swears black and blue he attached it. so yeah, i will be checking that they are all anchored properly before driving in the future. so lucky we didnt have an accident.

I did the same thing just a few days ago with dd's capsule She was screaming, ds was having a tanty, was trying to get the shopping in the car... and just forgot to clip up the anchor strap... oops...

[MummyNaomi]

Not sure if I am allowed to post this - apologies Mods if not (and feel free to remove) but its an important message to share. I checked the forum guidelines but couldnt' find anything specific to the below type of link (perhaps I am not looking in the right place)

YouTube - Front facing or Rear facing? Car seat safety TRUE STORY crash test videos

[onthefly]

side note.. we just went on a holiday had to drive 3 hours in the car. got to the destination and for some reason had a look at the car seat and the anchor thingy was not attached! i was furious at DH who had taken chair out a few weeks prior and put it back in. he swears black and blue he attached it. so yeah, i will be checking that they are all anchored properly before driving in the future. so lucky we didnt have an accident.

I've done that myself - got half way down the street and realised. And one time DH took the seat out and put it back in wrong. If we'd been in a crash, DS would have been catapaulted into the back of the seat.... he couldn't understand why I was angry!

That's a good question Hollo - why aren't the aussie standards different?

[2CheekyMonkeys]

finally got around to looking at the link. super scary stuff. your right it has made me all for RF as long as possible. but the question remains... what about the australian standards. unless people actively search for this stuff they arent to know any better. its odd.

[sweetpea678]

when you say they where to tall, is it the legs are bent or the straps are below sholder hight. My dd 15 months is still in her unity capsule (she is small though 75cm and just on 9 kilos) and her legs are bent but the straps are still just above her shoulders. I rang them to confirm if it is shoulder hieght and they said yes it is shoulder height and wieght not total length.

[onthefly]

Yeah, his shoulders were close to the top of the straps already.

I actually emailed Britex about this and was told:

Your concerns about longer weight restriction and higher weight limits are across the board and there are a lot of Parents out there like yourself that have requested this many times.

All Child Restraint manufactures must comply with Australian Standards and unfortunately as you already know, child restraints can only stay reward facing up until 12kgs.

Until the Australian standards change their standards that?s when child manufactures can sell and manufacture child restraints with higher weight for reward facing.

So, does anyone know who sets the standards? And aren't there different rules state-by-state...?

[MummyTummy]

Good question. I think though if there are Australian Standards, they rule over any statewide standards.

Now to find out who sets the Australian standards......