Turning the carseat around

[1timemum]

Just wondering when you can turn the car seat around. Our DS hates being in the car and I think it may be because he hates to travel backwards and that he can't see anything. Our DS is 5 months but was born a month early.

[NewmumLou]

I turned Josh around when he started to support his own head. I think he was 5 months old!

[Roryrory]

A mate's DH is a traffic cop and in his view (having unfortunately witnessed a few accidents) the longer bubs are rearward facing the safer they are. But if you are facing them forwards neck control is more of an issue than weight, so if a bub is say 8.2kg but still floppy then its better to wait a bit.....

[widdly]

i also went with neck control, same reasons as above, the longer the better but DS was lifting his head up the whole time to look out the window so i turned him around at 5 1/2 months 7.8kgs.

[kmh]

I have not turned Charlotte's car seat around yet and she is nearly 6 1/2 months, I have a safe n sound car seat that i change her around at 12 kgs'. I don't plan on changing her for a long time, she still is small though 6.695kgs.

[Roryrory]

we have a 12 kg safe n sound too - like I said the longer they are rearward facing, supposedly the better

[Kirsty EW]

I haven't changed Fergus around yet either. He's 18months (born almost 3 months early) and obviously by this age has excellent neck control. As he only weighs 7.4kg, I have decided to wait as long as possible before turning him around. Safety reasons. He he.

[mbear]

I didnt change Sophies around till 10 months. We too have the safe n sound. I felt it was more safer for her up until this age.....

[aussienic]

What is the weight limit on your seat? It is best to leave baby RF for as long as possible,

Try some toys or something to entertain him..

I turned my first son at 4 months because I didn't know any better. my other 2 sons were turned at 6 and then 7 months, they had reached the weight limit of thier seats. I have a 9kg RF weight limit on mine

Anyways once again RF is safest

[LisaS]

Our carseat says it can stay rearward facing up to 12kgs. RAA told us to keep it rearward for as long as possible as it is safer for bubs.

[Angel]

There was a thread on this a while ago... here. Lots of info in it. We waited until K was around 12 months before turning him around.

[Rouge]

Seth is 11 months and will be reward facing till he is at least over 12 mths old.

*hugs*
Cailin

[aboll]

i have turned riley around this week after a dr checked his neck to make sure he had good neck control and to make sure he was heavy enough.

i have a baby love one where you can turn them around anywhere from 8kg to 12kg. riley is a big boy so he can be turned around.

riley was like you son 1timemum where he hated facing backwards.

[abs]

There was a thread on this a while ago... here. Lots of info in it. We waited until Kynan was around 12 months before turning him around.

That thread links to one I created a while back too... The Aussie laws / recommendations are slack in comparison to a number of other countries.

Jordy is nearly 10 months old, well over 8kgs (will be weighed tomorrow), has very good neck control, but no way in heaven am I turning his seat around yet. He has a mirror so the driver can see his face, and plenty of toys to keep him amused too

[Lea13]

I too have put off changing Em around to FF from RF. He is almost 9 months now. I will try and persevere till 12 months. I figure its only 3 months more!!

[Panna]

Our DS is four and a half months old and we have just been talking about turning his seat around. He fits all thr requirment but I hadn't heard that RF was safer, can anyone tell me how so?

[Angel]

Panna, have a read through the thread that I linked to in my post above for more info on why RF is safer (of particular interest might be the article I quoted in my post here and Abs' thread here). HTH.

[abs]

we had Jordy weighed this morning 10.4kg - and as mentioned we keep him RFing