When Did You turn bubs carseat around?

[mako]

I 'm wondering when you turned bub around in his/her carseat? I've read that you can turn bub around at 6 months or when they weigh 8kg.

I'm thinking about turning DS around but am a little confused about when to do it.

Thanks

[~Belinda~]

Yes! I want to know too. Our daughter weighed in at 8kgs at 12 weeks and she is now 14 weeks.

[myboysmumma]

we turned ds around at 8 months.

[Olive]

we turned sophie around at 13 months!

[Nai]

If you are worried about seeing bubs you can get mirrors that sit near your rear vision mirror that points towards one in the back so you can keep an eye on them in the back. I think we got ours from Coles.

[LuluHB]

I've just turned my DD around at 11.5 months and 9.25 kgs. Quite honestly, I hate that she is now turned around. She's such a small little poppet I would much rather she was safer and facing rear but having just had to fit a capsule too, there was no room for DD's seat to stay that way - my pregnant belly was literally pushing through the gaps in the steering wheel when I had a rear facing restraint behind me.

[Beach Mama]

Hey hun, Isabelle is 9 kgs, (our car seat says 8kgs) and is nearly 11 mths and is still rear-facing. There has been alot of evidence to show that it is far safer for bubs to be rear facing for as long as possible, in fact, in the US and in Europe it is law to keep them that way until 12mths so it is interesting about what the car seat manufacturers say.

Here is a previous thread that has a great video showing the dangers of turning too early.
Is it inconvenient having her rear-facing- yep! but I don't care and she will stay that way for at least another month!

[StrawberryMumma]

Hey Mako

I've seen some fantastic evidence to support the idea that leaving the car seat RF is MUCH safer for bubs (past the 8kg mark) and even up to 1 year (or even beyond). So our DD is still RF, and I think at about 12 months we will turn her around.
DH and I are always saying that the thought of what would happen to her little neck (and spinal cord) in a car accident if she was FF, is just so scarey. They are just so vulnerable, especially at 6 months.

[Nai]

We turned DD around at about 12 months old. We also did the research and found that rear facing was so much safer and as she travelled well in the rear facing position there was no reason to turn her earlier.

They say you can turn them as soon as they can support their heads but having seen the videos their necks are just so weak. I would definitely encourage people to keep babies rear facing for as long as they possibly can.

[visitor1]

DD1 wwas turned at 10 months (8.5kg).

DD2 is now way over 8kg and very tall and looks a bit uncomfrtable, but she has not got very good head control so i wont be turning her for a while yet.

The longer you can leave them RF the better.

[~Belinda~]

I'm definately not changing Madeleine around to face us then! She can cry sometimes when she can't see us and more often than not, I have to jump in the back when we go on the lengthy trip, she gets happy then when she can see me

[Solo]

Well Logan - 5 months is still facing the rear however I turned Sophie now 19 moths when she was about 8 months.
Some may say it's too early but you should generally know when to turn your child around as they will let you know.
Sophie used to try and turn her head around to see us and would always be quite cranky when we put her in her seat, she would always lean forward as if she were about to leap out of the seat!
I guess try to keep in the rearward facing position for as long as you can because it is by far the most safest but if your child is insisting on turning around then make sure that your little one can strongly and firmly hold their head upright.

Hope this helps!

[Janie]

The guys who fitted our carseat recommend turning at 12 months or 12 kilos. DS is almost 12 months, and 10 kilos and TBH, I haven't really thought about turning him around yet. He's safe and happy where he is, so I think I'll just leave well enough alone for a bit longer. Mind you, I don't think a baby being unhappy is a good reason to turn them around. Better a crying baby than an injured one. JMO.

[paradise lost]

I turned DD when she grew out of her travel system stage 1 (group 0) carseat. She had one which could front or rear face but was only safe up to 9kg, so once she hit that i got her a new one which can only front face (stage 2-3, group 1-2) and so she was turned then too. She was always tall - her feet touched the seat back from 4 weeks in the RF position and by the time i turned her (about 10months) he legs were fully flexed in the RF position.