I am wondering when other people put their car seats forward facing. DD is 9 months old and has finally outgrown her capsule. But the car seat is huge compared to the capsule and there isn't much room at all now. DH says we should just put her forward facing now, but I don't know. Isn't it safer rearward facing?
So when did you turn your seat?
It is safer, & if you have the choice, I'd have her rear facing for as long as possible. Other countries have seats that rear face til a child is 4.
I heard a while ago that the laws may be changing to RF til over 12 months. I haven't heard as much about it lately though, since I don't have smaller kids anymore.
I turned DD3 at 8.5 months. We were on a long trip & she was in a mood. Wished I hadn't when she was still grumpy!
We turned DD2 at 19 months. Would have happily kept her longer, but we have 3 kids across the back and there was nowhere for her 99+ percentile legs to go any longer without impinging on the comfort of the other kids.
There are plenty of YouTube clips on the dangers of early forward facing if you want to show him why.
I'd love to be able to see her looking at me, but I would like her rearward until at least 12 months. I guess DH is just going to have to accept it because I like to drive
We set up a mirror, so Liebs could look at the driver. Changed him too early at 10m as his head outgrew the baby seat neck area and it didn't look safe, and DH hated it. DH got him the biggest, most expensive seat. We all hated it and 5 years on love a cheap version that fits the car and the Liebling.
I turned DS around at 6 months on a long trip but he hated it. So we switched it back. We then turned it around at 7 months and he loves it now. It also helps his dvd player has Bubble Guppies playing for him
DD is still rear facing in my car at almost 14 months.
She is forward facing in DHs car as we had it installed that way when we got the second seat when she was 11 months but she usually goes in my car 90% of the time.
I am thinking I will turn her in the next few weeks she likes forward facing in DHs car.
DD1 rear faced to 22 months. Turned her because we needed the seat for DD2. DD2 is still rear facing at 16 months, have no need to turn her. When she's too big for the seat, probably around 2 years, we'll shift her into something else.
I really like having her rear facing. Harder for her to drop stuff where she can't reach it. We have a mirror so we can tell if she's asleep or not, but we don't really need it.
DD is almost 18 months and hasn't quite reached he height marker in the meridian. The latest model has the hight marker about 5 cm higher so they can be rear facing longer. I would love to have her forward facing but I figure I will have to share everything I'm eating including fruit and raw chocolate so I think I'll just make myself be patient a bit longer until she definitely reaches the height marker.
Get a mirror!
Don't turn until you absolutely have to. Check out youtube if you want to see why.
Don't care what anyone else says. Imagine what they'd say if you were in an accident and being rf saved her from serious injury.
DD1 we didn't turn until after 12 months , we still feel bad about turning her so early as we just didn't know any better then :/
DD2 is almost 9 months and is still rear facing she will stay that way for as long as possible . She is only 7 kg and doesn't even meet the requirements for weight and height to forward face anyway ..
We now have the knowledge to know it's so much safer to rear face for as long as possible so that's what we will be doing .
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When did you turn your car seat forward?
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