Safe n sound Royale car seat- can it face forward for an infant?

[OceanPrincess]

Don't think I even need to check the booklet. She sometimes gets creative with reality...

Lol this is definitely one of those times!!

[suse]

Yeah, that's totally creative with reality. Infants must be rear-facing until 8kg / 6mths which is the minimum weight they can be turned forward facing; seats approved to Aust standards can be used for rear-facing up to only 12kg unfortunately. Australia has one of the worst safety standards in the western world. In Europe there are extended rear-facing seats that can support kids up to 4 or 5, which is much safer, but because they don't use the Australian tethering system they are not deemed to meet Australian standards and can't legally be used here (they actually exceed Aust standards but that's a whole other argument). Putting it frankly - adults don't have sufficient head control to prevent serious neck injuries in a crash, infants and small children have insufficiently developed cartilage/spine and their head makes up a much higher proportion of total body size, leaving them even more vulnerable. Ideally a child will remain rear facing as long as the seat can support it.

[human bean]

Maybe point her to the Qld Dept Main Roads and Transport website where it clearly states that infants aged 0 - 6 months "must be secured in an approved rearward facing baby capsule or infant restraint that is properly fastened and adjusted. And then babies and children aged between six months and four years of age must be secured in either an approved rearward facing child restraint or an approved forward facing child restraint with built-in harness that is properly fastened and ajdusted."

[helle]

Big fat NO!
can you imagine if you crashed? Your poor newborns head would snap off