My DS is nearly 5 months old, and 7.6kgs.....like Feeb, i usually dont turn car seat around till after their first birthday.....when you see what can happen if its turned too early, you defn wont be in a hurry...
Our capsule only went to 9kgs. The convertable backwards/forwards carseat said forward facing from 8 which is when I put her in it facing forwards because she was too long for her small capsule even though within weight range and neither of our cars would fit the car seat facing backwards without pushing dangerously against the front seats. The weight limit is much more important than age - don't turn till reaches the limit - don't turn if you don't have to - we had to.
oh really, that long. i don't have a problem keeping him rear facing,in fact we we're going on a road trip next month and i felt he'd be more relaxed laying down than sitting up, but i'm a little close to the dash so i was weighing up my options.
the main reason i was thinking of it is a few friends have asked me when i'm going to turn him around so it just got me thinking.
makes you think hey....a work collegue has had her ds turned around for a while now and he's only just turned 4 mths.
You definitely can't turn it around before the minimum weight. And the longer you wait the better. Rear facing is much safer and it's recommended that you keep it that way as long as possible, and at least until age 1. Our DS2 was nearly 2 before we turned him around - but he was small for his age.
I'll try and find the youtube clip on the safety aspect - once you see it you won't be in a hurry to turn the seat around.
People see everything with babies as a competition on who does it first!!! Just like starting solids early, BF till toddlers, and turning car seats.
Kids know no different about facing front, we had a mirror for DS on back of seat and toys attached to straps that hold car seat in position (toys with big clips he cant pull off)
very true feeb, i find they do with everything....is he crawling yet, teeth, solids, sleeping....my bub was at this age..etc, ha ha i'm just enjoying my little man,
Thanks for that link MantaRay - if I wasn't already convinced - that would do it!
Does anyone know which carseat has the highest weight limit rear facing? DS is a chubba - he won't exceed any height limits in a hurry - but his weight might be a problem LOL!
yes thank you mantray, very interesting and shocking to think that could be a real babies head/neck. i will be sure to send that link to a few friends with babies.
i think my meridian is 12 kgs, don't know of any others... maybe google it
The Meridian is 12kg, DD is 16 months and just passed 10kg a few weeks ago, and still in the reverse position, she will be staying in reverse until she hits the limit
A lot safer in reverse
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