My dd who is nearly 16 months is still reward in a unity capusle, she still has some space, I rang sns and they said as long as she wasn't over 12kilos and as long as the shoulder straps were not below her shoulders then she can stay in it, doesn't matter if her legs are bent etc. So I think she will be in it still at 2 at the rate she grows.
We moved DD around when we came down to tassie, and rented a car, and they installed the car seat in the car prior to us picking up the car, both kids were grizzling and whinging, it was raining - and yeah - we didn't bother changing her around.
I turned DD1 around far too early. We figured she was sitting up unaided and liked being able to look into the front to see DH and I while driving, and was really big for her age... now I know better. DD2 will definitely be at least 6 months old before I even consider turning her car seat around, and chances are I'll put it off as long as I can. While she's rearward facing, she's next to DD1 (DD1 behind passenger seat, DD2 in the middle) and they amuse each other when we're driving as they're looking right at one another.
Both my children reached the 8kg weight limit on our car seat by 4 months old. We still didnt turn them around until nearly 8 months, when I think they weighed about 10kg. I know I went over the weight limit but I still felt it was safer in reverse than forward facing. I think with the new regulations out (in WA) you have to have them reverse facing until 12 months? could be wrong though.
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