Who's still rear-facing?

KellyR33486

Just wondering what all my December 2011 mamas are doing regarding rear-facing! DS is still RFing and I am definitely keeping him that way until at least 2...but not sure how long after.  My husband wants to turn him at 2 but I am not sure.  What is everyone else doing??

bridein08

We are! I plan to turn him around his 2nd birthday on our way down to Florida for a cruise- he is a terrible car rider and I hope that will help. However, I would like to keep him RF until he outgrows the height/weightt requirements which would be nearly 4. We will see! It is killing my back to hoist him in there.

Jmcmahon21

We're still rear facing and will keep doing it till his 2nd birthday too. He's getting long though and super grumpy so not sure how much after 2 he will stay that way.

Oasismomma

DS is still comfortably and happily rear facing. He's in a Diono radian RXT with the angle adjuster underneath, which gives us a ton of leg room for the front passengers - in a Prius, no less. The rear facing weight limit is 45 pounds (he's 30 pounds now), so we have a ways to go. I'd like to keep him rear facing until at least 3. If he starts to seem unhappy or if we need to readjust when we have two car seats to worry about, we'll reevaluate.

lckcdc3

Yep we are still rear facing.  He isn't a very good car rider, so I contemplate turning him but I know how much safer it is to keep him rear facing so we'll definitely continue until at least 2 and then go from there.

moosebaby2011

DS is still rear-facing and (hopefully) he will be until he reaches the RF limits on his seat. I just feel better knowing how much safer it is for him to be rear facing. Fortunately he's really good in the car so I don't have to worry about him being grumpy in his seat.

jesselayne8

DD is still RFing. She has plenty of leg room in my car (maxi cosi pria) but not much in DH's car (britax marathon). DH wants to turn her at 2 but I want to try to wait until 2.5 or 3yrs. It's going to be a battle. DD doesn't seem to mind RFing so I don't understand his hurry.

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Leap08

Still RFing. We will probably turn her just before she turns 2. She hates, hates, hates her car seat and we have two long road trips planned for Thanksgiving and Christmas (her birthday is 1 week after Thanksgiving). I am hoping that turning her may make her happier in the car.

Ricola

Alex is still rear facing and will be for a while. He doesn't like car rides too much and I bet he would like it much better if we turned him around and he could see more, but it's not worth the extra safety to me. The spine is still so soft until they are 4 years old actually, so I will keep him rf'ing for as long as I possibly can. 

motang

G is still rear facing. She doesn't seem to mind it. I'll keep her RF until she's 2, maybe longer.

-T-

We're still RFing and will continue to do so as long as we can. DH would like to FF but I'm not willing to compromise, DS is still so small.

NNGnome

DS1 is forward facing now, we had to turn him before DS2 was born as the britax doesn't fit rear facing behind the drivers seat of the Prius. I wanted to keep him RFing longer, but it just wasn't an option with the arrival of DS2.

ladykatie81

LO has been FF since 18 months. Now she's in the middle of the backseat instead of the side when she was RF.

laken256

Lo is still rear facing, but he's getting hateful and uncomfortable and starting to fight us when we put him in his car seat. I will still leave him rear facing until he is two but will probably turn him right after. Dh is annoyed I haven't turned him yet. We turned ds1 right after his first birthday bc the regulations at that point were still just 1 year. So dh has a countdown til ds2 can be turned! I catch a lot of flack from everyone around me. No one in this area (very rural) leaves their kid rf after one so they think I'm crazy and paranoid but I don't really care. My mom has been pestering me about it for months, but she's finally realized she won't change my mind and it's only a few more months now. But I do think we will ff soon after his birthday!

MrsRucinski85

We are still RFing and since Onnie is underweight we will probably RF for a bit longer than 2... or at least thats our plan.

lageorgiapaperie

Still RF at nearly 23 months . Plan on staying this way for as long as we can- hoping to go another 6 months. 

So happy to see so many RFing babies here, Most parents in my area seem to FF as soon as they can. 

MesmrEwe

DS is the size of the average 2.5/3yo...  By the time we got to 15.5mo there was no way we could continue RF because he was already the size of the average 2yo just to wedge him into the seat he'd bump his head and helicopter Mom here, I'm more worried about a daily bump than the statistical risk of an accident since he had a TBI already (even if he has no ill effects now from it)... 

belle785

We are still RFing here:) Plan to make until 2!

 

buggywhips

We are!  Original plan was to turn him at 2, but he's still perfectly content RF (atm) so we'll go with it as long as we can.  

capulet

Still RF.  I look back now and can't believe I turned DD around when I did (like 15 months or something).  DS is a good traveler, DD is usually there to keep DS him on long trips, and we don't drive much other than road trips anyway, so fortunately there's not much reason for us to think about FF yet.  I probably won't turn him around until he reaches the FF limit for his carseat.

Chargersgrl33

Still RF here.  I may re-evaluate once he hits 2.  There isn't the traffic here (small island in the middle of the Atlantic) like there is stateside.  Speed limits are a lot slower and no freeways.  That's the only reason we may change.  I'll be having baby brother right around then also so I will see.

Jen4033

we are still rear facing & will keep it so until our new LO is born at the end of Dec/beg of Jan. I figure when we go to install the new seat, we'll change DS's.