Carseat Question, more curiosity

ProudMommyER073113

My niece and DD go to the same daycare. SIL had a baby last week so I offered to pick up my niece while getting my DD, and take her home. My niece is 3 years old and is pushing 40 lbs. My SIL told me that there is a spare carseat with the sitter and that she still is still rear facing. She left it up to me if I want to rear face or front face. I don't want to make that call.

I thought that 3 years old and pushing 40 lbs would be definitely old enough and heavy enough to front face for quite some time now. Am I right or is it more a personal choice?

 

 

RondackHiker

It is old enough to face forward legally.

It is safer to rear face. DS is three and thirty pounds and still rear faces.

MsMommy2012

Law in most states is one and 20lbs but my pedi recommended rear facing as long as possible.

phunkyphish

I look at it this way.  If I were in an accident and she was forward facing and was injuried I'd never get over it.  Knowing that RFing is the safest I do the safest thing possible/reasonable.

This is where I am. 

ProudMommyER073113

Ya, I am absolutely going to keep her rf'ing because that is what her Mother is doing with her. I wouldn't feel comfortable making that decision to forward face her in my car.

Was just curious for the future with my DD

nanabanana06

RFing is 5 times safer until age 4. This is why there are some serious RFing seats out there like the Radian and the Foonf.