I was just curious if any of you still have LO rear facing?
I just turned DS around last week. I was determined not to before two and after that thought as long as it was working, I would leave it that way. I felt like I was the only person I know who hadn't turned him around. In my state (not sure how much it varies state to state) the law is one year and recommendation is two. Everywhere I read, though, suggests as long as possible. I went ahead for two reasons. First, he hit another growth spurt and is tall already so his legs were really cramped. I know that is not a great reason, but it was getting pretty rediculous. Second, DD is coming in February and I can't have two rear facing seats in my car because my husband is tall and for the seat to be far back enough for him to drive, there can't be a rear facing behind him. I could have waited another couple months on that, though. I guess I am having mommy guilt for not having great reasons to switch him. Okay, thanks for listening to my ramblings.
Re: Rear Facing Car Seat
For those of you that have turned the seat, if you had it in the middle rear facing, did you keep it in the middle forward facing?
Yep, we turned her at 15 months because she was getting so car sick she would vomit on the 5 minute drive to the grocery store. Even when she didn't vomit she would scream and cry the WHOLE car ride no matter what we tried. We turned her as a last resort and has been much better. Now she only gets car sick on rides longer than an hour or if she eats right before we get in the car :P
We actually bought a new seat just before her 2nd birthday so we could keep her RF longer. She outgrew her Britax RF height limit at like 20/21 months. She's 37 inches now and we plan to keep her RF until she reaches the height limit on her new seat or turns 4, whichever is first.