When did you turn LO forward-facing?

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arishia:

It's amazing to me how many people switched their LOs to FF for THEIR OWN convenience. Good job, making it less safe for your LO to travel in the car because you couldn't handle their whining/crying, or you "thought" their legs looked cramped, or, well, everyone else was doing it. That's really using your head there.

Sorry if I seem snappy, but I'm very passionate about this issue. I see so many people on Facebook who don't strap their LOs in right or have them FF at 9 months, and it just makes me sick.

DS is very tall, but we won't be switching him until really close to 2. 

Good for you, your Mommy of the Year badge is in the mail.

 We turned DS at 13 months.  He hated being rear facing.  He screamed bloody murder as soon as he hit about 10 months.  It put my nerves on edge to drive with him screaming in the back with no way to help/soothe him.  I think most people know the feeling of not being able to think straight when the screaming gets to be too much.  I couldn't see him in the mirror to see if he was hurt or just upset. I was reaching behind me, trying to grab things to help soothe him. I couldn't move him off to the side because it put the passenger seat at the dashboard. As a result, I was becoming a distracted driver and a danger to others on the road.  Once we turned him around, we finally had peace and I can now focus on my first job in the car...driving safely.

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arishia:

It's amazing to me how many people switched their LOs to FF for THEIR OWN convenience. Good job, making it less safe for your LO to travel in the car because you couldn't handle their whining/crying, or you "thought" their legs looked cramped, or, well, everyone else was doing it. That's really using your head there.

Sorry if I seem snappy, but I'm very passionate about this issue. I see so many people on Facebook who don't strap their LOs in right or have them FF at 9 months, and it just makes me sick.

DS is very tall, but we won't be switching him until really close to 2. 

This! Except DS is on the shorter side and we will probably keep him RF until around 3 (or later).

Gracey_Manor Maid

18 months. We wanted to stick it out till 2 years but P hated rear facing because she would get car sick. While rear facing certainly is safer I also think driving while a toddler is screaming and throwing up in the back seat is unsafe as well and the distraction can cause an accident. hopefully with our next little one wew can RF till 2 at least.

BurnNurse

I am a firm believer in ERF, watch some youtube videos and convenience  will be the last thing on your mind...

 

 DS is still too small to be FF in our car seat anyways, but even so,  he'll be rear facing for a while.  DH and I discussed that we will revisit the decision around Christmas, but his safety is our number 1 concern, and he will probably stay RF until 2.  

FerreraRocher

She's still rear-facing.

Angela814

naybride04:

We will be turning forward facing when she exceeds the weight limit for rear facing, hopefully after she turns 2. Better her be uncomfortable than risk a broken neck. 

ETA: I actually think DD2 is more comfortable with her bent legs rear facing than DD1 is with her legs dangling forward facing (DD1 props them on the front seat bent BTW for comfort). But again, it's not about comfort it's about safety.... 

DD1 actually kept her legs crossed ffing for a long time after we switched her. I think probably until at least 3.5 years, maybe a bit longer.

benkari

We turned the boys at 22 months and Aubrey has been giving us a hard time lately "Aubrey forward" and crying so I think that we will be switching her in the next week or so.

sara1014

water-fairy:

21 months. He was getting really bored facing backward and making driving rather distracting because of all the whining. I considered it safer if I am driving without a toddler screaming in the back. DS is a pretty tall guy but I would have kept him rear facing a while longer if he wasn't complaining.

We switched ours for the same reason at 23 months.  Everyone in the car is happier.  A happy, not distracted, not listening to screaming and whining mom is a much safer driver!  

sunnyday016

Still RF at 28m. She'll stay that way until she outgrows her seat by height, which will probably be around age 3.

 ETA: Check out her legs in my siggy. She looks pretty comfy to me!

g8trkim

benkari:

We turned the boys at 22 months and Aubrey has been giving us a hard time lately "Aubrey forward" and crying so I think that we will be switching her in the next week or so.

That's funny! I don't know how you do it with four. Hopefully you're having lots of fun.

k.linn

DD is 20 months and still RF. She will be until the next LO is born (so, 27 months). We'll only be switching her because our Radian will only fit RF in the center seat position, and we'll obviously have to move her over once LO2 is here.

SuperCuteBenz

I plan on keeping DS rear-facing until he is at least 2, if not longer than that.

My DD was rear-facing until 2.5 years, then forward facing until 3 years, and then rear-facing again until just recently. She actually prefers rear-facing, but it is hard for me to get her in and out of the car, because of how high our Britax seats sit. She isn't able to climb in on her own, so I have to lift up her up into the seat, and I almost always bang her head on the car. 

We are taking an 8 hour trip next month, and I may actually switch her rear-facing for the trip, because she sleeps so much better rear-facing. We will see.