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Infant carseat - what age did you stop using?
My son is almost 6 months and is starting to hate his Snap and Go. He seems to fit into it fine (I've checked the straps a number of times, they are adjusted properly, etc), but do you think six months is too old for him to be in an infant carrier?
I'm asking because it makes daycare drop off in the morning really easy - so I'm hesitant to give it up!!
At what age did you stop using an infant carrier?
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Re: Infant carseat - what age did you stop using?
With my oldest, we didn't switch until he was 8 months (and man was he heavy in that thing!). With my youngest, he's still in it (at 7 months) b/c of drop-off in the a.m. - they prefer the babies to be in their carseats because early on there are mobile, older kids in with the babies until more teachers come in.
However, we may look to switch within the next month, because he is getting so long for the seat.
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I think DS was 8 months when we stopped.. he has always been in the 90% for Height and Weight so he was HEAVY in that thing and his legs were like too long for it too being backwards..
I put him in the big boy carseat and faced it forward when he was 8 months..
6 months-DS is a really tall baby and had reached the height limit by that point.
I don't think 6 months is too old, assuming the baby is under the weight/height requirements for the carseat. I would still be using it if it were possible.
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We switched DD out of the infant seat (into a rear-facing convertible seat) at 10 months of age. DS is 8 months and still in the infant seat.
I could not let this comment go:
This is against the law. Babies must be at least 20 lbs AND 1 year of age in order to face forward in a car seat. If they outgrow the infant seat before they meet BOTH criteria, you MUST put them in a rear-facing convertible seat until AT LEAST their first birthday AND 20 lbs. And the AAP now recommends that toddlers rear-face until at least age 2: https://tinyurl.com/cfupql
It's a common misconception that you have to turn babies forward-facing when their legs touch the back of the car's seat, but that is NOT TRUE. Babies are perfectly comfortable seated with their legs bent. And in an accident, better broken legs than a broken neck.
Please please please, I see you're pregnant again... don't flip your new baby forward facing so soon. It could save his/her life in an accident.
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We used the infant carrier seat (keyfit 30) till around 8 months in DH's car and 11 months in my car. DH does the drop off/pickup most of the time, so once we had the convertible in DH's car, we just left the carrier in my car all the time as backup.
If you do the dropoff/pickup, just leave the seat in the car.
And THANK YOU flyer. I was shocked when i read that as well.
DS will be 2 in Dec and still RF. I'm thinking about turning him around 2, but i probably will keep him as long as his weight limit will allow on his seat.
With #1, we kept him in the infant seat until he was a year, at which point we just switched to forward facing. He wasn't that heavy and I think most infant carriers do not have an actual height limit, it's about how far the head is from the top of the seat (per my pediatrician).
Anyway, with #2, he was out of the infant seat by 5 months because he was huge, so we put him in a convertible seat rear facing.
This is against the law. Babies must be at least 20 lbs AND 1 year of age in order to face forward in a car seat. If they outgrow the infant seat before they meet BOTH criteria, you MUST put them in a rear-facing convertible seat until AT LEAST their first birthday AND 20 lbs. And the AAP now recommends that toddlers rear-face until at least age 2: https://tinyurl.com/cfupql
It's a common misconception that you have to turn babies forward-facing when their legs touch the back of the car's seat, but that is NOT TRUE. Babies are perfectly comfortable seated with their legs bent. And in an accident, better broken legs than a broken neck.
Please please please, I see you're pregnant again... don't flip your new
baby forward facing so soon. It could save his/her life in an accident.
It may be against the law where YOU live, but you're only making assumptions it's against the law where she lives.
It may be against the law where YOU live, but you're only making assumptions it's against the law where she lives.
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I'm pretty sure it's illegal in all 50 states (assuming that she is in the U.S.). It doesn't matter though, forward facing at 8 months is extremely dangerous. Regardless of their height and weight, their bones are just not developed enough at that point to withstand an accident FF.
I would recommend anyone to search the "Car Seats for the Littles" page on Facebook, it is full of techs with a ton of information regarding car seat safety. Some of the posts are annoying (people tend to ask questions that only their insurance, car seat manufacturer, etc. can answer) but I have learned a lot from that page.
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after 1 month of daycare, it become easier to carry DD by herself than with the added weight and bulk of her car seat.
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DD was rear-facing in the convertible until 25 months - it took until then for her to reach the 20 pound minimum for front-facing. She loves front-facing, and its a lot easier to get her in and out.