when did you turn carseat around?

karagirly · February 2011

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returnhomegnome · February 2011

I'm not planning to until 40lbs which is the max my carseat will do rear-facing. There's a lot of support for keeping the seat rear facing until 45lbs. Do some searches and read up.

Check these out -->

https://www.rearfacing.co.uk/facts.php

https://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.b1994.full

https://www.carseatsite.com/statistics.htm

https://www.car-safety.org/rearface.html

Mamma2twins06 · February 2011

i did at 1 year simply because the convertible seats we have didn't fit properly RF in my vehicle and they had outgrown the infant seats. Turning them around seemed safer than having them rf improperly

MammaBear81 · February 2011

Both boys turned around at 1 (they were 30 pounds, I should have pushed it longer but I didn't have the info that is out now about RF to 2, I wish I had) DD1 stayed until about 18 months, and DD2 is still RF and will be for a while (hoping to make it to two)

bwralc · February 2011

I probably won't until she is 3 or we outgrow the weight/height on our rearfacing convertible seat. It is sooo much safer to have them rear facing.

AutumnBride929 · February 2011

Still haven't yet.

benkari · February 2011

17 months old and still RFing!

Bianca42 · February 2011

DS1 was rear facing until 18 months. DS2 will be rear facing for a while. the carseat will rear face until 40 pounds. He's currently 24.5 pounds and on the lowest set of strap holes. We've got some time.

ELPB · February 2011

Not until she is 40 lbs or doesn't fit properly rear-facing (as per the newest research- DH installs car seats as a part of his job).

gniddew · February 2011

DS is almost 16 months old and he will be RFing until the pedi says to turn him, which I believe will be at the weight or height limit of the seat. The pedi has thus far been sure to reinforce to us to keep him RFing every time we talk to him!

Liz342 · February 2011

DD is still RF at 27 months. I stupidly turned her at 1 (didn't know much about ERF) but bought a convertible seat and put her back RF at 2. I'm going to keep her Rf until the summer at least. I would like to go to 3 but her legs are really squished and I think she might be uncomfortable then.

DS has been RF in a convertible seat since 8 months and will stay that way until at least 2 and depending on how comfortable he is, as long as we can.

ohfour · February 2011

We are following the new recommendations and staying RFing until the limits of our seat (40lbs). DD is 20months, around 27lbs and 35 1.2 in and still RFing.

teeah22 · February 2011

ELPB:
Not until she is 40 lbs or doesn't fit properly rear-facing (as per the newest research- DH installs car seats as a part of his job).

Can you explain what makes them not fit properly? I just want to know what to look out for.

returnhomegnome · February 2011

teeah22:
ELPB:
Not until she is 40 lbs or doesn't fit properly rear-facing (as per the newest research- DH installs car seats as a part of his job).

Can you explain what makes them not fit properly? I just want to know what to look out for.

Every car-seat has it's own rules about proper fit, probably diagrammed in helpful stickers on the side of the seat. Eg, my seat says the straps must be at or below her shoulder height, and her head must be below the top of the seat. And my seat only goes up to 40lbs rear-facing, but 45lbs front facing. There are seats on the market which go up to the recommended 45lbs rear facing, but you have to look for them.

emiliemadison · February 2011

teeah22:
ELPB:
Not until she is 40 lbs or doesn't fit properly rear-facing (as per the newest research- DH installs car seats as a part of his job).

Can you explain what makes them not fit properly? I just want to know what to look out for.

Properly = has outgrown either the height or weight limit for RF of that particular seat. All seats have a RF weight limit. Most have a listed height limit, but you can essentially ignore the actual number as long as your child's head has at least 1" of hard shell above their head. The number in inches is a guide, but isnt concrete. It's the seated height that matters. Two children can both be 40", but one child has a long torso and the other has long legs. The child with the longer torso will outgrow the height limit (1" above head) before the child with the long legs, even though they are the same height when standing up.

teeah22 · February 2011

emiliemadison:
teeah22:

ELPB:
Not until she is 40 lbs or doesn't fit properly rear-facing (as per the newest research- DH installs car seats as a part of his job).

Can you explain what makes them not fit properly? I just want to know what to look out for.

Properly = has outgrown either the height or weight limit for RF of that particular seat. All seats have a RF weight limit. Most have a listed height limit, but you can essentially ignore the actual number as long as your child's head has at least 1" of hard shell above their head. The number in inches is a guide, but isnt concrete. It's the seated height that matters. Two children can both be 40", but one child has a long torso and the other has long legs. The child with the longer torso will outgrow the height limit (1" above head) before the child with the long legs, even though they are the same height when standing up.

Ahh. I knew the height thing but I didn't know if there was something else meant by "the newest research."

pink.dutch.tulips · February 2011

when she either hits 2 or 35lbs (the RF limit for her carseat) whichever one comes first. i'm placing my bets that she'll hit 2 before she hits 35 lbs.

deltagirl79 · February 2011

DS is almost 18 months old and is still comfortably RF. The plan is to RF until he reaches the limit of his seat, probably height for DS based on where he falls on the growth curves.

SaranJonathan · February 2011

DD is still only 19 lbs. Our car seat cant even go RF until 22 lbs. She won't reach that till 18 months I imagine. Saying that though probably until shes reaches the 40 lb limit on weight or 40 inch on height.

Krista123105 · February 2011

Our carseat rear-faces until 40 pounds, so he'll be rear-facing until then unless he reaches the height limit first.

12bailey18 · February 2011

When he was 20lbs. and had turned one year.

aniceucchik · February 2011

we turned J around when he reached 20lbs.

Chrysallys · February 2011

We won't be turning DS around until he is at least two.

French+75 · February 2011

about a month ago

ETA: I think some of the responders misread the original question

thequeeenbee · February 2011

Originally we said that we would wait until he was 2. But, as time has gone on we have changed our minds a bit. DS just turned 18 months and he is still RF at this time. However, he is getting increasingly frustraited with it. He trys to turn his head over the back of the seat to see us, at which point he just starts SCREAMING loudly for long periods of time because he can't. His reflux is also getting worse and sometimes he starts gagging and it scares me. We have the Graco Myride and it is very tall in the back. Because he is in the center of our SUV, and the seat is tall, even with a mirror I cannot see him at all. I end up having to pull over or reach over the seat a lot just to be sure that he is okay. Most of the time he is completely fine, but it's still scary. I fear that the one time I don't reach back and check on him, he will actually be choking.

So, we have decided as soon as the winter storms are over and we no longer have to worry about constant ohio icy roads, we will turn him FF. He will most likely be about 20 months.

I strongly believe that children should stay RF past one year, but you have to make a decision based on your personal needs. If DS weren't so frustraited, we might have decided to let him RF longer.

ryry1977 · February 2011

We are turning Cedric around at 21 months. This is when we are taking a long trip, driving of course. He is doing pretty well RF still, and this is in 4 months. But it will work out for us:)

Paige's Mommy · February 2011

We tried to keep DD#1 RF for as long as possible but by 19 months she was FF due to motion sickness. Riding backwards once she could see out the window made her throw up.

DD#2 is still RF.

Mike&Care · February 2011

this week at 21 months

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