How many of you are flipping the carseat to fwd facing before age 2?

Re: How many of you are flipping the carseat to fwd facing before age 2?

• MomToNeeners member

  June 2013

  salt78:

  Kimbus22:

  babyhelsinger:

  We just had our 1-year checkup and our pediatrician said b/c our son is 90th percentile, it may be time very soon to turn him around.  He said if we get pulled over, the police won't dispute with us, our son being 30 pounds, having so many teeth, clearly looking like an older child.  He said the recommendation was 1 year-old for so long, and he's not buying into the new 2-year recommendation, provided baby is very strong and large like ours.  I would not tell anyone they have to follow my doc's advice, that's just what we're thinking of though.  We will likely turn him around in the next couple of months in the van because he's directly behind my tall seat, but not in the sedan, where his car seat is placed in the center- wouldn't want to chance him hitting the windshield.
  

  You seriously need a new pediatrician.  Because yours apparently does not actually understand the physiology of how toddlers develop.  Being tall and strong has exactly zero to do with your spinal development.  And your kid will not be safer FF behind a seat than FF in the middle of the car.
  

  Honestly once he got to "Police won't question you because he has a lot of teeth" I would have burst out laughing and walked out of the office.

  I'm seriously ticked off at the amount of pediatricians who give atrocious advice about this topic.  I'm grateful ours is up to date on research and gives out literature about the benefits of extended RFing. Tall kids or not, they are safer RF at this age. 
  

  I think that might be the most asinine thing any pediatrician has ever said.
  

  Part of it is that Ped's have gotten in the habit of it only being 12 months so they just go with it. I've had the same problem with other doctors going old school when it's not what's being done now.

  My mom's a Ped and she lectured my friend over her FF DD, but my friend's kid was also more than 2 years old so my mom was going overboard, but she thinks we need to keep RF as long as possible. 

  However I have never heard that how long you RF is mandatory by law. My one friend FF's her 12 month old and her DH got pulled over. The cop didn't say anything to them or ticket them over it. 

  

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• shannm member

  June 2013

  Courtimilk:

  I'm so gonna get flamed for this but DD was fwd facing at 14 months; and that was ''2 months'' behind schedule. I'm not aware of what my local laws state but the pamphlet I received leaving the hospital recommended min 12 months AND that LO could hold her head up on her own for long periods of time.nbsp;

  
  
  Did you give birth under a rock?

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