RFing or FFing in car seat?

sportsmomma · January 2014

Are you RFing or FFing in the car seat? I planned to turn him FF at 2 but he's not complaining so may leave him RFing. Just curious what y'all are doing and how to made your decision.

-T- · January 2014

Still RFing. He's only 22 pounds and doesn't complain so he's staying that way as long as possible. It's kind of hard to get him in and out of the seat with his far back the seat is and where the van door stops, so I may grow tired of it. It's working so far!

lckcdc3 · January 2014

Still rear facing here. He isn't fond of the car but he really doesn't know any other way, so I'm keeping him rear facing until at least baby #2 comes along. Because then there won't be enough room for 2 rear facing seats.

Oasismomma · January 2014

Still RF at 31 pounds. He's in a Radian RXT with angle adjuster in our Prius. We just installed the infant seat (Cybex Aton) over the weekend and still have room for a third adult in the car. We plan on RFing for at least another year or 18 months.

Ricola · January 2014

Rearfacing. I don't see a reason to stop any time soon, so we'll see how much longer it'll be :-)

jesselayne8 · January 2014

RFing still. I just switched DD to radians in both cars so she has plenty of leg room and they are so much easier to get her in and out of than our marathons. DS is now in the marathons.

Jmcmahon21 · January 2014

We just switched DS to forward facing this week. It was impossible to get him in the car and he had absolutely no more leg room and looked like he was back in the womb lol. He loves being forward facing and now I can sit in the front seat, woohoo!

Ricola · January 2014

jesselayne8 said:
RFing still. I just switched DD to radians in both cars so she has plenty of leg room and they are so much easier to get her in and out of than our marathons. DS is now in the marathons.

Good to know! What kind of radian did you get? We're looking for an additional convertible car seat soon and that's great info.

Leap08 · January 2014

Forward. We stuck it out RFing until she turned 2. She has never liked her car seat and was pretty miserable RFing. Having DD1 forward facing right next to her didn't help either. It's amazing how much better our morning/evening commute is now.

sportsmomma · January 2014

I was thinking of getting Radians as our second convertibles when DD is ready for one but put DS in the Radian and her in the boulevard/pavillion because that might just fit better all around. Will let is get away with RFing a LOT longer too!

jesselayne8 · January 2014

Ricola said:

jesselayne8 said:
RFing still. I just switched DD to radians in both cars so she has plenty of leg room and they are so much easier to get her in and out of than our marathons. DS is now in the marathons.
Radian XRT. Love it! Just for kids store had them on sale $80 off. You may need the angle adjuster depending on what type of car you have.

Good to know! What kind of radian did you get? We're looking for an additional convertible car seat soon and that's great info.

MesmrEwe · January 2014

We've been FF since 15mo... We tried to make it work, but with DS already having had a TBI the helicopter in me was far more concerned with a daily head bump(s) getting wedged in and out of the car seat than the unlikely event of an airbag deployed accident.

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bunniekrissy · January 2014

We're leaving him RFing until he outgrows the restrictions of his car seat for rear-facing, or until car space issues require it. With a new LO arriving soon, we need to see how both the car seats will fit in our car.

KansasFarmMomma · January 2014

We are still RF. He still only weighs 26lbs and is a total shortie so we'll keep him RF as long as possible.

micaela421 · January 2014

RF until she hits the wt Limit

Kelly1109 · January 2014

FF - he's 30+ pounds and tall so he was really uncomfortable RF.

JammieJk · January 2014

We're still RF... he's 34.5 pounds and 38.5 inches tall. The car seat we have goes to 40 pounds and 40 inches RF. He's still comfortable (just bends or spreads his legs).

MrsT2008 · January 2014

I just switched DD FFing a couple of weeks ago. She had been so content that I figured we'd make it until spring when I'll need to install the infant seat again (can't fit 2 RFing). But then she started fighting me every time we had to get in - pushing/locking her legs against the car's seat so that I couldn't easily get her sitting. And my belly (and short pregnancy temper) made it hard to deal with multiple times a day. It's SO much better now that she's FFing.

moosebaby2011 · January 2014

Still RF here. It's tricky with 2 RF'ing seats in the car but we're dealing with it for the time being. I plan on keeping DS rear facing as long as possible.

MessyMommy · February 2014

We changed H to ff at 18 months, we moved to Japan (my husband is active duty military) and the cars are so so small here we couldn't make our seat fit rf.