Rear-facing vs Forward-facing

Re: Rear-facing vs Forward-facing

• exc1tedforbaby1 member

  February 2014

  Can I be special? He's rf in my car, which is the main car he is in. But he's ff in SO car. His car seat and his new car don't work well together to get a good fit rear facing.

  Shane 8/19/12

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• 99frontier member

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  Understandable @exc1tedforbaby1! I totally almost put a Special Snowflake option but I didn't think anyone put their kids sideways or anything and I was blanking on other reasons, so I left it off! Lol! But yes, you qualify with a valid reason!! =D>

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• SBmomma member

  February 2014

  We are special too! In my car, the seat is still rear-facing. My hubby turned the seat in his car to forward facing despite my protests. :-( I will admit, our 30 pound son is getting pretty cramped in the rear facing seat…but I'm determined to keep it rear facing as long as possible. 

  
  

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• BatDaughter4Eva member

  February 2014

  He RF in our car, but when I get a seat for my mom's car it'll have to FF. She won't be able to get him in there otherwise. Damn small 2 door cars.
  

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• stlmomma27 member

  February 2014

  He is still RF, but at the speed that he is growing, I'm thinking he'll be FF sooner...which I do not want. I just adjusted his seat to give him more room, so hopefully that will get him until he's 2.

  
  

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• LindsayDesigner member

  February 2014

  We recently discovered that DD STILL fits in her baby carrier, within the weight and height restrictions. We moved her to a rear facing convertible seat just after her birthday.
  
  At this rate she'll be rear facing until she is five.

  
  

  
  

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• poppyseed1017 member

  February 2014

  Still RFing and will until she maxes out the RF limits of her seat (40lbs, 40 inches).

   

  
  
  
  
  
   

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• Toni79 member

  February 2014

  DD is still RF in all cars (mine, DH's, and the baby sitters).  Although DH has asked a couple times in the past few months if we can switch her to FF.  He's egar to make the switch, but thankfully he knows better than to to it without my permission!  LOL!

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• alake member

  February 2014

  Still rear facing.  Will rear face until four, as this is usually when I forward face.
  That being said Logan turned 3 on the 10th, and he is forward facing.  He was forward facing when he came to me.  He rear faced until January when they recalled the combi coccoro car seat, which both Eryn and Roo were in.  I turned him and put him into a Maestro and used his RXT and Leah's RXT to rear face them.  I still haven't got the new Canadian car seats since our move, but will buy him and Leah forward facing harnessed car seats.  I believe they will be going into the new Britax frontiers.
  

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