At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?

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Anonymous wrote:I rear-face to age 5. I will do everything possible to keep my kids alive, and this is the easiest and best way. A Diono seat fits most kids for a long, long, time. Easily 3, and usually 4. 5 for some kids, too. My child is almost 5 and will easily fit in the Diono seat rear-facing. Legs don't matter at all. It's the spine and head that we worry about.

Then we harness to age 7 or 8 or so, then booster until 11 or 12, whenever they 5 step to fit the adult belt.

I do NOT want my kids to die in a car accident. It happens left and right in the papers.

I'm also a carseat tech and if only people knew the heartbreak of losing a child, and how easy it is to keep them safe by using the proper seat and installing it properly.

No boosters for preschoolers!
And please keep your kids RF to age 3, at least. Their little necks can snap so easily in a crash.

They may not die in a car accident but their well-being may be impacted by being infantilized and overprotected. It would also be safer for your kids to eat pureed food until they are 12 as that will reduce the risk of choking. Being mocked by other kids or not having friends because at 12 you still have to be in a car seat is a high price to pay in terms of social, emotional and mental well-being. No 12 yr old is going to take their car seat into a friends car or want friends in their car while they are in a car seat.

You are an idiot. Your argument is the dummest one I've heard in a while. And my child, EVEN AT 12, would use a booster when with friends if he doesn't 5-step, or NOT ride. That simple. And I wouldn't carpool any child without a booster if the child didn't 5-step. This is a child's life we are talking about.

I will be interested in the tune you are singing when your kids are 12!! Good luck getting your child's 12 yr old friends into carseats! Many short petite teens/adults can't 5-step. P.S. dummest isn't a word.

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While she never wished it, one can easily see her knowingly nodding her head if something like that (god forbid) were to happen. The PP obviously believes that parent can and should take all the risk out of their children's life. It doesn't matter what the cost is, for parents or children. Infinitesimal reduction of risk is worth infinite cost in attention, time, and inconvenience to the parent. Somebody else suggested "Just import a European seat". Yes, just that, like parents have nothing else to do or think about.

If you have time to spend on this message board, you have time to put some thought into your child's safety and consider what is the best fit for your child, car and situation. Its very easy to order a European seat. Its no different from ordering from Walmart or Amazon or your favorite store. Just costs a bit more. I will take the obvious risks out of my child's life as I'd like to make sure they are happy, healthy and functioning to the best of their ability. But, really, its ok for you not to..it makes for less competition for college, jobs and other things for my child.

Oh so you do wish death to my child? Perhaps so that i can learn my lesson?

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Hospital trauma centers are not fun places. If there is an accident, you want to know you did everything possible to MINIMIZE injury. That includes RF until at LEAST 2, boostering no earlier than 5 and using a booster until a child fits the adult belt, which will probably be age 11. Some kids are earlier, some later.

This is so easy to do! Keep your kids safe in the car.

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We transport other kids all the time and they all use boosters, and are ages 8, 9 and 11.

I wouldn't think of not boostering them.

Where do you think the seatbelt that's over your child's neck and stomach ends up in a crash? It's not pretty. The booster positions the belt around the strongest parts of the body (so it's not over the neck and stomach).

There might be adults who don't fit the belt, too, but at least their bones are stronger.
No way I'd risk such harm to a child. My 12-year-old can fit the belt but my 11-year-old does not quite yet, so we booster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's some interesting articles:

http://www.carseat.se/swedish-rear-facing-seat-saves-a-2-year-old-life/

http://www.carseat.se/britax-max-way-saves-a-life/

http://www.carseat.se/the-swedish-rear-facing-car-seat-approach/

They are interesting articles and the guy who owns this site generally knows what he is talking about. I would remember, however, that the point of adventuredad's site is to SELL Swedish car seats.

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Do keep in mind that it is illegal to import and use foreign seats in the US.

Not that many police will stop you on the street for using a foreign seat, but they are often seized by ICE.

[Anonymous]

almost 3 years and still RF. thinking of turning at 3 though because she seems so big to still RF. but then i think of the crash test videos. still debating...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's some interesting articles:

http://www.carseat.se/swedish-rear-facing-seat-saves-a-2-year-old-life/

http://www.carseat.se/britax-max-way-saves-a-life/

http://www.carseat.se/the-swedish-rear-facing-car-seat-approach/

They are interesting articles and the guy who owns this site generally knows what he is talking about. I would remember, however, that the point of adventuredad's site is to SELL Swedish car seats.

He absolutely is out to sell seats. If you talk to him, he is not pushy about selling his seats and really just pushes RF. He is the primary source for importing seats and it is where we got our seat but I probably would not buy from him again (the seat was a year old, poorly boxed and he blew me off when I expressed my concerns even though prior to purchase I asked about the manufactures date and other basic questions). Though later on I contacted him when I thought we outgrew our seat and he was very helpful in explaining how to fix the belt to make it adjust better/what we needed. I do think many of his reasons why and how to do things make a lot of sense in terms of how long to keep kids RF, what to transition them too and all that. The seats are very different and ours fits very well in our car and our child really likes it. It does sit further back from the seat and gives more leg room (but our child is RF in other seats in other cars just fine too) and the isofix/ridged latch makes it a breeze to install which was one of the primary reasons I got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do keep in mind that it is illegal to import and use foreign seats in the US.

Not that many police will stop you on the street for using a foreign seat, but they are often seized by ICE.

I would hope that ICE has better things to do than to seize foreign car seats.

-Wife of an ICE agent

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This is so sad. There was just a crash involving students of Global Learning Academy in Florida. Kids ages 10, 11 and 12.
One dead, two critical.
No boosters. (All had seatbelts except one of the children).

These parents could spend the rest of their lives regretting not offering maximum protection in the car.

I absolutely booster too, and all my kids were a little over 11 before they were big enough to fit in their seatbelts without the booster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do keep in mind that it is illegal to import and use foreign seats in the US.

Not that many police will stop you on the street for using a foreign seat, but they are often seized by ICE.

It is legal to import but it is not "legal" to use. With that said, I have had my car searched by two nice police officers who had my permission when I filed a police report for something stolen to verify it was not there as it was hard to look with my toddler and they just commented that it was a nice looking seat. Most police officers are not trained on the specific seats but just the need for use of seats and have no clue what the difference is between a US seat and a European seat is. I know several people who have imported seats and none have been seized nor have they had any issues with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do keep in mind that it is illegal to import and use foreign seats in the US.

Not that many police will stop you on the street for using a foreign seat, but they are often seized by ICE.

I would hope that ICE has better things to do than to seize foreign car seats.

-Wife of an ICE agent

Its a scare tacit and trying to make agent's and police look bad. The last thing they care about is foreign car seats.

[Anonymous]

just an FYI... if you have an accident in a European carseat your insurance company will NOT replace your carseat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do keep in mind that it is illegal to import and use foreign seats in the US.

Not that many police will stop you on the street for using a foreign seat, but they are often seized by ICE.

I would hope that ICE has better things to do than to seize foreign car seats.

-Wife of an ICE agent

Its a scare tacit and trying to make agent's and police look bad. The last thing they care about is foreign car seats.

Wife of ICE agent again. Indeed. Drug smugglers, human traffickers, terrorists... these rank much higher on their list of priorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: just an FYI... if you have an accident in a European carseat your insurance company will NOT replace your carseat.

Ok, and how is that a problem? I'll replace it regardless of if they pay for it as my child's safety is my priority.