Anyone still rear face at 4+?

[Anonymous]

My daughter just turned 4 and is still rear facing in her carseat. She is still well under the height and weight limit for rear facing so I was going to have her keep going (given the new AAP guidance)...but when do you stop? Kindergarten? She hasn’t complained at all and her younger sibling is also rear facing next to her.

[Anonymous]

DD turned 4 in December and is still RF. She has only complained on long (90 minute plus) car rides, so the next time we do one of those we may consider turning her around, but in the meantime she's still within H/W limits for her seat (Graco Extend2Fit). Our pediatrician had no strong feelings either way but was glad she was still using a convertible seat rather than a booster.

[Anonymous]

Our DD is almost 3 but the height/weight limits for RF in her seat (Diono Radian) are so high (44 inches tall, 45 pounds) that I am sure she’ll still be able to RF through age 4, maybe even up to age 5. I plan to have her RF as long as possible. My son is 5 now and he RF til almost 4 but he’s always been taller and heavier than my daughter so I imagine she’ll go a good while longer than he did.

She has also never asked to FF and is perfectly happy RF. If she wasn’t, I might change my mind but probably still wouldn’t because I value her safety first.

[Anonymous]

We turned our kid around at 4, but only because she was at the height limit for RF.

[Anonymous]

We turned at age 4. It was hard to get in/out and the car seat advocates say the benefit is lessoned after age 4.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, all. I’m just overthinking this because she so small she could theoretically rear face until 7. But she is four right now, we can just keep rear facing for now and reconsider in a year.

[Anonymous]

Either way is fine. If she's tiny and not complaining I would switch her at five but at age 4, thats fine to switch to a harnessed FF seat.

[Anonymous]

DD is almost five and still rear-facing. She is 1st percentile in height and has delayed bone age so I think we’ll rear face for at least another year. Her younger brother also RFs and once he hits the limit that likely will be when we turn her around too.

[Anonymous]

We go to the absolute limit of our Diano seats. I think it's around a late 5 (for tallish boys).

[Anonymous]

Goodness, how times change. When my 10 year old was 13 months old, he flipped to a FF, because that’s what the pediatricians said was OK. i guess cars and car seats have changed a lot since then...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, how times change. When my 10 year old was 13 months old, he flipped to a FF, because that’s what the pediatricians said was OK. i guess cars and car seats have changed a lot since then...

I don’t think the issue is that cars and car seats have changed, it’s that people have realized that RF is a lot safer. The pediatrician would probably still say it’s ok to switch to FF after age 1 or by age 2 at least bc that’s the law most places but that doesn’t mean it’s the safest option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, how times change. When my 10 year old was 13 months old, he flipped to a FF, because that’s what the pediatricians said was OK. i guess cars and car seats have changed a lot since then...

“OK” might be good enough for you and your family, but some of us want the best option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, how times change. When my 10 year old was 13 months old, he flipped to a FF, because that’s what the pediatricians said was OK. i guess cars and car seats have changed a lot since then...

“OK” might be good enough for you and your family, but some of us want the best option.

What's with the sanctimony? It was ten years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, how times change. When my 10 year old was 13 months old, he flipped to a FF, because that’s what the pediatricians said was OK. i guess cars and car seats have changed a lot since then...

I don’t think the issue is that cars and car seats have changed, it’s that people have realized that RF is a lot safer. The pediatrician would probably still say it’s ok to switch to FF after age 1 or by age 2 at least bc that’s the law most places but that doesn’t mean it’s the safest option.

They knew it back then as I have a 10 year old and we RF till 4. You could do it in the car seats back then. Lots of published studies especially out of Sweden but it was talked about heavily on the car seat websites and groups. How sad for your 10 year old you didn't value safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, how times change. When my 10 year old was 13 months old, he flipped to a FF, because that’s what the pediatricians said was OK. i guess cars and car seats have changed a lot since then...

I don’t think the issue is that cars and car seats have changed, it’s that people have realized that RF is a lot safer. The pediatrician would probably still say it’s ok to switch to FF after age 1 or by age 2 at least bc that’s the law most places but that doesn’t mean it’s the safest option.

They knew it back then as I have a 10 year old and we RF till 4. You could do it in the car seats back then. Lots of published studies especially out of Sweden but it was talked about heavily on the car seat websites and groups. How sad for your 10 year old you didn't value safety.

This is really uncalled for.