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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Her pediatrician gave the okay; weight wise she was within the threshold and her legs were just so cramped. It made life so much easier and she began to actually enjoy being in the car. I will be honest, until I moved here, I had never heard of people waiting until 2+ to go forward facing. [/quote]
I don't think it has to do with living here as much as the recommendation changing last year to at least 2 years.

For the poster that made the stupid comment about the helmet. Keeping your kid rear-facing is such a simple move that makes your kid 5x safer. There's nothing impractical about it (like wearing a helmet all day). Do what you want with your kid but others may be interested in doing some research, there are plenty of videos of crash tests available online showing the difference in impact of ff vs rf (google it). When an adult's head snaps forward in a car wreck we may get whiplash but the same impact can break a kid's neck since their developing spine isn't nearly as strong, and their head is proportionately more heavy. I'll be waiting until at least 2 and probably longer to turn my kid. It may be uncomfortable for the kid (which is debatable anyhow) but the alternative is much, much worse. [b]In Europe they recommend (or mandate?) rear-facing til age 4.[/b][/quote]

We live in Austria and I NEVER see any rear facing car seats. In fact, I have seen an infant seat installed in the FRONT seat of a high end SUV despite the back seat being completely empty. I routinely see convertible car seats in the front seat as well. They seem to be extremely lax about car seat safety here. The few times we have used European car seats, the quality has been awful. [/quote]

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