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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I turned my oldest at just over 2 because we had her little brother and we couldn't fit both seats backwards and still have enough room for my DH to drive.  In hindsight, I should have maybe bought a different seat, but we'd already spent $250 and 2 seats and I just couldn't fathom spending even more.

It was fine.  Of course all these car seat questions almost always result in "no issues" comments because they only people who maybe regret their decisions are people who got into big car accidents.  We didn't drive that much, so it felt "safer" which I realize is relative.

We turned my younger one around 2.5.  Again, it was fine.  They are 5 and 7 now and we've never been in a car accident with them.[/quote]

I mean the whole "it was fine" thing isn't really that convincing.  My MIL said that about driving around with my husband riding in a laundry basket and no car seat.

Just follow the law and the experts.  They all say please keep them rear facing until 2 and then after that as long as your kid is comfortable and within the limits of the car seat.  That shouldn't be controversial.  Of course pediatricians and experts are going to push caution because they see the bad stuff (my Dad's a pediatrician himself and he has a lot of things people wouldn't think about but he's very firm (like he hates sparklers, for instance) on because he's been the doc at the ER for those injuries).[/quote]

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