Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:59     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
Anonymous wrote:If your child likes being RF, leave them. But a child who cries, yells, vomits etc.. is very distracting for the driver and increases the risk of being in an accident.


That's the minority of kids, though, not the rule.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:58     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
If your child likes being RF, leave them. But a child who cries, yells, vomits etc.. is very distracting for the driver and increases the risk of being in an accident.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:55     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
Anonymous wrote:He's 2.5, 36" and still RF. We were planning to turn him around for an upcoming trip, but sadly,our neighbor was recently in a terrible car accident and lost her older son (whom I assume was in a booster), the younger child survived. I know this type of accident is rare, but having it happen to a family we know was made me re-evaluate my plan to turn him around. Our neighbor, like us, drives smaller car, so that also influences our decision.


But see the only two kids I know who were severely injured in car accidents were both rear facing. One died and the other has a permanent brain injury and requires 24 hour care. In both cases no one else in the car had any injuries beyond bumps and bruises.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:53     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
This is a ridiculous post. OP, RF or FF. And don't let any of the crazies make you feel like an "uninformed" or "overprotective" parent.

Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:52     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
Both kids 12 months.



Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:52     Subject: Re:At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
It's overprotective if your primary concern about a child being in a car is not the view?
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:49     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
Anonymous wrote:

It always kills me that people assume when someone thinks their overprotectiveness is just that it somehow means we're insecure about our decision. I'm not. I think having a 3 yo facing a seat and not seeing the world in a car is silly and seals a child off from the world. The rationale is that it is so much safer. So is putting a kid in a helmet. They are safer and not that impractical. So just be consistent- that's all.

We waited until 13 months because before then, he wasn't really concerned about what we were doing in the front seat. ONce he was, we turned him around. He loved the car from that day on.


Keeping a child RF is not overprotective. It's just protective.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:48     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:13 months. Having your child wear a helmet all day is also safer, but we didn't do that either. so if you want to put him in a helmet and keep rear facing for 3 years, listen to some of the pps.


My daughter HAS to be in the car on an almost daily basis and it does not take me anymore time to get her in her seat that rear faces, than it would the other way around. I really do not understand your comparison to wearing a helmet all day long. If you are insecure with your choice to forward face, that is on you. It does not bother me either way what other families do!


It always kills me that people assume when someone thinks their overprotectiveness is just that it somehow means we're insecure about our decision. I'm not. I think having a 3 yo facing a seat and not seeing the world in a car is silly and seals a child off from the world. The rationale is that it is so much safer. So is putting a kid in a helmet. They are safer and not that impractical. So just be consistent- that's all.

We waited until 13 months because before then, he wasn't really concerned about what we were doing in the front seat. ONce he was, we turned him around. He loved the car from that day on.


It's not "overprotective" to RF past 12 months.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:47     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
Anonymous wrote:

It always kills me that people assume when someone thinks their overprotectiveness is just that it somehow means we're insecure about our decision. I'm not. I think having a 3 yo facing a seat and not seeing the world in a car is silly and seals a child off from the world. The rationale is that it is so much safer. So is putting a kid in a helmet. They are safer and not that impractical. So just be consistent- that's all.

We waited until 13 months because before then, he wasn't really concerned about what we were doing in the front seat. ONce he was, we turned him around. He loved the car from that day on.


Keeping a child rear-facing is not overprotective. It's smart, and it's what informed parents do.

Keeping a child rear-facing prevents him from "seeing the world" and seals him off from the world? I usually try to refrain from insulting people, but that has got to be one of the most ridiculous things that I have ever heard.

Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:46     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
How is RF shut off from the world? My kids looks out of the window and talks all of the time. It's not like he's locked in a box.

But RF is really not silly when you consider how easy it would be for a kids neck to break. So I don't see what the big deal is. The kid doesn't know any differently because they've always RF, so what's the problem?

The only problem I see is when people criticize others for FF, but other than that, why does it bother you what other people do? It just makes it seem like you have some issues.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:44     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
We turned FF at 15 months because my daughter has terrible motion sickness. I wish we'd been able to go much longer RF because it really is safer, but it just wasn't reasonable to have her vomiting every time we spent even 5 minutes in the car.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:42     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:13 months. Having your child wear a helmet all day is also safer, but we didn't do that either. so if you want to put him in a helmet and keep rear facing for 3 years, listen to some of the pps.


My daughter HAS to be in the car on an almost daily basis and it does not take me anymore time to get her in her seat that rear faces, than it would the other way around. I really do not understand your comparison to wearing a helmet all day long. If you are insecure with your choice to forward face, that is on you. It does not bother me either way what other families do!


It always kills me that people assume when someone thinks their overprotectiveness is just that it somehow means we're insecure about our decision. I'm not. I think having a 3 yo facing a seat and not seeing the world in a car is silly and seals a child off from the world. The rationale is that it is so much safer. So is putting a kid in a helmet. They are safer and not that impractical. So just be consistent- that's all.

We waited until 13 months because before then, he wasn't really concerned about what we were doing in the front seat. ONce he was, we turned him around. He loved the car from that day on.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:22     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:13 months. Having your child wear a helmet all day is also safer, but we didn't do that either. so if you want to put him in a helmet and keep rear facing for 3 years, listen to some of the pps.

Agreed. Having all of the adults, including "shotgun" passenger rear facing is also safer. We decided against that option.


So why RF infants up to 12 months using your theory. At the risk of stating the obvious, we do a lot of things to protect the lives of very young children that we don't do for adults and for good reason, starting with having a childseat to start with. Are you against infant seats in general since we don't do them for adults and even adults would be safer in special seats?
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:21     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
He's 2.5, 36" and still RF. We were planning to turn him around for an upcoming trip, but sadly,our neighbor was recently in a terrible car accident and lost her older son (whom I assume was in a booster), the younger child survived. I know this type of accident is rare, but having it happen to a family we know was made me re-evaluate my plan to turn him around. Our neighbor, like us, drives smaller car, so that also influences our decision.
Anonymous
Post 06/08/2012 11:21     Subject: At what age, did you turn your carseat forward?
I think the seat can RF until 60 lbs, so that's when we will turn it around. But I should double check that to make sure it's not 40 lbs.