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pharmcat2000
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1 year+ and still rear-facing?
Marron is 17 months old and I still have her in the car rear-facing. She is only 22 pounds and she really doesn't mind sitting that way. Is there a problem with keeping her this way for a longer period of time?
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Posted 10/8/07 12:24 PM  |
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
As long as the car seat you have holds her weight (most of them are good for at lest 30lbs) then you are safe - they say it is safer than forward facing.
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| Posted 10/8/07 12:28 PM |
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CathyB
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
Definately not. My ped said to keep them rear facing as long as possible. I turned Sarah around when Andy was born so that I would be able to see better if she was poking at him.
We had to turn Andy around soon after he turned one b/c he used to choke on his saliva pretty frequently and he learned that if he made the noise I'd respond so I wanted to be able to see him to see if he was playing or if it was really a problem.
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| Posted 10/8/07 12:29 PM |
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Marcie
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
We just changed Ali about 2 weeks ago.
She is only 21lbs (and we have a seat that goes up to 30), but the reason we changed her, was because she was getting too tall for the seat - she is 32" tall.
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| Posted 10/8/07 12:34 PM |
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2BEANS
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
At my lamaze class they said the new regulations say the child should face rear-facing until 20 months. It was proven less cervical injuries facing that way then facing forward.
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| Posted 10/8/07 12:34 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
Posted by BabySammie
At my lamaze class they said the new regulations say the child should face rear-facing until 20 months. It was proven less cervical injuries facing that way then facing forward.
20 months? Then they are going to have to do some major redesigns on all car seats. DD is on the smaller side (~25th percentile for length) and we had to switch her around at 15 months because her knees were up near her chest. I can't imagine having her wedged in there for several more months in the current car seat designs....
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| Posted 10/8/07 12:41 PM |
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2BEANS
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
Posted by GoldenRod
Posted by BabySammie
At my lamaze class they said the new regulations say the child should face rear-facing until 20 months. It was proven less cervical injuries facing that way then facing forward.
20 months? Then they are going to have to do some major redesigns on all car seats. DD is on the smaller side (~25th percentile for length) and we had to switch her around at 15 months because her knees were up near her chest. I can't imagine having her wedged in there for several more months in the current car seat designs....
thats what i said.. my nephew is a moose and only a year and a half.. no way he could face rear, but the lady said they would have to bend there legs.. how uncomfortable.
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| Posted 10/8/07 12:54 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
Posted by BabySammie
thats what i said.. my nephew is a moose and only a year and a half.. no way he could face rear, but the lady said they would have to bend there legs.. how uncomfortable.
DD's legs were bent. Even babies have limits as to how far they can bend, though...  Plus, DD is only 25th percentile. I can't imagine a 75th or bigger baby....
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| Posted 10/8/07 1:23 PM |
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Calla
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
Posted by pharmcat2000
Marron is 17 months old and I still have her in the car rear-facing. She is only 22 pounds and she really doesn't mind sitting that way. Is there a problem with keeping her this way for a longer period of time?
No problem at all, as others have said, it is actually safest.
I didn't turn my daughter around until she was 21 months -- and she is in the 75th for height.
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| Posted 10/8/07 2:30 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
DD is 2 and is still rear facing. It's safer. Just check the weight limits on your car seat for rear facing.
DD just sits Indian Style. She doesn't seem to mind at all.
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| Posted 10/8/07 4:22 PM |
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LInative
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
still rear facing at 13 months just bc we haven't gotten aroudn to changing it yet and i'm in no hurry as long as DS is ok w/it
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| Posted 10/8/07 4:24 PM |
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pharmcat2000
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Re: 1 year+ and still rear-facing?
Thanks everybody. Another mom acted like I was doing Marron a disservice by not letting her look forward. I have the Roundabout and I think she can stay that way until 30lbs so I'm going to keep her that way. 
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| Posted 10/8/07 5:16 PM |
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