Important as our babies reach a year soon!

Rebecca - posted on 05/22/2012

I am planning on keeping it rear facing for as long as I can:) I didn't turn my first son around til he was almost 18months. I plan on keeping my daughter rear facing til she is atleast 2

Thalassa - posted on 05/17/2012

Thanks! :)

Laura Zoey - posted on 05/05/2012

Some kids are longer in the legs and shorter in the body, and some the opposite. So really, it doesn't matter how long their legs are as long as their body still fits. So look at the cm limit for the seat and also watch the top of the baby's head.
In general the legs touching might mean they outgrown a capsule bucket type infant carrier seat. But really, the way to know if they've outgrown it is by measuring the child's height and knowing the limit of the seat itself.
It is trickier in Australia but there are seats there that rearface til 18kg.

Kelly - posted on 05/04/2012

Is that different for capsules? I wasn't worried bout feet for my daughter, but when I hired a capsule for my son, the lady who fitted it said feet touching the backseat meant he'd outgrown it

Kelly - posted on 05/04/2012

Ta, I read that on your other post or message after I commented on this one. He's still to tall for his carseat in reverse, but yesterday I saw Australia's first ever 0-8car seat (by Infa), and though it still says it's only rear-facing for a year, I plan on looking into it to see if it can be rear-facing for longer cos it's bigger

Laura Zoey - posted on 05/04/2012

That's great news Sarah! If you have any other questions about it just google search rear facing carseats and safety and you can find oodles of sites explaining the safety recommendations, search in the videos and you can find crash test videos showing how your child's body would react in a crash in both seats. It's all very good to know and then you can spread the word to others in your life!
If you want, I can post some links to good safety sites. Otherwise, just do some searching :)

Sarah - posted on 05/04/2012

I had no Idea! Thanks for posting :)
I had already switched to foreward facing at 10 months, because he outgrew the carseat. It's a convertable one though so I'll definitely be switching to rearfacing from now on!

Martha - posted on 05/03/2012

yep as much as i wanted to flip him...we're goin with the seat limits of 35lbs! :)

Laura Zoey - posted on 05/03/2012

That's wonderful Kristin!
And im glad to help Emma :)
I was told here on circle of moms about this and so I now pass on the info for others.

Kristin - posted on 05/03/2012

my son wont be 1 year old until september but we've already converted him to a bigger rear facing carseat instead of his old infant one (we still use it rarely in his dads truck) he outgrew the weight requriement which was i think 18lbs (he outgrew it when he was around 6 months old) i got the safety 1st one thats meant to fit into smaller/compact cars. he loves it. its RF up to 45 lbs and can be FF up to 60 lbs :)

Emma - posted on 05/03/2012

Thank you so much for sharing! That is really helpful info.

Laura Zoey - posted on 05/02/2012

One note for you Kelly is that feet touching the seat is actually not a safety hazard.
My kids both can kick the back of the seat while rearfacing!
No incidents have occurred of broken legs as the legs bend up to the chest in a crash.
Until the child has their head at the top of the seat they aren't too tall!

Kelly - posted on 05/02/2012

Here in Australia babies can go front-facing from 6months (as long as they are a minimum weight according to manufacturer's instructions, eg,8kg). But like many of you I'd much rather keep my children rear-facing for longer. For both my children I found I had to move them to forward-facing at 11months, as they were getting too tall for our rear-facing seats and their feet were touching the back seat. Which is kind of scary considering American babies can stay rear-facing for years longer. But just now, I was happy to read our government papersadmitting that rear-facing is safe and ideal (http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/a34d7a...)! (Thugh that's not common knowledge).
Thanks for spreading the awareness Laura.

Laura Zoey - posted on 05/02/2012

The diono is my absolute best recommendation!
I couldn't find a better seat available in the USA.
I have the sunshine kids radian xtsl for both my kids as I bout them before the company switched over to diono.
The diono rxt is the best seat I've found.
The britax is also very good but more expensive and doesn't last as long.

Jeni - posted on 05/02/2012

and thanks for sharing with the other mommas and spreading the word!

Jeni - posted on 05/02/2012

Already was planning on extended rear facing :) What carseat do you recommend? I plan on getting a Diono :)