Silvia Stclair: Your baby has to be one year old AND 20 lbs. To face forward. If you have a car accident your baby can be killed if you have him forward facing.
Andra Oger: challenging situation. research on to google or bing. that will could actually help!
Everette Rovinsky: Well you are supposed to wait till they are sitting up really really good and almost a year old but sorry at 6 months you can buy a bigger sit but it still has to be backwards! Safety first please!! I have 3 kids myself!Britax Roundabout goes from 0-40lbs and the Marathon goes from 0-80lbs
Elaina Adolfson: The baby has to be 20lbs and 1 year old....not one or the other. So if you son is getting too big then you should purchase a convertible car seat....which can be used foward and backwards for now.
Charissa Riley: Not until your baby is over 1 year. That's the law. Get a covertable carseat. That or cross your baby's legs. Its' safer at this point (and more legal!) than ! forward facing.
Jed Mutone: He has to be a year old and meet the weight requirement.. I think its 20lbs but I'm not sure
Kris Bozelle: A convertible car seat is what you need. Britax Marathon is a really nice seat, also First Years TruFit is nice.The minimum for rear facing is one year but you should do some research on extended rear facing because it's so much safer leaving them rear facing to the full limits of the seat, which is usually about 35 pounds (no matter the age)....Show more
Davida Gisriel: He shouldn't be forward facing for another 18 months still. But, you don't have to keep using the infant carrier seat - at 6 months he's likely about to big for it anyways. Most babies outgrow infant carrier seats at 4-7 months old. Its time for a convertible car seat - installed rear facing.When shopping Remember these rules:1)the BEST seat is the one that fits your child, fits your car, and will be used correctly 100% of the time. (This is why convenience! features DO make a difference and ARE worth the money!2)child! ren need to stay rear facing as long as possible.Turning kids forward at 20lbs/1year is an outdated practice that could cost you your child's life! A)A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 5 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash than a rear-facing child of the same age. B)A child's vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, before then, she is at great risk for internal decapitation. The spinal column can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal cord can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone. C)Current research suggests that children under the age of two years are 75 percent less likely to die or be seriously injured when they are riding rear facing. D)In a recent article from Injury Prevention, it was found that the odds of severe injury to forward facing children age 12-23 months old was 5.32 times higher than a rear facing child. (Car Safety Seats For Children: Rear Facing For Best Protection; Injury! Prevention 2007; 13:398-402.)3)Once you do turn them forward facing, they need to stay in a 5 point harness as long as possible. 4 years/40lbs is the minimum for riding in a booster, and most 4 year olds have no business using one yet. If they can't sit upright for an entire trip, they need the harness of a car seat still. And, even if they do sit properly, a 5 point harness is safer, so you want to keep them in one as long as possible. This is important to consider b/c most car seats only forward face to 40lbs.So...knowing all that, here's some about specific seats. Don't get a Graco Comfort Sport. Car seat techs call it the 'crappysport'. LOL Its a crappy seat that won't last your child very long b/c it has a really short shell. The straps twist all the time, and if they're twisted they won't support your child in a wreck properly. They're hard to install. There's nothing good about these seats except perhaps they're cheap sometimes. Ditto the Safety1st 3-in-1/Cosco Alph! a Omega/Eddie Bauer 3-in1 seats. These are all the same company - same ! seat, just different covers. They stink. Hard to install, b/c of narrow belt paths. Ever tried to wash a skinny cup by hand? Now imagine that skinny cup with pointy edges. That's what putting your hand through these to install them is like. AND they have too short a shell to really go to 40lbs. And that's another misleading thing the box says - 5-100lbs. What the box fails to mention (you don't find out until reading the manual!) is that the harness only goes to 40lbs, NOT 100lbs! After 40lbs it must be used as a booster.And they do not make good boosters. Also, most kids have to use boosters until they're at least 8 years old. Car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture, so no matter what they say it is NOT the last seat you'll ever need to buy...Had to edit this part now, b/c Dorel has revamped the 3-in-1s, and if make sure you get an ALpha Omega Elite or 3-in-1 that specifically says up to 50lbs, its not a bad seat. The Triumph Advance and Britax Marathon inst! all a heck of a lot easier, but the AOE is an ok option as long as its the new one.The Britax Marathon/Boulevard/Decathalon (These 3 are the same seat, just different features. The Marathon a wide open easy to route belt path, which makes using it correctly a lot easier, as do the built in lockoffs, which mean you never again have to use a locking clip. Because of the way the base is made, it fits in most cars. And, it is worth the money, b/c it lasts usually twice as long as most other car seats lasting a baby till they are 5-6 years old, where most at Walmart will only last till 2-4 years old. Rear faces to 33lbs, then forward to 65lbs. and top slots 17inches tall, lasts most kids to ages 5-6 years old.The Evenflo Triumph Advance (not the original Triumph, make sure it says Advance) is a great seat. Top slots 17", harnesses to 35lbs rear facing, and 50lbs forward facing. Wide open belt path, easy to install. The harness adjusts at the front of the car seat, you don't have! to take the car seat out of the car just to raise/lower the straps. It! has infinite harness adjustment so the harness always fits perfectly until its outgrown. You tighten and loosen the harness using knobs on the side of the seat. It can be used in a recline position even in forward facing mode.The Compass True Fit, same as First Years True Fit, is great too. 16.5 inch top harness slots, half inch shorter than the Britax Marathon and Evenflo Triumph Advance. Rear faces to 35lbs, forward faces to 65lbs, has built-in lockoffs, and you never have to rethread the harness to change harness height. The headrest is removable to fit better in smaller cars.WHY REAR FACING:http://www.carseat.org/Resources/633.pdfIn the foreground is a forward facing seat, in the background a rear facing seat. You can see how much trauma the forward facing dummy has to endure. The rear facing child simply rides it out.http://www.oeamtc.at/netautor/html_seiten/kisitest...Here's another video. You can see how there is NO trauma to the baby, it simply sits there waiting f! or it to end.http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v163/jen_nah/car......Show more
Wally Gower: 1 year or 20 lbs., BUT, they recommend that you keep facing rear for as long as possible, as the baby's spine and neck haven't fully developed before a year old, and baby may not make it in event of a car crash. my son was 20lbs way before he was 1 year old, so i bought him a britax, which is for 85 lb babies....he would have stayed backward facing until he was 33lbs, as this is what this car seat recommends, but he was too tall, so we changed him forward facing just after his 1st bday....Show more
Michel Mccaulley: You need a new car seat. A convertible one would be best, and keep that baby rear facing for as long as possible. That is the safest way for a child in a car.
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