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When did you forward face the carseat?
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NervousNell
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Re: When did you forward face the carseat?
At 2. I would have gone longer but DH did it before a long road trip we were going on.
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OrganicMama
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Re: When did you forward face the carseat?
We just turned DS a few weeks ago, he will be 4 in less than a month. He reached the height and weight limit to our seat at 42" and 40lbs, and being a big kid he had zero issues RFing this long.
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| Posted 4/30/14 9:13 PM |
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lulugrrl
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Re: When did you forward face the carseat?
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Posted by hopingforbaby
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My question is the car seat, most of them have a lower weight limit for rear facing than front facing? Does that not really apply now?
Britax boulevard says 20 lbs for rear, even though it can handle much more than that front facing. How does this factor in?
Britax Boulevard is not 20 lb limit for RF. Even most infant car seats go up to at least 22 lbs. The Boulevard is 40 lbs rear-facing.
This. Although I will say I read that manual 15 times and it is confusing and does contradict itself. In one place it does say that the RF limit is 20lbs but that is not true, it's 40.
I do wish I did more research on certain types of car seats and height limits prior to having DS. I always knew the benefits of RF but I guess I didn't realize that car seats come in many sizes. DS is a very tall 2 year old and his head is definitely nearing the top of the seat at a rapid rate. I am hoping to make it until at least 2 1/2 but I still wish I would have gotten a bigger seat.
I will have to look again, I swear the sticker said 20 pounds RF. My 14 month old is super tall and weighs 35 pounds, so I was worried about this... I prefer him rear facing because he is quite entertained by his 6 year old brother in the back seat :) even though his legs are squished, he does hate that. I can't leave shoes on him because he will get kind of stuck with legs criss crossed and can't move around.
They typically say "only use rear facing with a child under 20 pounds." Which can be misleading and confusing. What they mean is if a child is under 20 pounds they can only be rear facing. (Which is totally antiquated anyway)
Yes, that is what it was. I am such an idiot. Thanks for clarifying.
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| Posted 5/2/14 1:21 PM |
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When did you forward face the carseat?
They say to keep a child fear facing until at least 2, but the longer the better. I turned dd around 2.5 years.
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| Posted 5/2/14 2:10 PM |
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When did you forward face the carseat?
They say to keep a child fear facing until at least 2, but the longer the better. I turned dd around 2.5 years.
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| Posted 5/2/14 2:10 PM |
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wakemeup
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Re: When did you forward face the carseat?
DS was 18 months, DD was 13 months.
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