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- When Should Your Child Switch to a Forward-Facing Car Seat?
Keeping your baby rear-facing for as long as possible is the safest option Wait until your child's over the age of 2 and hits the rear-facing height or weight limit before using a forward-facing car seat How do you know when baby has outgrown a rear-facing car seat? Your baby has outgrown a rear-facing car seat once she exceeds the rear
- When Can I Turn My Baby Around to Face Forward in the Car?
Most vehicle collisions are frontal crashes A rear-facing car seat offers much better protection in this situation and absorbs some of the impact "It cradles the head, neck, and spinal cord in the event of a crash, and not as much of that impact goes on the head neck and spinal cord of the child," says Herring "In those younger ages, their head is much larger in proportion to their body, and
- When to Switch Your Child’s Car Seat - Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials
When to switch to a forward-facing car seat: It’s about weight and height, not age Look at the height and weight limits on your infant car seat Rear-facing-only seats typically range from 26 to
- Is There a Forward-Facing Car Seat Age? - Parents
Whether it's OK to turn the car seat to forward-facing depends on a child's size and the car seat model, not their age Learn expert tips to keep your baby safe
- When Should Your Child Turn Forward-Facing? - The Car Seat Lady
In a frontal crash, when everyone moves to the point of impact–the front of the car–a rear-facing baby will move in a different way A rear-facing baby will move into the back of his car seat and will slide gently up the car seat However, many people confuse this to mean that after 20 pounds you must turn the car seat forward-facing
- Front-facing or rear-facing: When to turn your car seat around
It once seemed logical that when a baby reached their first birthday, they'd graduate from their rear-facing infant car seat to a forward-facing "big" car seat In fact, this was American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy until 2011 We now know that keeping a child in a rear-facing car seat for as long as possible is a much safer option
- When to Switch from Rear-Facing to Forward-Facing
Best Car Seats for Extended Rear-Facing Now that you know that it’s safest to keep your kids rear-facing as long as possible, we’re going to share the car seats that allow extended rear-facing These convertible car seats are safe for rear-facing use for children up to 50 pounds and 50 inches Clek Foonf Max rear-facing weight: 50 lbs
- When should my childs car seat face forward? Experts concerned too . . .
They can move forward-facing when they reach the height marker on the seat, so all of the new standard seats from 2013-14 have had minimum height markers — meaning the baby must be rear-facing
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