when should you face the car seat forward
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Q+A: When Should I Turn My Baby's Car Seat to Face Forward? A. The American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation has been to keep a child in a rear-facing seat until she's at least 1 year and 20 pounds. But a new study has found that it's five times safer for your 1-year-old to ride facing backward than forward.
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- The American Academy of Pediatrics and NHTSA have recently stated that infants should be rear-facing up to age 2, but it is not law. Colorado law dictates that infants must ride rear-facing to at least 1 year old and 20 pounds (as a minimum!), and they must be placed in the back seat of the vehicle.
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When Should Your Child Turn Forward-Facing? A child can be either too heavy, too tall, or both–but all of this depends on the specifcations of the car seat. Each car seat has its own height and weight limits for rear-facing children. Most convertible seats allow children to sit rear-facing up to 35, 40 or 50 pounds.
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Is Your Baby Ready to Face Forward in the Car? When a baby is in a rear facing car seat, she will be pushed into the shell of the car seat, which cradles her and supports her whole body. The neck and head (which is relatively big for a baby) are cradled by the car seat and the baby has a very high chance of surviving the car crash. Now imagine the same crash, but for a forward facing baby. The harness of the car seat will keep the baby’s body from being ejected from the car, but the head will be thrown forward. The movement of the head will stretch the bones of the spinal column, in the neck and the back of the baby.
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Car seat safety: Avoid 10 common mistakes Placing the car seat in the wrong spot. The safest place for your child's car seat is the back seat, away from active air bags. If the car seat is placed in the front seat and the air bag inflates, it could hit the back of a rear-facing car seat — right where your child's head is — and cause a serious or fatal injury. A child who rides in a forward-facing car seat could also be harmed by an air bag.
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how old does a child have to be to be in a forward facing car seat Rebecca-posted on 01/08/2010. 117. 14. 17. And, while 12 months is the legal time to turn around to face forward, there is LOTS of research that proves it is safer to stay rear-facing until alomst 3. I'll be honest and tell you I couldn't last anywhere near that long.
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Car Seat Safety: Newborn to 2 Years Always put your infant in a rear-facing child safety seat in the back seat of your car. A baby. riding in the front seat can be fatally injured by a passenger side air bag. Continue to do so until. age 2 or until your child reaches the weight or height limit for the seat.
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- In the event of a crash, a forward-facing baby's head will continue to move forward even when the car stops causing injuries to the head, neck, and spine. In a rear-facing seat, however, the car seat absorbs the impact and prevents the baby's head from flopping forward. So, keep your baby safe. Follow the baby car seat rules by keeping your child rear-facing until at least two and until he or she gets too big for his or her car seat.
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Choosing a Car Seat for Your Child Can be used in the rear-facing position until your child is 35 or 45 pounds, which can help parents meet car seat guidelines to keep kids rear-facing until age two years. Converts to a forward-facing car seat and sometimes even a booster seat, depending on which one you buy.
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Does My Child Really Need to Ride Rear-Facing Until Age 2? It is recommended that a child remain rear-facing until they reach 2 years of age or the upper height or weight limit of their current car seat. Therefore, since your child is over 2 years and has reached the height limit on his current car seat you can turn him forward facing.
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when can he go into a front facing car seat?? CHP (California Highway Patrol) recommend as long as possible after 1 year, but likely switch them forward at 15 or 16 months if they hate being backwards because a major distraction in the back seat (crying, screaming, kicking) is dangerous for the driver's concentration and everyone in the vehicle.
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Parents Turning Car Seats to Face Forward Too Early Published: The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidelines for child passenger safety in April 2011, recommending children stay in rear-facing car seats until age 2. But a new report shows many parents turn their child’s seat to face forward before then. In May 2011, the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked parents of children 7 to 48 months old about their use of rear-facing car seats. The study found 73 percent of parents put their child in a forward-facing seat before age 2; 30 percennt turned their child’s seat to face forward before age 1.
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American Academy of Pediatrics now says child passengers should stay in rear-facing seats until age 2; many parents facing their children forward too soon Most children will outgrow a rear-facing infant carrier style seat well before their first birthday, but that doesn’t mean it is time to turn the baby to face forward. The next step is to get a larger convertible car seat that can be used both rear-facing and forward-facing.
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Seat Belts, Air Bags & Child Passenger Safety Infants must not face forward until they are at least 1 year old and weigh at least 20 pounds. Children should remain in a harnessed car seat until reaching the weight or height limit of the seat. Most car seats have forward-facing weight limits of 40-65 pounds.
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Is Your Child Safe in the Car? It's time to switch to a front-facing car seat when. A. Your child is age 1 and weighs 20 pounds. B. Your child is age 2 or reaches the seat's weight or height limit. C. Your toddler's legs appear crowded by the rear-facing seat. Answer: B. At age 2.
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All Ages - Safety In The Car Here are some helpful hints for using your child safety seat: 1  Keep your baby facing the rear of the vehicle until he is one year of age and twenty pounds. This position supports his head and neck and reduces the chance of serious spinal injuries in a crash. 2  The safest position in the vehicle is the back seat.
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Step 2: Forward-Facing Seats Step 2: Forward-Facing Seats. Children can ride forward-facing in a vehicle’s back seat once they have reached the upper weight (30 to 35 pounds) or height limit of their rear-facing convertible seat, which will typically be around age 2.
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How long to keep your child in a rear-facing car seat When sitting in a rear-facing car seat, most toddlers have limited legroom. Their legs usually touch the car seat behind them and may even have to be bent or crossed to fit. This can be troubling to some parents who worry that the child is uncomfortable.
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Is Your Child Safe in the Car? C. Your toddler's legs appear crowded by the rear-facing seat. Answer: B. At age 2. Experts used to advise doing the switcheroo around a child's first birthday, but recent research shows that children under 24 months are five times more likely to die or be seriously injured if they're in a front-facing seat.
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Car Seats: Information for Families It's best to avoid this, especially if your vehicle has airbags in the front seat. All children younger than 13 years should ride in the back seat. If absolutely necessary, a child in a forward-facing seat with a harness may be the best choice to ride in front.
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How long to keep your child in a rear-facing car seat Now both the AAP and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommend children face backward until they outgrow their seat. That means most children should remain in a rear-facing car seat until they're at least 2 or 3 years old.
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N.J.'s tough new car seat law begins Sept. 1 Under the new law : Birth to age 2: A child under age 2 and under 30 lbs. must be in a rear-facing car seat with a five-point harness. That means toddlers who are tall or have long legs must remain rear-facing until age 2 even if their knees are bent and their feet are pressed against the back seat of the car.
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How long to keep your child in a rear-facing car seat Now both the AAP and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommend children face backward until they outgrow their seat. That means most children should remain in a rear-facing car seat until they're at least 2 or 3 years old. Why rear-facing is better Very young children are especially at risk for head and spinal cord injuries because their bones and ligaments are still developing.
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- Under the Highway Traffic Act, children must use a forward-facing child car seat when they weigh between 9 kg and 18 kg (20 to 40 lb.) You need to use a forward-facing child car seat until your child weighs at least 18 kilograms (40 lb.). This is a minimum requirement.
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Seat Belts, Air Bags & Child Passenger Safety Once a child has outgrown the weight or height limits of the rear-facing seat, he or she can switch to a seat that faces forward. Infants must not face forward until they are at least 1 year old and weigh at least 20 pounds.