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12/09 - Macy (daughter) | 4/10 - Began TTC Baby #2 | 12/10 - Chemical Pregnancy | 1/12 - Miscarriage at 14 weeks | DX - PCOS & Hyperthyroidism
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Moms to babies under 2
Did you see the new guidelines regarding children under two to remain rear-facing in their car seat?
I am just curious if any of you currently have you child front facing and are planning on switching back to your old car seat. I just saw something on the news and I am debating getting the old car seat out of the attic for Macy. Man, she is going to be pissed. She SCREAMED non-stop in her old rear facing car seat.
Baby Macy is here!
12/09 - Macy (daughter) | 4/10 - Began TTC Baby #2 | 12/10 - Chemical Pregnancy | 1/12 - Miscarriage at 14 weeks | DX - PCOS & Hyperthyroidism
Re: Moms to babies under 2
We made the decision to keep Alana rear facing as long as possible. She also hated her infant carrier, but as soon as I switched her to the Britax she calmed down. I also have a little mirror that plays music (we call it Alanavision) and that calms her down.
Back when Alana wasan infant I watched a youtube video that showed the crash tests both FF & RF. It's pretty shocking and scary really. To top it off, I've met far too many children who suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of a car accident. It makes me want to keep Alana in a little bubble and protect her!
It's a personal decision and may not be right for everyone. There are days when I wonder if I'm doing the right thing because I think she would have so much more fun interacting with me. Sigh... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2DVfqFhseo
For some reason I am thinking the front facing car seat we bought can't be switched around to rear facing
My mom just bought a new front facing car seat for Macy that can be switched around. Hmm, I will have to figure out how to get the seat to Texas (to save us from buying another car seat) since she no longer fits into her infant seat.
Ugh. I seriously bought her the new car seat 3 weeks ago. Why couldn't they have come out with this info then?!
Baby Macy is here!
12/09 - Macy (daughter) | 4/10 - Began TTC Baby #2 | 12/10 - Chemical Pregnancy | 1/12 - Miscarriage at 14 weeks | DX - PCOS & Hyperthyroidism
Can you return it if you bought it that recently? There are plenty of convertible car seats out there that are good to 60 or 75 lbs. We bought the Britax Marathon and it has been great.
As for whoever asked about the long legs, someone posted a picture on MMs when this was discussed yesterday and their kid sits with her legs crossed indian-style (sorry, can't think of another way to describe it). She looked to be about 3-4 so I suppose a kid could get away with this for a while. At this point though, I think there's going to come a time where DS rebels against that. He's already not crazy about being crunched in there and he's only 16 months.
I had originally planned to keep P RF but shortly before the twins came I moved him FF because the logistics of 3 carseats across in my car wasn't going to happen with his Britax RF. I bought the twins the Chicco Keyfit 30 hoping that I can keep them in those longer before moving them to their big seats.
Our situtation is unique because had a bought a brand new Ford Edge right before we found out about the twins, so we weren't able to trade in unless we wanted to take a huge loss on our car. If we were able to logistically fit three RF seats across I would have kept P RF much longer. I did find a carseat that will fit three across and rear-facing but P has been FF so long and he is now over two.
The PC term used in school now is criss-cross applesauce. LOL, now you know!
dont ask me why i'm even reading this thread since i have no idea, and no intentions of having any...but really, criss-cross applesauce? lol
Haha- thanks, Blossom! I suppose even criss-cross would have explained it- no idea why I couldn't think of that!