with liam i was praying that we would make it TO one-- I was afraid I was going to have to turn him at 10-11 months. He was 28lbs 12oz at 6 months, and 32lbs 14oz at one. Simon I haven't weighed in several months (we missed our 1yr appt), but I am hoping he can make it 15-18 months. I would guess he is around 31lbs now. I wish there was a seat that went to 40 rearfacing!!! I was so thankful for the marathon and husky seats-- they kept my big kid safe! Liam was 40lbs by the time he turned 2. (I have really tall kids as well btw, lol). I can't imagine my only option for a kid who JUST turned 2 being a BPB!
__________________
Heather , mama to Liam, born 12-19-01, and Simon, born 04-17-05 wife to Mark, married 09-23-97
Noah is still rearfacing. He is 13 months and weighs 26.5 lbs. He weighs almost as much as his brother and sister! lol! We'll keep him rearfacing as long as possible. He doesn't mind b/c he faces his siblings (they are in the way back of the minivan) and it's not inconvenient for us b/c we have a door right next to his seat. I'm thankful for that--I'm sure it must be a PITA for those of you with difficult seat maneuvers.
Jeni
__________________
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~
Mama to Alex, Miriam and Noah; Wife to Chris.
Alex (Weatherman), Miriam (Fancy Nancy) and Noah (Good Knight), October 31, 2008
Missing Hazel Irene, born still on April 18, 2008. A Broken Hallelujah
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*
Whem dh was deployed to Bosnia he termed the "Bosnian Car Seat"- a mom holding the baby in the passenger's seat. I feel spoiled that we can have a car seat for each car, but I'm so glad we have such safe seats. I cannot believe the number of moms I see with young children w/o car seats- I'm talking about nice vehicles and military moms...
__________________
Just a small person
But a soul there
Eyelashes of fairy dust
We wrap you in our arms
Sleep sweetly
Precious angel
Close those eyes and rest
We are here with you
(For Eleanor)
We turned Seth to forward facing right after he turned a year old. Dh and I are both very tall and have to have our seats back quite far (dh has to have his all the way back to drive). When Seth was rear-facing, dh's seat always hit the car seat and pushed it at an incorrect angle. As soon as we turned Seth, his carseat was finally in the correct position, which made us feel better about his safety. So, for us, we didn't have any other option. I'm all for people keeping their kids rear-facing for as long as they want, but for my baby's safety, we needed to turn him forward-facing to have a correctly installed carseat.
__________________
Heidi
SAHM to Abby(2/28/96), Cole(4/8/99), Gage(8/5/02), and Seth(8/17/04)!
Actually, as a child gets older, their seat does not need to be at the 45 degree angle anymore. It can be more upright. Alannah's seat is reclined just enough so that her head doesn't flop when she's sleeping.
__________________
Allison mama to:
DH (lol), Chrissy 16, Mikhail 13, Kiera 11, Kivett 8, Aislinn 6, Alannah 3, and not quite fresh from the oven Kian Oliver-Bell 11/15/07
Britax seats can be "braced" against the front seat. Others specifically say not to. You need to read your carseat's manual to find out for sure about your seat. HTH!
Britax seats can be "braced" against the front seat. Others specifically say not to. You need to read your carseat's manual to find out for sure about your seat. HTH!
we have marathons...but i don't see anywhere in the manual where it says anything either way.
we are rearfacing still. I plan to keep her there as long as possible.
Julie have you seen the video footage of kids the same age rear facing vs forward facing in an accident? eek!
where could i watch the video? i keep meaning to get some conviction about this issue, but always forget. ds is happy to be rear facing, we rarely take the car seat out anyway (which we would have to do to turn it around), and he's 19 lbs and something, so i have no plans to turn it around any time soon. but i want to keep him rear facing for however long i am able if it is safer...just hadn't heard of it being safer until a few months back...here.
__________________
Stephanie, wife to Tim (almost 9 years) and mama to Isaac (3) and Kendall (13 months)
Seth's seat was not only touching dh's seat while rear-facing, it was getting pushed up off of the seat. So, I don't think anyone here can tell me that was safe. He's definitely better off forward-facing where his seat is installed properly and safely.
because you tether a britax set it doesnt matter if the front seats are pushing on it-- the tether holds it in place. It is actually desirable to have the seat braced against the front seats. Ours was wedged between the two front seats when we had a Saturn. (DH is 6'4 and I am 5'9)
Carseat issues were actually why we had to buy the van. The roundabout (and Marathon, which is actually what Simon rides in now) only fit well rearfacing in the center position in the Saturn. Liam is so big that he has to ride in a Husky, and the Husky and Roundabout wouldnt fit side by side in the Saturn.
Bayus is still rear facing but I almost switched that this weekend. We went on a longer car ride and decided to move all 3 car seats to the back bench in the van and Bayus fit rear facing and not forward facing and dh didn't want to move him forward facing yet anyhow. So thats what we did so that we could take out the center bench seat for a 'hang out' spot during rest stops. Bayus has been 20lbs since 6months but will likely hover at 25lbs until 2 yrs and beyond if he growth continues to follow my other kids, I'm not sure what his weight is now.
Thanks for the kick in the pants reminder to keep him rear facing. He doesn't mind it and is really happy NOW with being between the two older siblings- thats fun for him.
Sarah
__________________
Mommy to Elias (Summer 2000), Hannah (Fall 2001), and Bayus (Spring 2005)
happy wife to Eddie (September 1999)
Since March 29, 2008.............
Hot food for chickens, pumpkin muffin recipe, and too much snow leads to imagination! Hey LOOK! I've got a blog
We'll keep him rearfacing as long as possible. He doesn't mind b/c he faces his siblings (they are in the way back of the minivan) and it's not inconvenient for us b/c we have a door right next to his seat. I'm thankful for that--I'm sure it must be a PITA for those of you with difficult seat maneuvers.
Linear Mode
