Forward Facing

Forward Facing!!

For years, parents have heard the same advice: Keep your child in a rear-facing car seat until he's at least 1 year old and weighs at least 20 pounds. Now the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is saying that for safety's sake, your child should face the back of the car until the age of 2, or until he reaches the maximum rear-facing height and weight for his car seat. When we got Avery’s new car seat, we purposely got a seat that he could use in the rear facing position and the forward facing position, with the plan of leaving him rear facing as long as possible (until 2 as now recommended). During a discussion with his doctor I mentioned that even though he did not exceed the maximum requirements for his new seat his feet/legs had to be bent or where up on the seat to fit and looked semi uncomfortable. His doctor suggested that we turn his seat around to be forward facing so that Avery could more comfortable. She also told me that I am not a bad parent for turning him around before he is two :) (Love his doc).  We did finally turn Avery around to foward facing last night, and he took his first forward facing ride this morning. I think he liked it, it was nice to be able to see him in my rear view mirror again and it was also nice not having to turn him into a tiny human pretzel to get him buckled in.

Plenty of leg room now