https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:09:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2155239 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 00:26:32 +0000 Trufflehunter 2155239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is great thanks everybody. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153763 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:08:56 +0000 yellowbird 2153763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our britax advocate click tight will rearface super long, but I have no idea if it's available in Australia </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153759 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:08:09 +0000 looch 2153759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trufflehunter: Have you looked up the Britax Australia site?</p> <p>You might also be able to order a Swedish convertible via carseat.se. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153736 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:58:38 +0000 Adira 2153736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trufflehunter: I don't know what is available in Australia, but in the US, the Graco clones (My Size, Size4Me, Headwise, Fit4Me) are generally considered the seats that can rear-face the longest as they have the largest height-limit (which generally is what a child will hit first before hitting the weight limit). Good luck to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153721 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:49:15 +0000 Trufflehunter 2153721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: thank you<br /> @T.H.O.U.: thank you too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153418 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 03:31:53 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2153418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trufflehunter: almost all US seats will go past a year (no buckets but you know what I mean). </p> <p>We have a britax marathon, graco my ride, a diono radian </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153413 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 03:28:04 +0000 Kemma 2153413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trufflehunter: Apparently the SNS Meridian SICT or Platinum SICT, and Maxi Cosi Euro seats have the highest rf limits in terms of Australian seats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153411 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 03:12:41 +0000 Trufflehunter 2153411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: ok if I can just find out which ones in America are rear facing &gt;1 year I can then check whether they are available/compliant in Australia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153398 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 01:31:38 +0000 Kemma 2153398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trufflehunter: you'll need a seat that meets the Australian standards so that it's legal for use in Australia and unfortunately alot of the seats that rear face past two are in American standards. You could check out some of the Britax / Safe'N'Sound seats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153386 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:31:06 +0000 Trufflehunter 2153386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: yep I'm in Australia. Can you tell me the name of a CR that can rear face til 3ish? Then I can read about it more and see if it is sold here. Thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153254 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:42:45 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2153254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trufflehunter: it sounds like you are outside the U.S.? </p> <p>Yes most choose to flip forward before reaching the RF limits. For reference my daughter is 4 and over 40" and over 40 lbs. technically she could be RF but she also could technically just be in a booster forward facing without a harness. A lot of prent preference in the ranges. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153250 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:38:19 +0000 Trufflehunter 2153250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: it's just that I've been sent a brochure from the company we hired our newborn capsule from and they sell and install lots of car seats but they all talk about rear-facing until 6 or 12 months then changing to forward facing. Is it the case that most will actually accommodate a child rear-facing for much longer if preferred? But it's just that most parents want their child forward -facing ASAP? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153238 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:27:39 +0000 avivoca 2153238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trufflehunter: a lot of factors can determine that. We have a Graco My Ride 65, and my daughter has plenty of room to grow before she would max out the RF height/weight limit. She carries her height in her torso, but she's short. Check out Car seats for the Littles on FB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153197 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:59:57 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2153197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trufflehunter: most seats now have high weight limits for rear facing. Britax seats are mostly 65lbs. It's usualy the height of the child compared to the shell of the seats that the child would outgrow first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-2153192 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:53:27 +0000 Trufflehunter 2153192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can anyone tell me which seat I can buy that allows rear facing for as long as we want? I.e possibly til 3-4? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-83938 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:03:36 +0000 looch 83938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Excellent idea for a thread, this should be a sticky thread.</p> <p>At a minimum, you must follow the rules in your state, which is why in the US you see such variance with how kids are restrained in the car.</p> <p>The car seats in Sweden (at least the experience that I have with the one we use in our car) are sometimes attached to the car using different bracing methods, so to be fair, you can't compare Sweden and the US, because the car seats themselves are variable. As an example, some of the manufacturers call for the car seat to be braced against the back of the seat in the front and others use a belt that goes around the entire front seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-83840 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:10:14 +0000 SAHM0811 83840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I completely agree with your thoughts on this and am glad you started this thread. My just turned 4 yo is 35 lbs and still RF. I'm actually pretty nervous for when the time comes to switch to FF which is soon. </p> <p>Here also is the NYT article that was released when the new AAP rec came out. </p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/health/policy/22carseat.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/health/policy/22carseat.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seat-safety-rear-facing-past-1-year20-pounds#post-83833 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:00:05 +0000 mrstilly 83833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't want to high jack the thread about whether or not you rear face your child in their car seat past 1, but I'm a strong advocate for car seat safety so I wanted to put up a post with some information on car seat safety. The benefits of rear facing as long as possible are huge! </p> <p>When used properly, rear-facing carseats provide significant safety advantages in frontal, frontal offset and side impacts. These types of crashes are far more frequent and severe than rear-end crashes. For these reasons, rear-facing is the safest mode of travel, especially for infants. In the USA, this recommendation is valid through the 35 or 40 pound maximum rear-facing weight limit of newer convertible carseats, or until the child outgrows their convertible carseat by height. The height limit of a rear-facing carseat may be listed in the owner's manual. A child is also considered too tall for a rear-facing seat if the top of their head is within an inch of the top of the carseat shell. It is NOT considered a safety issue if a child's legs are bent at the knees in a rear-facing carseat, or if their feet can touch the vehicle's seat back. At a very minimum, children should remain rear-facing until AT LEAST one year of age AND 20 pounds in weight. In countries like Sweden, children are often kept rear-facing much longer, even to 3 or 4 years old. Auto related injury and death rates for rear-facing children in Sweden are near zero because of this.</p> <p>Research studies suggest that until children are at least four, they are incapable of withstanding crash forces as well as adults - and should remain rear-facing.</p> <p>Keep them rear facing AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. Used to be until age 1 and 20 lbs, but the AAP has recommended for 10+ years to RF to the limits of the child restraint. Pediatricians are just now starting to come up to speed on that and there have been articles released about studies showing RFing to be 5 times safer up to age 2--but that's only because age 2 is what they studied to. The spinal column can stretch something like 2.5 inches but the spinal CORD only stretches 1/4 " before it snaps, resulting in internal decapitation. The bones begin fusing around age 3 and are completed by age 6, so the risk goes down as the child ages. There are now numerous convertible seats on the market that will rear face average sized children to age 3 and beyond. Legs are not an issue, they find someplace to put them, and it's more comfortable rear facing (like in a recliner chair) than forward facing with legs dangling down. Some people are afraid legs will break in an accident--better a broken leg than broken neck. Broken leg? Cast it. Broken neck? Casket. AND data shows leg injuries to be more common in forward facing children anyway because their legs fly forward and hit the seat in front of them.</p> <p>Videos:<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8gU9zzCGA8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8gU9zzCGA8</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_s2mE5ZVeQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_s2mE5ZVeQ</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psmUWg7QrC8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psmUWg7QrC8</a></p> <p>Links for Information:<br /> car-safety.org<br /> <a href="http://www.nhtsa.gov/Safety/CPS" rel="nofollow">http://www.nhtsa.gov/Safety/CPS</a><br /> <a href="http://www.seatcheck.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.seatcheck.org/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.carseat.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.carseat.org</a> </p>