https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 00:41:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering/page/2#post-820415 Thu, 30 May 2013 21:20:12 +0000 rachiecakes 820415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're trying to go as long as possible. at 17 months and 24lbs DS is still perfectly comfortable and doesn't complain. if we ever had issues with screaming or car sickness, we might reconsider. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering/page/2#post-820394 Thu, 30 May 2013 21:16:30 +0000 erinpye 820394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, 4? Around here, most moms I know flip at 1, their docs tell them it's OK, and they think I'm crazy for wanting to go until 2 with my DD. She's extremely tall, and at nearly 14 months old is in 24 month clothes, and has her little legs and feet jammed up against the seat, but we'll try to make it work until she's as close to 2 as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering/page/2#post-820274 Thu, 30 May 2013 20:52:16 +0000 runsyellowlites 820274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: No. =( There is no "space" under the back seats &amp; I couldn't even get the diaper bag shoved under the front passenger seat earlier.... I tried to search for some solutions for the "trunk" area but didn't really find any</p> <p>I think what I'm going to do is get some clear storage bins with lids that lock that I can put groceries &amp; other things in &amp; just bungee those down.<br /> Something like this: <a href="http://www.target.com/p/sterilite-clearview-purple-storage-box-with-latching-lid-66-qt/-/A-13794509" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/p/sterilite-clearview-purple-storage-box-with-latching-lid-66-qt/-/A-13794509</a></p> <p>And I guess atleast for now this will do for the stroller &amp; when G isn't in the car I can put his booster in the "basket" part of the stroller just under the bungee... I already put our emergency kit underneath the stroller so I don't think that's going anywhere . (bungeed to the back seat frame)</p> <p>[attach=1400/13/mnn3v5.600x450.stroller-bungee.jpg]</p> <p>If anyone has any better ideas please do share! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering/page/2#post-819013 Thu, 30 May 2013 16:48:28 +0000 MrsLilybugg 819013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The "securing," things is more news for me,!! I currently have this Newbury comics thingamajig dunny doll velcroed to dashboard, and suspected they have to go soon, but now.its confirmed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-819003 Thu, 30 May 2013 16:45:19 +0000 tinyperson 819003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jmarionsmith: well said! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818875 Thu, 30 May 2013 16:02:37 +0000 mrskc 818875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: This is our problem too. We have a chevy traverse and I don't know how to secure everything in the back. I just spent my lunch break googling for a good solution. You can use tie backs. Which would be good for the stroller. I'm not sure if a cargo net is strong enough. And so far all I can find are the kind that go vertical. There are pet barriers, but still not sure how secure that is in a crash. Can the booster be tucked under a seat? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818835 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:51:04 +0000 Espion 818835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLilybugg: I'm glad you posted this too! </p> <p>My sister had to turn her two-year-old around because she's tall for her age (dad is 6'10"). It was hard to keep her scrunched up in a rear-facing seat and seemed safer to turn her around. Although, I'll send her this and see what she thinks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818826 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:47:37 +0000 runsyellowlites 818826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: That's the one I'm needing to change too! We recently upgraded to an SUV but don't have anything to secure things in the "trunk". And I'm not sure what to do with G's booster (backless) when he's not in the car.... :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818797 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:41:47 +0000 tlcbaby 818797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLilybugg: It's damn near impossible to keep up with all of the rules! It seems like they change so often. I am actually glad you posted this because I really didn't know one way or the other yet (we have a long time until we even have a two year old, or a four year old for that matter). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818796 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:41:41 +0000 Foodnerd81 818796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I won't watch any of the videos because I'm already a nervous enough driver, but I think I understand the point!</p> <p>LO isn't here yet, so I have a while, but I think I'll rear face as long as I can. I know my sister turned my nephew to front facing a little earlier than she planned (can't remember when but I think it was before 2?). He screamed bloody murder in the car before that. She felt that ultimately, it was safer for her to not be so distracted driving with a screaming baby than the reduced safety of a forward facing seat. He's been much better, so she doesn't know if he was bored since he couldn't see out so well, or if he was really carsick (she gets bad motion sickness) but she feels it's safer this way. So, just a point from the other side. </p> <p>Baring anything like that, I'll stay rear facing as long as I can. And will not watch the scary videos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818795 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:41:40 +0000 mrskc 818795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: Oh gosh, I should not have watched that second one while at work. Now I'm crying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818780 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:38:27 +0000 jmarionsmith 818780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: i'm going to share this to facebook. i have several friends that forward face their 18 month or younger LOs. </p> <p>I just don't think the sentiment "but it's uncomfortable" is a good enough reason to turn LO around. i'd rather hear my LO scream for the 30 minute ride than screaming during hours of intense physical therapy. or worse, not being able to hear LO scream at all because they didn't survive a car accident.</p> <p>i know it's something we don't like to think about but the fact is accidents happen every. single. day. we should do everything possible to keep our precious babes safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818754 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:30:31 +0000 Mrs. Pen 818754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: oh gosh... I'm afraid to even watch that video just from the looks of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818751 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:29:55 +0000 Mrs. Pen 818751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: @CALSmom had posted a similar video on her FB page - do you remember that? Scary, but very factual information!!</p> <p>I agree with pp's!</p> <p>Hearing people say "oh they're uncomfortable, they didn't like it... they complained..." etc in regard to turning them forward-facing, I just like to think that my childs safety is first priority, not their wants/comfort. </p> <p>J is definitely still rear facing (just over 20 lbs and 15 months) and I don't plan to switch him anytime soon. If I could make it until 3 that'd be great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818731 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:24:04 +0000 mrskc 818731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: thanks for those links. A reminder that I need to secure loose objects in the car. The only thing I'm not doing from those posts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818723 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:20:45 +0000 Mrs. Polish 818723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mini piccolini: commented on my post today that she lives in Sweden and they're rear facing until 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818718 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:19:56 +0000 googly-eyes 818718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned to RF til LO exceeds the weight/height limit but I had no idea it could take that long.. I thought 2-3 tops, haha. I guess we will plan for longer but if there comes a time where every outing becomes miserable bc she's uncomfortable or upset we may think about switching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818691 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:07:38 +0000 Navy_Mommy 818691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Longer, true story.. .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8gU9zzCGA8&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818686 Thu, 30 May 2013 15:06:42 +0000 Navy_Mommy 818686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Short, fact based video -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sssIsceKd6U&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818664 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:57:54 +0000 SugarplumsMom 818664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLilybugg: I'm in Sweden. 55 lbs is usually the limit for most rear facing seats. The next stage of car seats are for age 4 and up and they're forward facing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818621 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:38:22 +0000 mediagirl 818621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLilybugg: sounds good to me. I tell you what, when we got in the car for the first time, on our way home from the hospital, every single other car on the road looked like a speeding bullet headed straight for us!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818619 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:37:57 +0000 mrs. wagon 818619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: @mediagirl: yup, I'm not going to turn LMW forward facing for a LONG time. Thankfully WJ is already almost 4 and probably over 35 pounds by now. He's short, so we could probably turn him rear-facing and he'd still be comfortable, but I don't know how he'd take it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818615 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:36:22 +0000 MrsLilybugg 818615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: LOL! I'm just rethinking the whole "car" thing in general... I mean, I can just walk her places once she's born, right? ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818565 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:25:49 +0000 mediagirl 818565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: thanks. You just scared me to keep her in a rear facing carseat until she's at driving age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818534 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:18:51 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 818534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AAP recommends age 2. We kept #1 rear facing until almost 3 because she is so tiny. But she was at a point where she knew that all other kids her age were facing forward and I didn't want to stigmatize her for being so small, so we flipped her around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818530 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:18:40 +0000 loveisstrange 818530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLilybugg: Sweden RFs until age 4 by law, I believe.</p> <p>We plan to RF until she outgrows the heigh/weight for it. She's so tall, we probably won't make it until 4, but we'll make it until at least 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818512 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:14:33 +0000 T-Mom 818512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is definitely food for thought! I had planned to RF until 2, but wasn't sure if I would go further than that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818427 Thu, 30 May 2013 13:55:02 +0000 MrsLilybugg 818427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: thanks for links! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818414 Thu, 30 May 2013 13:52:26 +0000 MrsLilybugg 818414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: how long do they rear face in Sweden for? it's always interesting to me to see how other countries do things </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rear-facing-until-4-fearmongering#post-818410 Thu, 30 May 2013 13:51:47 +0000 MrsLilybugg 818410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: It's so confusing! I thought 2 was the "norm"! </p>