https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 05:51:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-947256 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:27:08 +0000 sarac 947256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: Yes, she is a tiny wisp of a thing. She'd still fit in it, if a bit scrunched length wise. She still only weighs 20 pounds, at almost two years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-947184 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:54:17 +0000 loveisstrange 947184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months, still RF, plan to keep it that way for a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-947183 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:54:03 +0000 sorrycharlie 947183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babyjmama: @livsmama: poor things! I get horribly carsick too. Have to sit in the front seat, backseat is torture, and never mind riding backwards (we had a station wagon growing up). Nothing helps me - I feel their pain!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-947174 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:50:07 +0000 Mrsjets 947174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: crazy how fast they grew up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-947013 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:56:18 +0000 runsyellowlites 947013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: @HabesBabe: That's what I was thinking! Technically P would've fit in her until after a year old, but I'm sure she's out grown it by now! If we had had the keyfit 30 though she *might* still fit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946999 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:47:00 +0000 HabesBabe 946999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Dang, she fit into the bucket for that long!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946888 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:57:21 +0000 Bao 946888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Minimum of 2 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946887 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:55:35 +0000 sarac 946887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I switched over when she got out of her bucket seat at 19 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946849 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:36:48 +0000 Ree723 946849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsjets: Same here! My 13 month old is not quite 20 lbs yet (although she is tall) so I think at least 2 is a good goal for us as well. And like you, we may go longer, just like our original goal of EBF for 6 months that has somehow turned into 13 months and counting..... :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946794 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:16:48 +0000 Mrsbells 946794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 14 months and I plan to keep her rear facing for a long time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946771 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:07:25 +0000 Running Elley 946771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're hoping to wait until 2 but we're playing it by ear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946768 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:05:23 +0000 erinpye 946768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: oh good! I hope it helps you guys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946444 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:20:51 +0000 looch 946444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 30 months and it is time to switch him. He's outgrowing his seat in height. He never protested about rear facing.</p> <p>We also have a Swedish convertible for when we travel to Europe, the weight and height limits are much different, but then again, so are the seats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946133 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:07:28 +0000 brownie 946133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 27 months old and still rear facing. I plan to rf as long as he fits. He is also only 25 pounds and 35 inch tall. So on the smaller side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946077 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:54:55 +0000 banana 946077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched my son at around 18 months and got so much slack for it from my DH's family. UGH. We plan on switching my DD at around 2 but if she absolutely hates it (like my son did), we'll switch her earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946028 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:36:21 +0000 MsLipGloss 946028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will for as long as she can stand it. That's one of the reasons we went with the Clek Foonf . . . to get her up high so she can see out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-946005 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:27:41 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 946005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still RF at 25 months and hope to be for awhile longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945991 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:20:56 +0000 chopsuey 945991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched right before she turned 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945983 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:18:50 +0000 doodlepoodle 945983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LivsMama: this is us much of the time! J has projectile vomit. Ugh! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945929 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:57:13 +0000 meredithNYC 945929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: Oh my God, you just saved my life. We are going on a long car trip and this is exactly what we need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945924 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:55:12 +0000 runsyellowlites 945924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LivsMama: I've known a few parents that got the Foonf for their rf hating kids &amp; it worked well for them (it sits higher so they can see out the windows). It's part of the reason we've chosen to get the Foonf too. Right now P doesn't protest, but that could change any time in the next 2.5 years. lol</p> <p>Also the 2nd link I posted does talk about some remedies for those littles that get carsick. :)</p> <p>For the moms with bebes that are big (high in the %) the 2nd link gives some great suggestions for carseats that will accommodate them AND talks about the scrunched leg issues! From what I've found leg injury is actually much more likely ff than rf (even when scrunched). ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945921 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:54:17 +0000 anbanan15 945921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just switched at 27 mo. </p> <p>We had a similar experience as @LivsMama:. I had to drive while DS held my arm tightly against his face in order to make him stop screaming. It got uncomfortable and was unsafe, but we made it past 2 years RF that way. He recently started protesting even getting into the seat, so when I took it out to clean it we made the decision to go FF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945918 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:53:13 +0000 Koolbreeze 945918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 was 3. I hope to keep DS2 rfing until at least 3 too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945914 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:51:55 +0000 erinpye 945914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LivsMama: Ours screamed in the car until nearly a year old, too. We got something called a Grip Daddy that holds an iPad on the back of the seat, and let her watch a Disney movie for longer car trips- worked pretty well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945904 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:46:11 +0000 meredithNYC 945904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to do whatever I can to make it until 2. Like @erinpye, my LO (14 months old) is super tall and very, very unhappy with the rear-facing arrangement, but... it's just kind of the way it has to be </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945902 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:45:39 +0000 LivsMama 945902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lol wellll Im gonna be the unpopular one here and tell you that we switched her to FF at about 10 months. She SCREAMED. BLOODY. MURDER. every second of every car trip. So hard she made herself sick often, and it was incredibly distracting to drive with the screaming. She wouldn't stop until we were out. Her pedi suggested trying to turn her to see if it stopped, and it did. So we went with the highest end Britax they make and went with it. It was becoming dangerous to drive with the screaming bc I was constantly trying to console her and would reach back or turn around.</p> <p>We tried flipping her again once she got used to the car seat in general, but the same thing happened. I think it made her sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945901 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:45:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 945901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: Or at least until they get their learner's permit! </p> <p>LO isn't here yet but I plan to RF at least until 2 but try for longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945898 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:44:39 +0000 Mrsjets 945898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is a teeny 20 lbs at 14 months so I think 2 years is a good goal for us. Who knows we may go more...like my EBF goal of 6 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945889 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:41:55 +0000 keiki_mama 945889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm hoping to keep him rear facing for as long as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-forward-facing#post-945883 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:40:49 +0000 Weagle 945883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she turns 30? </p> <p>We're keeping her RF until 2, then we'll reevaluate. </p>