https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:42:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2562913 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:44:51 +0000 MrsSRS 2562913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little before two. DS was huuuuge and I was really pregnant. DD will stay RF much longer I suspect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2562435 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:53:08 +0000 Ginabean3 2562435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little after 3 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2562413 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:25:55 +0000 ballerinabee 2562413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is still RF at almost 4.5, but he was a preemie and I bought ERF seats, so he will be for a while. He can climb in on his own, which is great because I have an awful back. </p> <p>His father now has him FF in his truck, which I don't like, but can't control. DS prefers to RF because he can put his legs up, rather than have them dangle and fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2562045 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:02:32 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2562045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A month or so after dd turned 2. (At that time the legal limit was 1..)</p> <p>With ds the legal limit will be 2 and we'll probably do that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2562018 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 21:54:49 +0000 lilteacherbee 2562018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's still RF at 2.5. He doesn't complain, so I'm not worried about turning him anytime soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2562000 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 21:08:38 +0000 ohapostrophe 2562000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4th bday </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2561443 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:03:27 +0000 KT326 2561443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched at 22 months so he could climb in by himself. My DH had hernia surgery and wasn't able to lift him in and out of our truck. But LO could climb up and DH could help guide him in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2561442 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:00:02 +0000 catlady 2561442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 2.5 and still RF. She is a peanut and is nowhere near the RF limits on her carseat. When #2 arrives, I think she will enjoy RFing with the baby (and we already know that the infant seat can fit without need to turn the convertible seat), so I can see her continuing to RF for a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2561426 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:41:42 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2561426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: yep same </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2561232 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:05:45 +0000 wheres_c 2561232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He hit the height limit at about 2yr </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2561100 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 06:59:04 +0000 matador84 2561100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo1 was a little over a year and lo2 was almost 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2561076 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 05:13:26 +0000 delight 2561076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are 34 months and still RF. I think we may outgrow the height limit soon. She's still under 30 lbs so it'll be awhile until we outgrow weight limit. She is very content RF.</p> <p>ETA: I just looked up height limit for ours and it is 49 inches?! Whoa! We won't be there for awhile. She'll be RF til she is 6! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2561063 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 02:51:44 +0000 Pumuckl 2561063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're at 3y2m (41" and 40lbs) and 16.5m (30" and 20 lbs) and both are RF. </p> <p>No intentions of stopping as we had my DS FF while on vacation in the States and he was so unhappy. His feet kept falling asleep and he was dangling his head like crazy when he fell asleep. So as long as he doesn't hit the weight or height limit of our carseat he'll be RF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2560989 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:15:59 +0000 Foodnerd81 2560989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I have a handful of nonHB fb friends who rear face longer. By in real life it's like 2, and one was only because her daughter was so tiny she didn't hit the weight limit til 2.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2560988 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:10:53 +0000 Mae 2560988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Same. I don't know anyone that I didn't meet on HB who has kept their kid rear facing until 2 or beyond. </p> <p>LO just turned 2 and is still RF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2560938 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:45:25 +0000 brownepiano 2560938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way before 2, maybe 18 months? I think it coincided with a long road trip and wanting him to be less cranky in the car. No regrets here. I hated installing that car seat rear facing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2560927 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:25:27 +0000 BabyTsMom 2560927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right after 2nd birthday. He seems happier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2560892 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:11:07 +0000 Portboston 2560892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We plan to go until 2. DS is almost one and HATES the car. He's better then he used to be but still cries a lot. I'm going to get as close to 2 as we possibly can. (Law in my state is any time after 1!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2560887 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:06:33 +0000 Purpledaisy 2560887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just switched this past weekend at 3 years 3 months. We would have kept her until 4 but we can't fit two rear facing car seats and baby #2 is going to be here next week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2/page/2#post-2560394 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:54:02 +0000 lilyann 2560394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched both at 2, which is the minimum legal limit in our state. Both are much happier forward facing. We have over an hour commute everyday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2560373 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:29:13 +0000 Alivoo01 2560373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5. We tried at 2 and he was NOT a fan of FF. I found that to be bizarre so we kept him RF for awhile. But after traveling a bunch and taking out/re-installing the car seat, we tried FF again and he tolerated it. Now, at almost 3, he loves being able to see what we see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2560363 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 06:46:29 +0000 ValentineMommy 2560363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: exactly the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2558209 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:04:48 +0000 LulaBee 2558209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still RF and she will be 4 in August. I plan on switching her then. I'm proud of how long we have made it, but some people have an attitude about it... She is happy. I do think it will help entertain the baby when we flip her around, so that's a plus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2558206 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:01:40 +0000 chopstixwife 2558206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When they hit 1 year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2558175 Fri, 27 May 2016 11:31:25 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2558175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched LO1 at 2 years, and will likely do the same with LO2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2558171 Fri, 27 May 2016 11:28:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2558171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think this is a hello we / Internet thing to a certain extent. I DO think extended rear facing is better, and like I said I only turned DD at 2.5 because of the new baby, but almost no one I know kept their LOs RF until 2, much less later than that. I know one friend whose 2.75 yo is still RF. </p> <p>It's a lot like extended breastfeeding- on here, BF until 2 isn't unusual, but when my LO weaned at 19 months we had gone longer than almost anyone I know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2558158 Fri, 27 May 2016 11:15:58 +0000 MrsKoala 2558158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still RFing at 27 months. He'll stay that way until he outgrows the seat. He has about 8 lbs until that point so I imagine we'll be able to keep him RFing until 3.5 maybe? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2558125 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:45:38 +0000 Adira 2558125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still RF at 3 years 3 months. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2558116 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:40:20 +0000 tlynne 2558116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ScarletBegonia: I'm glad to not be the only one to turn early! My DS1 was 17 months; all of my foster children have started FF from the time they got to us, except for the baby (he's the only one to join us before age 1). He's 12 months, and I'm considering FF when he outgrows his infant seat (just a few pounds away). None of the larger RF seats will fit in DH's car with 3 seats across the row. It's completely legal where I live to turn them at/after age 1. I've rarely hear of RF beyond age 2...that would be really unusual where I live. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-turn-lo-forward-facing-2#post-2558096 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:26:51 +0000 Truth Bombs 2558096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5. Her legs are crazy long and I was struggling to get in there and really tighten her straps to a place that I felt comfortable. </p>