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Probably, especially since it's illegal. If we aren't particularly close, then nothing to lose. Many people simply don't know better.
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@Purpledaisy: I would definitely send them a private message. A couple of good ways to phrase it have been suggested. I did a similar thing for a Facebook "friend" who was giving her 2 month old rice cereal and she ended up being appreciative.
Let us know what you do! Curious if she really knows it's illegal?
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No I wouldn't say anything. I guess it is not an issue that is on top of my priority list, besides you said she is just an aquaintance not a good friend. Not my place.
But if it is illegal, I would casually comment saying, "I thought it was illegal to do forward facing before 1 year? Better check it out?"
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I probably would. It's illegal here to forward face before one year, and work in policing so I'd just frame it as "hate for you to get a ticket".
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Check on your state's laws- it's not illegal in Washington if your kiddo is over 20 lbs.
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@Kemma: lol!!!!! I can't tell if your serious or not, but I'm totally adopting this trick.
I guess I wouldn't? But that would bug me to no end. Poor kid
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I would absolutely say something in a private message. Just tell her it's illegal because it's much less safe. Act like you're trying protect her from a ticket as opposed to judging her parenting.
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I don't know if I would say something, luckily no one I know has done this. But...oh my God, that's dangerous. That kid risks internal decapitation in the event of a collision. Yeah, I guess I think I probably would. I hate when "s/he is fussy in the car" is used as an excuse for turning super young kids. My first baby cried her head off in the car until she was nearly a year old. We flipped her at 2, causing her to be FUSSIER again for a while. You can hear anecdotal stories both ways, but I'd rather has a fussy safe baby.
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Yes and I did say something!
I told her " yikes! Did you know that's illegal?"
She said " he was close enough to 1"
He was 10 months-
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If it was a close friend I would privately message/ call/ email about it. I would try to choose my wording carefully not to sound attacking of her but instead sound concerned for her child out of love. I would not post it on a public message board or say something if it is just a "Facebook friend." In those instances it is not my place to say anything.
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No, it's not my business. If it was a close friend or family I would make sure they were aware it was safer to keep rear facing. But if they knew and made that choice then it's not my issue.
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To me, this is a life-or-death situation and if anything happened, I would feel horrible that I never said anything. Internal decapitation is no joke and it is my hope that noone would FF so early if they knew how dangerous it was. I have politely brought it up to a friend before and she had no idea and was very thankful that I said something.
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@travelgirl1: Yeah, 9months is standard here. My friend switched at 6 months! Our cars in the UK are much smaller than US cars for one - our 2nd car is a Nissan Micra, the car seat we bought (which could RF until 15 months) didnt fit in rear facing (!) and, as the car doesn't have back doors, getting her in and out of a rear facing seat would be a nightmare!!
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I wouldn't say anything, because I don't think anyone would change their mind, quite frankly.
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I've said things like "gosh, I'm so jealous of your front-facing setup. It seems so much easier, but we're still rear facing," When they inevitably ask why we're still rear-facing I tell them that where we live we do a lot of highway driving, and rear facing is just so much safer were we ever to be in a major accident. That at least gets it in their head that rear facing is worth it for safety reasons. What they decide to do from there is their own decision.
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I wouldn't say anything unless we were close. Although we will
rear-face at least until DS is two, it is not illegal in the US to forward face before a certain age/weight. Perhaps some states have such laws but my state, Maryland, just advises that infants RF before age one and 20 lbs. The only actual child passenger safety laws pertain to seat belts and children under age 8 being in appropriate child restraints. -
So, I have been waiting all weekend hoping that someone would post something on her picture about it but they didn't. I want to but I don't think that I am going to say anything... ugh, it is killing me though!
Also, we are in California and the law is one and 20 pounds, so it is illegal here.
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@Purpledaisy: Is it obvious in the picture/post the age of her LO? Maybe you can say something like "Wow! I didn't know your LO was one already!" and then when she says "He isn't. He's ____ months", you can say "Oh wow, I thought it was illegal here to forward-face before one! Is that not the case?"
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I wouldn't say anything.
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My sister in law FF my niece at 10 months. She knew that she shouldn't and even made the "i'm a bad mom" comment about it without anyone bringing anything up about it. So, I didn't say anything. It wouldn't have changed her mind.
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@Adira: She just posted his 8 month picture like the day before
that is a good idea though... maybe she would just assume that I didn't see it...
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@Purpledaisy: Damn! Maybe you could just say "What a big boy!! I can't believe he's FF already! Although I thought it was illegal here before one... is that not the case?"
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