You want them to see what's going on around them. So isn't forward-facing easier for everyone, not just the big kids? Isn't it better for your toddler to not be rear-facing? They finally became 1 year old. Once they're over 12, then you can have them sit in the front seat with you. Kids 12 and under need to be in the back seat. What happens when they turn 4 foot 9? Then they can sit in the back seat in a seat belt until they're 13. So, until your child is 4 foot 9, they can't properly sit in a regular car seat without having a booster seat. It can actually cut through the neck, and that's not what you want. If your car is rear-ended and the child is in the seat belt at your child's neck, it's not going to be pretty. Why 4 foot 9? If your child is not 4 foot 9, the car seat belt will hit at their neck, not at their shoulder where it belongs. Then when your child is ready for a booster seat, they should be at least age 4, about 40 pounds or more, and you need to continue to have your child in that booster seat until they're 4 foot 9. You can continue to use that seat until you get to the highest weight and height allowed by the seat. They can go into a forward-facing seat with a 5 point restraint when they are at least 2 years old and weigh 30 pounds. The current guidelines and this goes for all the different car seats, the current guidelines are your child should be rear-facing as long as possible: infants until at least age 2 and 30 pounds. But when do you know? But when are you supposed to turn your child around? What the article says is that a rear-facing child safety seat does a better job of supporting the head, neck, and spine of infants and toddlers in a crash because it distributes the force of the collision over the entire body. A couple years ago, there was a study in 2007 in the journal, Injury Prevention, that found that children under the age of two are 75 percent less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash if they were rear-facing.Īnother study found that rear-facing children were five times safer than forward-facing.
Cindy Gellner: You probably remember when your child was a baby, they needed to be turned around at age 12 months and 20 pounds. Cindy Gellner, and that's what we're going to talk about today on The Scope.Īnnouncer: Medical news and research from the University of Utah physicians and specialists you can use for a happier and healthier life. Cindy Gellner: A lot of car seat regulations have changed in the past few years as to when your child should be in which car seat and when.
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