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Jay_R 
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 9:49am |
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Just wondering when is the best time to turn the carseat to face forward? Joshie is 8 3/4 months, and weighs approx 11kg (give or take). I turned his seat to face forward last week, but now wonder if I should turn it back til he's a bit older? What have you ladies done?
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AnnC
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 10:16am |
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with both my other two i faced them forward at 5 months - Josh and 6 months - Brooke and they were fine. I know they recommend a year but i feel as long as he has strong control of his head you shld be fine.
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 10:33am |
yeah they do say a year and i cant remember exactly when i changed my oldest's fowards facing but i know it was a bit before then, i cant even remember when i did for my second girl  think it was more around 12 months though.
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 10:34am |
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Apparently *cough* the Plunket thing is 12 mos / 12 kgs... but even if Erin hits 12 kgs before then, I intend to have her rear facing until she is 12 mos.
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 10:48am |
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think i might turn him back round - although he LOVES being able to see us in the car.... argh, what to do? what to do?!
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 11:24am |
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Get him a mirror?
My friend got a little felt framed mirror from Baby Factory that she can velcro to the actual car seat in front of her baby.
He loves chatting away to himself and can see Mum in the front too.
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 12:14pm |
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We turned Maya rear facing at 5 months coz she drove me mental every time we got in the car - from the day I brought her home from hospital she screamed in the car. Turned her around and it stopped instantly. In saying that tho, it was a bit naughty, especially as she was so small and didn't hit the 8kg mark till she was 12 months.
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 12:57pm |
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I turned Leo forward facing a few weekends ago, he is much happier this way, and his little legs were gettting squashed the other way. I can still recline him back if he falls asleep which is good! Plunket nurse also told me 12 months!
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 1:25pm |
Apparently there are vids with crash test dummies showing rear and forward facing somewhere and the rear facing is MUCH safer for baby.
I don't have the link but will try to find it.
Even the thought of it freaks me out. Han was rear facing until 13 months despite being a large kid.
Oops... didn't mean to sound like a worked up idiot. I just had a car crash when I was about 17 and wrote off my mum's car so am still recovering from the fear of crashing again!
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 2:29pm |
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The guide used to be 6mos (which I did) but they have changed it to 12 months, unless your child is taller than the carseat (their head, that is). Not sure what I'll do with Krystiana, the other girls LOVED facing forwards.
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 2:50pm |
This isn't the exact same video, but it has the crash tests in it.
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 4:07pm |
forward facing here a2 weeks ago as i was scared madison was going to put her neck out cause she was always trying to look at us amd would scream cause she coukldn't see anyone . Kalem was 8 months to when i put him forward
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 8:30pm |
I turned Bays seat around when he was 6 months but had it reclined right back because even though it was a new seat and he was only 6 months - he still had the longest legs ever and would scream because his legs would get sore! he would also sleep in the car as soon as his head hit the seat until hours after we had stopped! and i was told that if bubs is asleep in an accident then that would help because theres no resistance (not sure if its true but that was my train of thought).
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 9:43pm |
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Thanks for the video Katrina - Caitlin's staying rear facing for as long as possible!
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Posted: 22 January 2007 at 11:56pm |
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Omg- Kat, that video!
We kept Charlotte rear facing until 17 months and only turned her because her head was over the top of the carseat. I had seen this interveiw with an ER nurse saying that the first thing they ask after a child has been in an accident is whether they were forward or rear facing and that forward facing is always significantly worse and has a far higher fatality rate.
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Posted: 23 January 2007 at 7:49am |
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Those tests were so scary. I'm wondering now if we should turn Ella back around, she's only 11 kg/22.4lb...
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Posted: 23 January 2007 at 9:07am |
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hey CaraMel....plunket say either 12mths or 12kgs...and she is only 1kg off that but 2 yrs old...i would leave her (if it was me)
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Posted: 23 January 2007 at 9:14am |
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Yeah I think she would strongly object to being turned back after so long but it looked so horrible the way the forward facing dummies necks moved... I don't know.
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Posted: 23 January 2007 at 9:28am |
I'm not turning my Ella back around either Mel.. if that helps 
She is 11kg too.
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Posted: 23 January 2007 at 11:05am |
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sh*te. I wrote a big post about what we talked about last night Kat.
Anyway, the car seat on the forward facing seat is strapped differently to the NZ regulations.
I know mine is strapped tightly with a tether, the belt, and then a locking clip to hold it in place... so I seriously doubt it would move as much as that seat did.
Anyway, just to clarify that the tests probably weren't indicative of NZ safety standards.
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