Janita Tetlow: Just because she meets the weight requirements to face forward does not mean she is ready. You are to wait until she meets the weight, height AND age requirements. She is not to face forward until she is one b/c she can be very injured or worse if an accident does happen. Just face her to the rear again, and get a mirror so you can check up on her while you're driving.
Charissa Riley: for starters... 7 months is too young to be forward facing... even if she's met the size requirements, her spine and neck are not develped enough, and whiplash can be fatal in a baby.research this more, please!!!http://www.car-safety.org/rearface.html even when rear facing, they're heads sort of bob forward... but it's not nearly as dangerous as rear facing... check the manufacturer's advice... often when rear facing you can add a rolled up towel/blanket to sort of recline the seat a little more, and it will still be safe. I've also seen little wedge cushions for this p! urpose....Show more
Lindsey Zanardi: you cannot, absolutely cannot have a 7mth old forward facing. The law is 20lbs AND 1 year old. Her neck and back are not strong enough to support her in a wreck and her head is still way too big in comparison to her body for it to be safe. Turn the carseat around backward facing and if it can't be used that way, return it to the store and get something else. This is very dangerous and if you got in a wreck you would be charged with child endangerment and child restraint neglect. Once you turn the seat around, make sure you adjust the straps so they are under the shoulders and you can rolls some towels up and put them under the car seat so the seat tips back enough so that her head doesn't slump. Take care of this asap and dont turn back around till birthday. I am very glad you came for help. It is too often that parents aren't given the correct information or enough of it. You are a good parent by seeking this out. Keep up! the good work....Show more
Dorethea Beaston: in case yo! u are able to in elementary terms discover the money for one vehicle seat and don't plan to have yet another infant interior the subsequent couple of years, then get a convertible. in case you do plan to have yet another infant, you rather could desire to justify the cost of the newborn seat. undergo in innovations, those issues are no longer any stable after 5 or 6 years, so must be thrown out besides. you will get extra mileage on your funds with a convertible. in case you utilize a sling, you do no longer want the provider (which hurts your returned besides). in case you do no longer plan to spend lots time in shops, the provider/cart equipment isn't nicely easily worth the money the two. you would be extra effective off with in elementary terms a common stroller (returned, the seat might must be thrown away finally). lots of girls use in elementary terms convertibles and by no potential get the newborn provider, so do no longer rigidity approximately it. infant will ext! ra healthy great. If it did no longer help her, they could no longer checklist it as stable from 5 kilos. i might upload that i did no longer discover it any further durable to adhere the newborn into the vehicle seat interior the vehicle vs. sticking infant into vehicle seat and then right into a base interior the vehicle. despite the fact that, i've got not got an SUV the two. that could complicate issues in case you ought to climb in and out. yet another benefit of the newborn seat is in the journey that your infant has reflux or a chilly, they breathe extra effective if left to sleep of their carseat (strapped in, of course). won't be able to try this with the convertible by using fact that is put in interior the vehicle. This difficulty does not impact maximum little ones, nonetheless....Show more
Oda Mauson: maybe you should try putting her back rearfacing.maybe she just isnt ready, even if her height/ weight is ready.my ped. said to wait till she is one or 20lb! s to switch, but even after that, to use my own judgement first.
! James Langmyer: There are these neck pollows that they sell, they go around the childs neck a little over a half circle around to support their heads. They sell them at Target, and babies r us.
Michelle Sohre: She still needs to be rearfacing! Children should rearface until 30-35lbs. They MUST rearface until 1 year AND 20lbs.The recommendation from safety experts and the American Academy of Pediatrics is to rearface (RF) to the limits of the seat which is 30-35lbs on all seats sold in the US. My own daughter rode RF until she was 2 years, 9 months and she got very close to the 33 lb weight limit on her Britax Marathons. I turned her back RF at 3 years because she lost some weight. She complained the whole time she was FF about having nowhere to put her feet. She loves RF. I have included several links with great pictures and videos of what happens to children’s necks when they are FF in a crash.Most people are concerned about their child's legs being scrunche! d or broken in a crash. There is absolutely no evidence that shows a child's legs are in danger and I would much rather deal with a broken leg, than a broken neck....Show more
Bettye Arre: I'm glad you came somewhere for help. :) Whether she can hold her head up and meets the weight requirement does not matter, at a mere 7 months of age, she is nowhere near meeting the requirements for forward facing. She needs to be in a rear facing convertible car seat. I'm sure you would never hurt your child intentionally, you are obviously a caring momma since you came here to ask a question to help your baby, but having her rear facing this early could cost you her life.Turning kids forward at 20lbs/1year is an outdated practice that could cost you your child's life!1)A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 5 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash than a rear-facing child of the same age. 2)A child's vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, be! fore then, she is at great risk for internal decapitation. The spinal c! olumn can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal cord can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone.3)Current research suggests that children under the age of two years are 75 percent less likely to die or be seriously injured when they are riding rear facing.4)In a recent article from Injury Prevention, it was found that the odds of severe injury to forward facing children age 12-23 months old was 5.32 times higher than a rear facing child. (Car Safety Seats For Children: Rear Facing For Best Protection; Injury Prevention 2007; 13:398-402.)It works this way: when you get in an accident and run into something, the car stop suddently, but everything and everyone in the car keeps moving in the direction the car was moving when it stopped, in most accidents, this is forward. So in an accident with a child in a forward facing seat, his head, the heaviest part of the body on babies and toddlers, flies forward very forcefully and easily snaps. If that! same child is in a rear facing seat, his head tries to fly forward but is supported by the back of the rear facing seat, so there is no stress put on the child's neck and spine.Check out this photo album exclusively of rear facing kids, many of them much older than 12 months: http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbum.aspx There isn't a single documented case of a child breaking their legs b/c they were rear facing in an accident. There are, however, lots of cases where children have been killed and seriously injured where a rear facing seat would have protected them better.When a child outgrow the infant carrier, the next step is a rear facing convertible car seat, not a forward facing seat. As you can see from the above info and the links below, she still needs to be rear facing for a long time yet. And that will solve your head falling over problem, as well. If her head does still slump over at all, you can use the rolled up receiving blankets rear facing. Here's some ti! ps on covnertible car seat shopping:Remember these rules:1)the BEST sea! t is the one that fits your child, fits your car, and will be used correctly 100% of the time. (This is why convenience features DO make a difference and ARE worth the money! If its easy to use, you're more likely to use it correctly.2)Children should stay rear facing AS LNOG AS POSSIBLE!!!! 3)Once you do turn them forward facing, they need to stay in a 5 point harness as long as possible. 4 years/40lbs is the minimum for riding in a booster, and most 4 year olds have no business using one yet. If they can't sit upright for an entire trip, they need the harness of a car seat still. And, even if they do sit properly, a 5 point harness is safer, so you want to keep them in one as long as possible. This is important to consider b/c most car seats only forward face to 40lbs. My son just turned 3, and is in the 95th% for height and weight - 40" tall and weighs 41lbs. He outgrew the 40lbs seats shortly after his 2nd birthday. It was a total waste of money. He now has a Britax Mar! athon, which goes to 65lbs, and will be able to fit it for some time yet. If I'd have bought it when he was born, I could have had one car seat this whole time instead of the 3 I wasted money on. They are more expensive for many reasons, this is one.So...knowing all that, here's some about specific seats. Please don't get a Graco Comfort Sport. Car seat techs call it the 'crappysport'. LOL Its a crappy seat that won't last your child very long b/c it has a really short shell. The straps twist all the time, and if they're twisted they won't support your child in a wreck properly. They're hard to install. There's nothing good about these seats except perhaps they're cheap sometimes. Ditto the Safety1st 3-in-1/Cosco Alpha Omega/Eddie Bauer 3-in1 seats. These are all the same company - same seat, just different covers. They stink. Hard to install, b/c of narrow belt paths. Ever tried to wash a skinny cup by hand? Now imagine that skinny cup with pointy edges. That's what puttin! g your hand through these to install them is like. AND they have too sh! ort a shell to really go to 40lbs. And that's another misleading thing the box says - 5-100lbs. What the box fails to mention (you don't find out until reading the manual!) is that the harness only goes to 40lbs, NOT 100lbs! After 40lbs it must be used as a booster.And they do not make good boosters. Also, most kids have to use boosters until they're at least 8 years old. Car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture, so no matter what they say it is NOT the last seat you'll ever need to buy.The Britax Marathon/Boulevard/Decathalon (These 3 are the same seat, just different variances of luxury additions, with the Marathon being the cheapest base model) can be found for regular price of $269, and on sale at Albee Baby online for $209-$219. The Marathon a wide open easy to route belt path, which makes using it correctly a lot easier, as do the built in lockoffs, which mean you never again have to use a locking clip. I can get it into 4 different vehicles in under 2 m! inutes. Because of the way the base is made, it fits in most cars. And, it is worth the money, b/c it lasts usually twice as long as most other car seats (all car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture) lasting a baby till they are 5-6 years old, where most at Walmart will only last till 2-4 years old. Rear faces to 33lbs, then forward to 65lbs. and top slots 17inches tall, lasts most kids to ages 5-6 years old.The Evenflo Triumph Advance (not the original Triumph, make sure it says Advance) is a great seat. $150 version at Babies R Us has padding similar to Britax seats, top slots of 17", harnesses to 35lbs rear facing, and 50lbs forward facing. $120 Walmart version just has little less plush padding. Wide open belt path, easy to install, though it doesn't have built in lockoffs. The harness adjusts at the front of the car seat, you don't have to take the car seat out of the car just to raise/lower the straps. It's one of only 2 seats that does this (The Britax! Boulevard is the other, I believE), and it has infinite harness adjust! ment so the harness always fits perfectly until its outgrown. No more tugging straps to tighten them either. You tighten and loosen the harness using knobs on the side of the seat. As a major bonus, it can be used in a recline position even in forward facing mode. Awesome for kids who still sleep in the car. I LOVE THIS SEAT! LOL My son, who is too big for every other car seat at Walmart has the same amount of room in this as the Britax Marathon.The Compass Tue Fit, also sold as The First Years True Fit, is a great choice, too. Here's a thread talking all about it: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=37221&hig... Has 16.5 inch top harness slots, half inch shorter than the Britax Marathon and Evenflo Triumph Advance. Rear faces to 35lbs, forward faces to 65lbs, has built-in lockoffs, and you never have to rethread the harness to change harness height. The headrest is removable to fit better in smaller cars. $179 for the one cover Walmart offers it in, check Babies R Us ! and other stores for different covers at a little more expensive price.The Fisher Price Safe Voyage Deluxe Convertible seat is great, it is made by Britax, without all the frills. It's the same shell as a Marathon, but for less than half the price. $130 at Albee Baby online with free shipping, or at their eBay name, babysurplus. Rear faces to 33lbs, forward to 55lbs. Easy to use, fits in most cars. A small word of warning about these seats: they are now officially not making them anymore, so the date of manufacture is getting older and older, with many being delivered that are 6+ months old already. Since car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture, this could make a difference to you, especially since its possible your child could fit in the seat for the next 5-6 years.These are the best you can buy that will give you the most bang for your buck. As a single parent I'm always watching the budget - I have no money to speak of, and these are what I would buy. (My ! son has a marathon and is soon getting a Britax Regent). They will last! the longest. I only wish someone would've told me all this before I had him, I coulda saved some money for the extra seats I started out with!...Show more
Brittney Inabnit: You not supposed to turn them until they are 20lbs and 1 year old. Its illegal to have a 7 month old facing foward.
Felipa Nosis: You should try a convertable carseat it is designed for babies this age. You are not to use a forward facing carseat tell the child is at the least one years old.So for your childs safety purchase a convertable seat. You can find one for a decent price on craigslist.org All infants should always ride rear-facing until they are 1 year of age and weigh at least 20 pounds...Show more
Shan Lanen: They do sell little U shaped pillows for such events. My experience is that they do not work and that she will still slump her head over. i am willing to bet that this happened in the other seat as well, and you just didn't notice as much since it was facing backward! s. This used to drive my mom and husband crazy, they thought it looked so uncomfortable, yet ,niether of my girls seemed to mind it, and they have grown up without crooked necks. :)As for age and weight, you might want to check your state laws. The above advice concerning the laws and your daughters age are valid....Show more
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