Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Automa

Admin · Mar 20, 2011

Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Automa

Children should ride in rear-facing car seats until they are at least 2 years old instead of 1, according to updated advice from The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Can I get an “Amen”? Or at least a collective “Woohoo”! Trying to find more details. We’ll post again as soon as we have [...]

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T4K · Mar 20, 2011

Woooo!!!

And

Amen!!!

Cryssy Jane · Mar 20, 2011

Woohoo!!!

skitle1802 · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Madeline410 · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

Does anyone have a link to the statements? I'm talking to some parent ed. classes this week and I'd love to show them

Baylor · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

YEAH!! That is awesome.. I will say that when my cousin took her DD for her first visit at 10 days the Dr told her to RF to 2 years old. That was in November.

I am so glad to see this!

Mae · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

So what does this mean for the laws about 1/20?

MANDY1234 · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

Mae said:
So what does this mean for the laws about 1/20?

Can we pray it goes out the door also

Mae · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

Madeline410 said:
Does anyone have a link to the statements? I'm talking to some parent ed. classes this week and I'd love to show them

Not an official statement, but an article about it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-us-med-carseats-chil,0,1725962.story

steph_s · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

When are the laws changing is the more important question? Or when are all car seats going to have a 2 year minimum to ff?

Just occured to me, if car seats have a 2yo minimum to ff then perhaps the comfort sport might go bye bye since its so short not many kids can rf past 18m in that thing.

christineka · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

steph_s said:
When are the laws changing is the more important question? Or when are all car seats going to have a 2 year minimum to ff?

Just occured to me, if car seats have a 2yo minimum to ff then perhaps the comfort sport might go bye bye since its so short not many kids can rf past 18m in that thing.

Many state's laws don't even mention the 1 and 20 for rear-facing. They just require proper use. What we need is for all forward facing car seats to change their minimums to age 2 (and 22 or so pounds) Dorel needs to raise the age minimum on their boosters as well. (If a kid should be rear-facing until 2, they shouldn't be forward facing in a booster either!)

Jennifer mom to my 7 · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

We don't need the laws to change. We just need to get the information out there and educate. We also need to get the pedi's to give the correct info. Remember, there are no rear facing laws in Sweden, most of them just rear face to 4 as a given.

hrice · Mar 20, 2011

I think it's don't let it hit you in the ASS!

And yes, Amen!

joolsplus3 · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

Jennifer mom to my 7 said:
We don't need the laws to change. We just need to get the information out there and educate. We also need to get the pedi's to give the correct info. Remember, there are no rear facing laws in Sweden, most of them just rear face to 4 as a given.

Except maybe Wisconsin. They have extremely bad wording that in fact makes it look illegal to RF past one and harness past 4. Really, really bad.

But otherwise, yeah, we have to keep on educating, and thank goodness we have another tool in our tech bags to help us out (I could have used this news earlier today at work when trying to convince an expecting mom that buying a travel system (SR30) and two nautilus elites wasn't the safest choice

)

babyherder · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

WOOOOOOO!!!!!

jourdysmom · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

:bow: :thumbsup:

KatrinaUSC · Mar 20, 2011

FINALLY!!! I'm SO glad this has been changed!!!!

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SusanMae · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

WOOO HOOOO! Already posted on my FB. Hopefully we'll get some more official stuff in the next couple days that I can have on hand at the seat check I'll be doing on Saturday.

Susan

Little Ps Mama · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

Whoooohooooo!!!!!!!!!!

StillThankful · Mar 20, 2011

Re: Goodbye 1 and 20 (don’t let the door hit you on the way out): Kids safest in rear-facing car seats until age 2! - Au

Yay! I already posted it to my facebook page

Thanks for the info!

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