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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it said 1-3 back in March when all of the new recommendations were first released by both AAP and NHTSA.
Hmm one of the car seat safety groups on facebook said that it had jsut been updated. Im guessing alot of people didnt know it was 3 from the NHTSA, I thought it was 2 from them too.
From the day both new recommendations were released, I've almost exclusively been using NHTSAs new handout and their website because I think it's much more clear and much better worded than the AAP.
But regardless of which site and whether it says 2 or 3...EITHER age is WAY better than 1 and I'm thrilled about that!
KaysKidz said:See, I'm not reading it that way. I'm reading it to say that if your child is between 1-3yrs old, they should (should doesn't mean HAVE to either) remain rf'ing to the limits of the seat. But when that is outgrown (even if it's at 18mo) they should ride forward facing. Well, a lot of people will use an infant seat to age 1...and when that is outgrown, go right to a FF seat. And technically, by NHTSA's guidelines, that would be perfectly fine. I wish they would have just said AGE 2 IS THE MINIMUM for FF. Period.
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