JMacSanDiego
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I have heard that it's safer to keep a child rearfacing for as long as possible. My son is 3 years and 6 months old and weighs about 31 pounds and measures almost 38 inches in height (at a recent Dr's visit, I learned that he's not as heavy as I thought). Anyhow I was wondering how strong would his spinal cord be right about now? Is it fully ossified or is it hard to say? I'm not going to turn him FF yet, as he still has about 3 inches to grow before his head is an inch from the top of the carseat shell (I have the SK Radian XTSL). I'm sorry if this is a dopey question, but I don't know a lot about spinal cord strength, etc. I still have him RF, but he's getting so tall that it's hard to get him into his seat. I also notice that he gets hot (and I live in San Diego), and there's no A/C vents in the back of my car, only up front. He sweats even with the A/C on. I often wish my car had A/C vents in the back like many SUV's and minivans have.