i need ALOT of info

i need all the info i can get on the importance of rear facing, the weight limits on rear facing, videos..etc
i have a few girls in my email loop turning their 5month and 7month old babies ff. also info on the proper fitting of the harness and chest clip
thanks so much

Here is Extended RF on the news:

http://www.motionbox.com/video/player/7494d2b5161bf0/#1

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9916868

on you tube:
THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psmUWg7QrC8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRP7ynNI8mI

Site on RF:

http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/StayRearFacing.aspx

http://www.car-safety.org/rearface.html

http://www.carseat.org/Resources/633.pdf

CRASH TESTING RF FOR FF:
FF(forward facing):
http://www.carseat.org/Resources/633.pdf
RF:

http://www.britax.fi/quicktime/TWside240.AVI

http://www.britax.fi/quicktime/TWoh200.AVI


Bigger kids RF:
http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=13285&highlight=youtube+RF+video


Ok...think of it this way. Your child's spinal column and spinal cord are like a twizzler inside of a spiral phone cord. The bones in your child's neck do not even start to harden until they are a little over a year old. They don't get hard enough to withstand the forces of a crash until they are 2 or 3 years old. The forces exerted on your child's head in a crash while forward facing are calculated as the weight of their head (which most infants heads are around 5-8ish pounds) times the speed the car was traveling at impact. In other words, if you are traveling at 60mph when you hit a wall, your child’s head will fly forward and will temporarily be 480 pounds (if their head weighs 8 pounds)...480 pounds pulling on your child’s spinal column and spinal cord. Your child's spine can stretch about 2 inches, but his/her spinal cord can only stretch 1/4 of an inch before it experiences permanent, life threatening damage. This is where the twizzler and phone cord simliarity come into play. Pull on the phone cord while holding on to both ends of the twizzler. The cord will stretch but the twizzler will break...that is your child's spinal cord. The harness straps hold your child's body in place, but their head is still free to push forward. It has absolutely nothing to do with the muscles in their neck, or how strong they are. It has to do with the bones in their spine, and everyone’s spines mature at the same rate."

That is just a lot of info I have gathered on this site and sent to some freinds

Oh here is this for the chestclip and harness....


http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/UsingScr.pdf

Wow, Courtney!!!!!!

Those are some incredibly thorough and helpful posts!

Thanks!!