Darn drs.

Baylor · Feb 13, 2012

So the girl I sit for is getting a new van. Well new to her. A 2008 odyssey.

She said she wanted to get little guy rfing again but when she told dr he said " if his feet touch the back of the seat , i
You can't"""

Grrrr grrrr grrrr.

So I sent her the link to the new 2 yr recommendation and it had pics of rfing after a year.

Why oh why do they talk about things they know not of???

auto correct hates me

jeminijad · Feb 13, 2012

Considering there are still techs telling people to FF at age 1, I'm not getting too worked about about docs.

I'll agree that the information penetration regarding the AAP recs is very patchy, though.

robbertbobbert · Feb 13, 2012

One of the moms I sit for said her kid's ped said ERF is silly, and anyway, he doesn't agree with most of what the AAP says about anything.

Well... Then maybe you shouldn't be a pediatrician?

jsmom · Feb 13, 2012

My boss was told by her pedi to turn her son at 10 months because his feet were touching the seat.

ks227 · Feb 13, 2012

A mom in my playgroup was told by her ped that it was perfectly safe to FF at 13 months. So kiddo went from a SR35 to a Nautilus. She got the Nauti for her baby shower and wanted to use it rather than having it sit in a closet, and since baby #2 is on the way they didn't want to spend money on a convertible.

One of the moms moved her child from the KF22 into a Nautilus at 13 months. I have my doubts as to whether the child was even 20 pounds at the time.

They see the same pediatrics group as we do, and we've never been asked about car seat usage so I'm not surprised.

I might bring this up at DD's 18 month appointment, just to see what our doctor says.

Brianna · Feb 13, 2012

My friend texted me about her son's ped having a car seat sign up saying to FF at 1 and booster and 4. I mailed them NHTSA recs and pointed them towards the AAP recs and NHTSA site. Her next visit there the old sign was gone but nothing was there to replace it. I'm hoping they were just taking time to research before putting up new signs.

Mysweethoneybee · Feb 13, 2012

My sons' ped still has the same info posters about car seats that they had when my 13 year old was a baby. Actually no the tornado blew them away...now they don't have anything about car seats. When I brought the subject up over a year ago the one I saw said that since my then 3 year old was over 40lbs he should ride in a booster. When I said that I wanted him to stay harnessed as long as possible the doctor said she didn't think car seats allowed for kids over 40lbs. Then she said her 3 year old was in a graco turbo booster and did fine.

NatesMamma · Feb 14, 2012

We have 3 moms in our playgroup who are married to pediatricians, and all their kids go FF at 1 year. I was checking out baby buckets at a recent playdate. Two of the moms were there with their babies. One car seat had a REALLY poorly fitting homemade cover, and both harnesses were all kinds of loose. :-(

Our playgroup is like 90% doctors' families, and my DS is the only kid that I know of who has been RF Until/beyond age 2. Recently, more of the kids have been RF beyond their first birthday, but they all end up turning before 24 mos. What a shame from people who really should know better!

NatesMamma · Feb 14, 2012

Just for the record, though, lots of pediatricians don't agree with the AAP's stance on at least some things. I don't blame them, really, especially when lots of the AAP's policies have to do with parenting/ social issues rather than medical ones. That said, I would LOVE to question a pedi about why ERF is so "silly!" What a stupid comment. ::eye roll:: Maybe instead of dismissing the AAP out of hand, the doc in question should take a moment to thoughtfully consider whether a particular policy makes sense.

When you think about it, pedis spend SO MUCH time researching and learning about all these rare childhood problems that they'll see *maybe* a handful of times in their entire careers, yet they don't bother to take a single hour to research car safety-- something that affects ALL their patients. How backward is that?!

Darn drs.

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