Baylor
New member
I just wanted to bring this up because I feel like there is a lot of people pushing their own rfing limits on people and not posting in an informational but emotional way.
The recommended rear facing minimum is 2 years old.
I understand that some people here rear face until 4 or even more. That is great for you, especially if you can afford the seats that have the highest rfing limit or knew enough originally to buy a high weight rear facing convertible.
But in the real world?, rfing to 2 is an amazing feat. I know very few people irl who have made it past 1.
I always encourage people that I know or meet to go with 2 as a rfing min, but if I said to them they had to do it to 3 or 4? PLEASE, they would smack me down.
I see more post where someone comes for a recommendation for a seat to ff their 2 yr old and they are met with an attitude and treated like they are ff a 6 month old.
I have sent many people here to find out more about safety and why rear facing til 2 is so important.
I know I am not a tech, I know I don't know as much as many many of you. But I am learning. And one thing I have learned is pushing the envelope too far leads to a dismissal of the information.
It really would be great if people were praised for their rfing til 2 and then maybe additional information if you feel passionate about erf and it put in a way that was informational not confrontational.
" Good job on rfing until 2!! We actually rearfaced dd til 3 because there is data that shows it may be safer rfing longer than 2. So glad you are here!! "
NOT
" I would never ff a 2 yr old, children should be rfing til 4. No matter the cost or convenience... "
I think it is awesome that some people buy MTs to rf til 5 but that is not in everyones budget or even practical. MY 2.5 yr old was 43 lbs. I wanted to rf him again but it was completely out of my budget to get a seat that would rf him longer. Im going to buy a radian for 3 lbs? No..
So maybe we could be a little more accepting and happy with people for reaching the min and not pushing them so hard we lose them.?
The recommended rear facing minimum is 2 years old.
I understand that some people here rear face until 4 or even more. That is great for you, especially if you can afford the seats that have the highest rfing limit or knew enough originally to buy a high weight rear facing convertible.
But in the real world?, rfing to 2 is an amazing feat. I know very few people irl who have made it past 1.
I always encourage people that I know or meet to go with 2 as a rfing min, but if I said to them they had to do it to 3 or 4? PLEASE, they would smack me down.
I see more post where someone comes for a recommendation for a seat to ff their 2 yr old and they are met with an attitude and treated like they are ff a 6 month old.
I have sent many people here to find out more about safety and why rear facing til 2 is so important.
I know I am not a tech, I know I don't know as much as many many of you. But I am learning. And one thing I have learned is pushing the envelope too far leads to a dismissal of the information.
It really would be great if people were praised for their rfing til 2 and then maybe additional information if you feel passionate about erf and it put in a way that was informational not confrontational.
" Good job on rfing until 2!! We actually rearfaced dd til 3 because there is data that shows it may be safer rfing longer than 2. So glad you are here!! "
NOT
" I would never ff a 2 yr old, children should be rfing til 4. No matter the cost or convenience... "
I think it is awesome that some people buy MTs to rf til 5 but that is not in everyones budget or even practical. MY 2.5 yr old was 43 lbs. I wanted to rf him again but it was completely out of my budget to get a seat that would rf him longer. Im going to buy a radian for 3 lbs? No..
So maybe we could be a little more accepting and happy with people for reaching the min and not pushing them so hard we lose them.?