Holly
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Abby is nearing her first birthday (Nov 7th) and today we got a "Happy Birthday from the Health Department" postcard.
it says (Word for word):
Dear parent:
When your one-year-old child weighs at least 20 pounds, a convertible car seat may be turned to face forward. HOWEVER, we strongly recommend children remain rear-facing up to weight limits of the seat, usually 30 pounds for convertible car seats. When you switch the seat to forward-facing:
- Move the harness straps into the top slots.
- Adjust car seat's recline foot to make it upright while facing forward.
- Change seat belt path to back of car seat - check manual.
- Use top tethers, if your car has tether anchor brackets, for added protection in a crash.
YAY! So it's not completely perfect info (You dont need the very top slots forward facing if shorter slots are still even or above your child's shoulders) but this is a GREAT improvment around here! This is the first I have heard of ERF locally at all! I'm so glad that other parents will be getting the same info from the health department too! When I first started reading it and saw the forward facing at 20 lbs thing I was starting to get so upset, but I kept reading and saw that they did mention ERF too, so I'm happy about that! I'm going to keep it in my purse so if I ever need to show someone that the health department recomends it I'll have it with me!
it says (Word for word):
Dear parent:
When your one-year-old child weighs at least 20 pounds, a convertible car seat may be turned to face forward. HOWEVER, we strongly recommend children remain rear-facing up to weight limits of the seat, usually 30 pounds for convertible car seats. When you switch the seat to forward-facing:
- Move the harness straps into the top slots.
- Adjust car seat's recline foot to make it upright while facing forward.
- Change seat belt path to back of car seat - check manual.
- Use top tethers, if your car has tether anchor brackets, for added protection in a crash.
YAY! So it's not completely perfect info (You dont need the very top slots forward facing if shorter slots are still even or above your child's shoulders) but this is a GREAT improvment around here! This is the first I have heard of ERF locally at all! I'm so glad that other parents will be getting the same info from the health department too! When I first started reading it and saw the forward facing at 20 lbs thing I was starting to get so upset, but I kept reading and saw that they did mention ERF too, so I'm happy about that! I'm going to keep it in my purse so if I ever need to show someone that the health department recomends it I'll have it with me!