fyrfightermomma
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So today I took my daughter for her 12 month check up (she turned 1 on the 19th). She weight 22.5 pounds.
I was curious to what his answer would be to the question I was planning to ask which was "I've heard they started recommending kids stay rear facing longer....which way should be daughter face now??" I obviously know the answer, but wanted to see what'd he'd say.
For DD1 he recommended FF at 11 months at 18 pounds because she was "close enough"
Well his answer was "they recommend they must be 1 AND 20 pounds. After that point they have found their necks are strong enough to take a crash force and they can be forward facing, so your daughter can face forward now"
My thoughts are if the American Acadmey of Pediatrics is recommending ERF and Peds are suppposed to follow those recommendations....why aren't they???
I can just imagine all the parents he's told that too....its really sad
I was curious to what his answer would be to the question I was planning to ask which was "I've heard they started recommending kids stay rear facing longer....which way should be daughter face now??" I obviously know the answer, but wanted to see what'd he'd say.
For DD1 he recommended FF at 11 months at 18 pounds because she was "close enough"
Well his answer was "they recommend they must be 1 AND 20 pounds. After that point they have found their necks are strong enough to take a crash force and they can be forward facing, so your daughter can face forward now"
My thoughts are if the American Acadmey of Pediatrics is recommending ERF and Peds are suppposed to follow those recommendations....why aren't they???
I can just imagine all the parents he's told that too....its really sad