my2kidsSafe
New member
We recently turned my 18 month old son forward facing due to severe carsick issues. He was throwing up on almost everytrip longer than 15 minutes for months now. I am so sick of cleaning vomit out of a carseat. Thank god we have a MA and an extra cover. We even started travelling with a back up scenera just so we didn't have to clean up on the side of the road. Dh insisted we turn him around for our trip to Sesame place, as it was a 6 hour trip and not having the option to wash the seat cover while we were gone. We were still expecting him to throw up but thought this way it would be easier to catch it in a towel and have less mess. Well low and behold the entire trip there and back he did not get sick. Now dh is insisting not to turn him back rear facing like i intended to, as this is much more comfortable for him. The poor thing dreaded the car so bad before. He would scream and cry everytime we went near it. Now he is asking to drive constantly. I did put him rear facing when we got home hoping he would of outgrown it, but nope he threwup again. I have tried every different angle that is legally correct and he still throws up. I have tried putting the big sun clings on both sides and back windows hoping it would block any views out the window. But that didn't help. I have tried other vehicles also and many different seating locations in our van as well as complete center in my parents vehicle. In this situation would you feel it is necessary to turn him forward facing. He is 27 lbs at 18 months. I am not sure of his length but he is very tall. So he has a bunch of lbs to gain before he reaches the rf limit on our MA. I am also curious to find out if he will gain wait faster since he is not vomitting daily.