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DD had her 1yo checkup yesterday. Her pedi isn't huge on unsolicited advice, and up until now has never said one word about carseats to me. I asked her what she tells parents at this age about carseats. She said 1 and 20, good tone, blah blah blah, turn FFing. I said aaaactually, the AAP recommends RFing to the limits of the seat. She said yeah, 1 and 20. Me: No, my DD will RF to 35 pounds. Her: No, you can't do that. She won't fit. Me: Yes, her carseat will hold a child who is 35 pounds RFing. (Thinking of the Radian, not the ComfortSport or BabyTrend.) Her: What carseat is that? There aren't any that will hold a child that big. Me: Pretty much any convertible has a weight limit of 30, 33, or 35 pounds. They are 4 times safer RFing, less likely to suffer serious injury or death. Internal decapitation blah blah blah. Then I rattled off names of convertibles with 35 pound weight limits and tall shells. Her: But 1 and 20 is the recommendation. Me: That's the legal minimum. It's an old minimum, but we know now that it isn't really safe. AAP recommendation is the limits of the seat.
It wasn't really confrontational, just exchanging ideas. She wrote a note to herself to research it. :thumbsup: After she left, she came back a minute later with a pamphlet (copyright 2003) from the American Medical Association that has that horrible chart in it. The one that says under 1, birth to 20 pounds, RFing infant seat. 2-4, 20-40, FFing harnessed. Over 4, over 40 pounds, booster. I promised to bring some things for her to look at to DD's next visit. "Well, okay."
So now I'm off to search for the AAP policy statement and hopefully find some scientific studies. Good stuff for the pedi. Hmm, I should see if I can find something better from AMA, and show her that even they are for ERFing.
It wasn't really confrontational, just exchanging ideas. She wrote a note to herself to research it. :thumbsup: After she left, she came back a minute later with a pamphlet (copyright 2003) from the American Medical Association that has that horrible chart in it. The one that says under 1, birth to 20 pounds, RFing infant seat. 2-4, 20-40, FFing harnessed. Over 4, over 40 pounds, booster. I promised to bring some things for her to look at to DD's next visit. "Well, okay."
So now I'm off to search for the AAP policy statement and hopefully find some scientific studies. Good stuff for the pedi. Hmm, I should see if I can find something better from AMA, and show her that even they are for ERFing.