Charlie is 30 pounds and I am almost certain he will be 33 by July. He'll be two in August.
Even if he were under the weight limit to rear face, I would put him forward facing in my father's car. I believe that my dad is more likely to correctly use a forward facing car seat than a rear facing one, not out of lack of caring but lack of ability. Also his car has a small backseat and if I installed a rear facing seat, I would be more likely to be constantly installing it (due to the passenger eating the dashboard) than if I put in a forward facing seat.
The rides he would be taking with my father would be a few times a week at most, almost exclusively to the park about 2 miles away through neighborhood streets. And my father is a big walker and prefers to walk most places, so walking to the park would be more likely than driving anyway. Plus since he will be so close to the limit (within a pound or two at the least, if he is not OVER the limit) I do not see the point of buying a lesser quality convertible seat when I could get a fabulous forward facing only seat for the same price. A larger Britax would likely not work in his car forward facing for the same reason it doesn't work in mine (we both drive Subarus), the degree of recline forward facing is just too severe in regards to the angle of the back seats. And since he has already outgrown all other convertible seats RF by height, except a few Cosco seats that I will not consider for him, I would essentially be paying $200+ for a convertible seat to rear face him for a pound or two, before the seat became obsolete.
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