Great cheers were heard at our house yesterday and a huge sigh of relief. We moved him forward-facing because we didn't think we could fit rear-facing very well on the sides and because I didn't fully realize how much safer it might be rear-facing even at his size.Why, yes! Yes, you can. I'm even considering putting my 3-yr-old back to rear-facing if possible (He's only 37 inches and 27 pounds). Suggestions? (We know that 2 Boulevards won't work in the configuration we want because the rear-facing Boulevard gets all crooked.) We could either put the baby in the Boulevard in the middle rear-facing and get a new seat for my 3-yr-old, or we could get a different convertible for the baby and leave my son in the Boulevard. However, she's already outgrowing the infant car seat, and now we need to get her in a convertible seat. This fits great, and then a passenger can sit in the back with the baby and she is in the center, which is safest. In our 2010 Prius, we presently have a Britax Boulevard front-facing passenger side, and a Chicco Key Fit in the middle. What do you plan to do when your baby grows out of the infant seat? In vehicles like minivans or other large cars where the seat back reclines, you have a little more room for older toddlers to remain rear-facing. In fact, some kids tolerate it well until they are 3-4 years old, though others won't. Usually, it isn't too difficult to keep them rear-facing to 18-24 months in most vehicles. The 1 year and 20 pounds mark is a minimum mark where it is acceptable to turn a child forward facing, but is not considered safest practice.Īs you suggested, keeping a kid rear-facing can be more difficult in smaller vehicles with upright seat backs. The recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics that infants should remain rear-facing until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat’s manufacturer. The most recent study indicates significant benefits to rear-facing up until 24 months old. My wife is a bit leery of the carseat being close to the edge with side air-bags and what not.Ĭlick to expand.Rear-facing is also showing to be extremely beneficial in side impacts, even moreso than frontal impacts for older toddlers. I left the passenger side open as it facilitates a safe drop-off at school w/o requiring one or both of them to exit unsafely on the driver's side. My 8 year old (she's rather small) sits in the center and my 13½ year old on the right side (or front if my wife isn't along - she's big enough to enable the airbag). Notes on my 3 occupant back-seat (not 3 car-seats though): The Radian65 could easily be done three-abreast, but the Britax Roundabout (free from my employer) that sits in the 2004 is a tighter fit w/ the other two kids in the back, and I'm not so sure it could be done three-abreast.
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My 8½ month old now rides on the driver's side of the back seat in a rear facing convertible (Radian65 - really quite narrow, perfect for a full back seat). I also had problems putting my infant carseat base in the middle w/o interference from the center console sliding back into it. While three could be done, I'd advise against using LATCH for the center position if the outboard positions are also using the connections as I'd be hesitent to suggest that the inner loops could support 2x the force in a crash scenario.
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