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Joolsplus2

01-22-2010, 06:45 PM

Here's an even newer blog with all the AAP recommendations from 2011... http://carseatblog.com/9416/confused-about-the-new-aap-carseat-booster-recommendations-start-here/

http://carseatblog.com/?p=5168

This is a great article in carseatblog with all kinds of links showing why it's safer to rear face long beyond the bare minimum of age 1 and at least 20 pounds.

Here's a chart for how long a child should ride in a seat of each type (.pdf) http://www.carseat.org/Resources/651_Basic.pdf

How long in a booster? http://carseatblog.com/?p=3966 Discusses the oft-mentioned Five Step Test for seatbelt readiness.

What if my car doesn't have head restraints? Do I still need a booster for whiplash protection? Yep, Britax Frontier/85 is by far the tallest out there, check this out, even though the car does have headrests... http://carseatblog.com/?p=5671

sariana

01-22-2010, 07:50 PM

Yay! Thank you for posting this.

BTW, I was the one who posted that DH wasn't convinced. Well, when I mentioned that we could tether the RA and MA, he said, "I've already given in on that. We don't need to discuss it anymore." So I guess score one for me (and for DD). Then on Monday DD's ped said to keep her RF.

So there. :)

elektra

01-22-2010, 08:51 PM

Cool. Just put it on my facebook. :)

arivecchi

01-22-2010, 09:02 PM

I saw this on car-seat.org this morning and put it on my FB status right away. :)

MoJo

01-23-2010, 07:39 AM

Thanks, just posted to my FB too!

goldenpig

01-23-2010, 02:43 PM

Awesome, thanks! Just posted on Facebook too!

Melaine

01-23-2010, 03:29 PM

Oh thanks! That is great!

nrp

01-23-2010, 03:56 PM

I hardly ever post on FB, but this prompted me to!

srhs

01-23-2010, 04:14 PM

AWESOME. :jammin:

elliput

01-23-2010, 04:17 PM

Awesome! Thank you, Heather (murphydog77), for writing the article, and Julie, for posting the link here.

MontrealMum

01-23-2010, 05:14 PM

Thank you so much! I've bookmarked it for myself, and posted it on my FB :) So handy to have everything all in one place.

arivecchi

02-12-2010, 01:51 PM

I just faxed this to my ped. Their 12 month handout still has the old recommendation. When I brought it up to the nurse's attention she was super bitchy and kept telling me that their rec of FFing at 1 year and 20 pounds was up to date. :angry-smiley-005:

I hope the ped reads my fax and agrees to update the handdout.

slworld

02-12-2010, 02:16 PM

Thanks for posting the link. Just yesterday DH was complaining about how uncomfortable DS' legs looked rearfacing & maybe we should turn him forward. What! he is just 19months old. Poor guy was pretty upset and couldn't understand why I bit his head off (in my defense, I thought we were on the same page on this topic & discussed about this before). Fwded him the link.