Saturday, May 7, 2011

Current car seat laws

There are laws about car seats in every state, and for rear facing they're all the same. You can NOT legally turn your child around until he or she reaches 20 pounds AND 1 year old. If he is 1 year old and 17 pounds, you can not turn him around because he does not weigh enough. If he is 20 pounds at 6 months (like my son was!) you can not turn him around because he isn't a year.

My son, rear facing at 15 months and 31 pounds



1 year AND 20 pounds

The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated their recommendation from the old 1 year and 20 pounds for rear facing to 2 years old, and even better, until the child out grows the height and weight for their particular seat.

Since there is new research that is enough to make the AAP change their recommendations, and there are seats that can rear face 98% of the infant/toddler population until 2, new laws should be implemented to keep these children safe! I realize it takes time to put new laws in place, so the process should be started now.

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