should the infant car seat face the back of the car or front.?

Answer 1

A child under the age of one and under the weight of 20lbs should never be facing the front of a car. They are not stable and big enough for the impact of an accident. Always face them to the rear.

Answer 2

Infant care seat should face the back of the car until baby is 1 year old. If the baby exceed the limits of the car seat that you have, especially if it is a carrier type, buy a convertible car seat which may be placed either front facing or rear facing.

A convertible car seat is one which can accomodate a newborn to 40-80 pounds. It depends on the specs of the seat as to how much weight it will take.

Continue to place the car sear rear-facing until the child reaches 1 year.

Answer 3

Infant car seats should ALWAYS face the back.

In the US, the recommendation is that infant seats face the back for at least a year, but in Europe, they recommend that child car seats face the back until the child is four!

If you are worried about not being able to see your baby when in the front seat, they sell mirror-toy things that hang from the back seat, so you can see the baby in your rear-view mirror.

Answer 4

Almost everone on here will say backwards. Even the AMA stresses that Infant seat should be backwards. It is kind of neat in a way because you get to watch them.

However I think that can be extremely dangerous in other ways. Consider this, baby is facing you and your playing with baby and not paying attention and then you are involved in an acciedent.

Also what if baby can not ride backwards and throws up the whole itme you in the car. Some people have a hard time doing that. It promotes motion sickness.

What is the correct answer? I think you should follow the adivce of your peditrician. He/She would know the health of your infant.

Answer 5

Alway Always Always the back of the car until 1 yr of age AND the weight criteria of the seat, usually 22 lbs. With my son, he is 9 mnths and weighing 23 lbs, 37 inches, and does not fit the usual infant seat. He has a reversible one that is still facing the back because he is not of age. But both of the criterias must be met before reversing the car seat. If he is 2 yrs and still not at the height and weight recommended for the seat, he still must face the back. Otherwise, it is automatic jail time, depending on which state you live in.

Answer 6

An infant seat needs to be rear facing until the child is a year old.

Answer 7

It depends on the weight of the child. Below 20 pounds the car seat should face to the rear of the car. Over 20 pounds the seat should be facing forwards. If you're in doubt go by the police station or the fire station and speak with them, they'd be glad to help.

Answer 8

The car seat should face to the back of the car in the middle of the care until they are big enough (20lbs) to sit in a front facing car seat.

Answer 9

The law is, up to a year old should be rear facing. Then front facing. As the child grows so does the car seat. Now you have to have a child up to 80lbs. in some type of child safety seat.

Answer 10

if your child is over a year old, has met or exceeded the height and weight restriction for the rear facing, you should go ahead and turn it forward. if he hasn't met these, especially the one year of age, get a different car seat with a better sizing option for rear facing. you can look them up on the internet. i found a great one for my three year old, it's not rear facing, but he is a big boy and had outgrown his regualr carseat, but was still too young (in my opinion) for a booster seat (he's developmentally delayed and a booster was not an option). a lot of timesthey will tell you where you can get it, or order it from
remember, under a year, face the rear!