A friend refuses to leave her daughter's carseat rear facing when she is only 6 months old and 18lbs any sugg?

Question

This is a girl that I work with who doesnt like to listen to anyone other than herself about what is right. I tried telling her the AAP recommendations and she still disagreed.

Answer 1

It's probably illegal for her to have the carseat that way depending on the state you live in. If you don't want to report her, then there's really not much you can do. She is the baby's mother.

Answer 2

do no longer Face Her forward until eventually she's the two one 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous and 20 lbs.. purchase a Convertable carseat that rear faces as much as 35 lbs. Get a clean surgeon additionally. She ought to go through extreme neck trama if she's forward dealing with and under one years previous in a motor vehicle twist of destiny.

Answer 3

Tell her to check with the local police department, since they're the ones who would give her a ticket if they caught her. (And I gather it's not a little teeny fine either!!)

Aside from the AAP guidelines, most states have it as a law that babies MUST be rear-facing until they are a year old and 20lbs - whichever comes LAST. (If you have a 19lb 13 month old, you've gotta keep 'em rear-facing until they gain that last pound, likewise for the 22lb 11 month old - make 'em wait until their birthday.)

Answer 4

Call the police non emergency number and ask their advice. Your friend is putting her child in life threatening danger. Even a sudden stop can cause severe spinal trauma in a baby that young.

Also, you can tell her it voids any sort of warrenty or inferred protection to use a carseat in a way inconsistent with its labeling.

Answer 5

Most rear facing car seats are built for babies up to 20lbs or so many inches (Cant think of the exact #). Mabie the babies Dr. reccomended that she put her in a forward facing seat.
But, there really isnt much that u can to unless u want to call it in.
:(

Answer 6

Here are some links she may want to read. But in the end it's her kid and her choice. Even as a Child Passenger Safety Technician if she came to me and I checked her seat, provided it wasn't illegal in my state, I would have to do what she requested. We educate, but we cannot do something to the child that the parent is dead set against.

http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bsafety/0,,9r5v,00.html
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/StayRearFacing.aspx (have her watch the videos at the bottom)
http://www.car-safety.org/rearface.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9916868
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=13&topic_id=44503&mesg_id=44503&page
http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2DVfqFhseo

Answer 7

My son was 5 months old and 17 lbs when I put him in a forward facing seat and my daughter was 7 months old and 19lbs. The thing is when a child is screaming at the top of their lungs because they are laying down in their carseat or they can't see their mama/daddy, it can get really irratating really fast. So while you are driving you are distracted by trying to quit your child down. And that a bigger hazard to the child then being secure in a FF seat. So as long as the carseat is installed correctly and teh child is in the carseat properly I do not see a problem with it.

Answer 8

Hopefully, she never has an accident while that baby is forward facing. This is an accident waiting to happen.

Answer 9

It's not your kid. It's not your car. It's not your life. Just let it go. You can't force her to to what you want her to do, and neither can the rest of us. Accept the fact that not only are you not in control of the situation, but it's really none of your business. You will feel better if you stop worrying about it.

Answer 10

Print this for her:
http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm
or send her the link.

And this link too:
http://members.tripod.com/carseatfaq-ivil/

and this:
http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bsafety/0,,9r5v,00.html