Trying4ababy
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Back passenger seat.
why is it bad to have the seat behind the driver?
My sons been in a front facing car seat since 6 months old He doesn't need to spend his first year in life looking at things backwards. We usually keep him in back on the passenger side just so he doesn't kick the drivers seat. We have a couple classic muscle cars that we take to car shows every week and the back seats are pretty close to the front seats. As for the SUV, I usually put him in back behind the drivers side. An accident is just that, it's gonna happen or not. We can only try to prevent them with defensive driving. I have side curtain airbags that extend to the back,so i'm not worried about where the car seat is. It's just easier to get him in and out the drivers side, and i don't want to crawl half way in the vehicle to reach to get him out! Kills my back in the DD cars, glad we've got the SUV!
In the nicest way possible, i hope you realised how much danger you put your LO in...
I would still rear face him anyways.....it's a lot safer. Especially so young. Not only is it a weight thing, they need to at least be a year before FF
There is no minimum in the UK to RF too, only a guideline which is 9 months (not that I'm suggesting people should follow this as people should RF for a slong as possible).
I agree it is safer to RF, but if a carseat is not suitable to remain RF beyond its weight it is unsafe to keep RF outside of the weight limits specified in the manual as it will not perform correctly and so put LO at an unknown risk in the event of an accident.
The only option is to use a different carseat if you wish to keep LO RF and knowing the car seat would in fact perform as tested by the manufacturer