I've used this car seat rear facing for a year and a half. Can I use it front facing as well or is it ONLY for rear facing?
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This car seat is only rear facing. The base is designed to face to the rear. It cannot be safely secured to the seat of the car if you attempt to turn the base forward facing. By the time your child is old enough to face forwards, they will need a new (larger) more upright seat. I bought the Radian R120... which is good for up to 120 pounds. I will have no problem with this seat as my daughter grows.
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This seat is only to be used for rear facing. Studies show infants and toddlers should remain rear facing until at least age 2 or even up to three. Doing this will greatly reduce the risk of serious injury during accidents.
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It is only to be used rear facing. Keep your child rear facing as long as possible. I was recently in an accident that totaled my car and because I had kept her in a rear-facing car seat (not this one because she outgrew it because of her height) she walked away without a scratch.
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Yes you can there is a graph on the side that shows you how it needs to sit both front and rear facing. With a line to show you levelness to the ground. I have one of these in each car.
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I'm not sure if the seat is rear facing. From what I have read, they say that children should remain rear facing until they're at least 2 years old. Weight does not matter. This may be why it recommends 2 years of age. I definitely recommend the seat, but not until he is at least 2. I hope that helps.
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It can be rest faced and front faced. You're supposed to read face until 2 yrs old. This seat is really hard to install as rear facing, which is why I returned it. I couldn't get a safe, tight install.
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Regardless of the brand of carseat, you will have the same problem. My son is now 15 months, and we had to turn him around today because he just won't fit rear facing anymore...
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Yes, this car seat can be used rear facing for children 5 to 45 lbs. and forward facing for children 22 to 65 lbs.
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No. All infant car seats are rear-facing only. If you want a car seat you can switch to forward facing later, look at convertible car seats. They are designed to do this. Also the new recommendations from the American Pediatric Association, I believe, are to keep your child rear facing for 2 years, and the higher weight capacity of 30 lbs is designed to help you do that with this seat.
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The seat can face the bar and the front as well. You remove it for the car seat and the same applies to the car seat.
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Absolutely, this is a convertible car seat and can be used rear or forward facing. I currently have my 3 year old sitting in it forward facing.
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Hi Jessica,I have a small car myself and this car seat is really big. My husband placed it rear facing and it was a tight fit. The front seat had to be moved up to accommodate the size of the car seat, but overall it fit. We haven't tried it forward facing, but I imagine it would fit better that way. The car seat is also very heavy, I doubt you would be able to lug it around while traveling and you may have some difficulty fitting it on a plane.Hope that answered your question!
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We got this for our daughter, and she said that the younger child can sit facing you once he/she is old enough to sit up and/or stand up on their own. See http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7bLV-Vm1mBY/maxresdefault.jpg If you mean in a car seat, then yes, the car seat can face backwards.
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even though your child is 20 lbs. its recommended that infants 6 months old should stay rear facing. I waited until my son was 1 yr old before placing him forward facing. this carseat is awesome and my son loves it, but my recommendation would be to wait until your child is at least a year old
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I haven't even used one car seat adapter. I wanted the back seat to face me and the front seat to face outwards. Although it can do this, neither seat can be reclined. This has been my only complaint.
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I've used it with rear facing seat for granddaughter and it was great. Graco car seat, just put soft toys on tray and she loved it
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This doesn't have a rear-facing mode. State regulations (I live in CA) require infants to be in rear facing seats for at least the 1st year. The American Academy of Pediatrics has a similar guideline. It has to do with head & neck muscle development, if I recall correctly. I would urge you to check your state regs, the AAP guidelines, and your pediatrician yourself to be sure. Going by those guidelines I don't think this is the right seat for such a young baby. One of my twins was about 20lbs at 6 months old and we kept him rear-facing for the first year. He was long, too, so his feet stuck out over the edge of the rear-facing seat for the last month or two before his 1st birthday. Right after he turned 1, however, we put him in this seat and he loves it.
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No. To do that you will need a rear facing only infant carseat. This is a convertible seat that can be used both rear facing and forward facing but does not have a base for the carseat to be easily removed and taken into house or snap into a stroller.
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Hello! The baby faces the rear of the car. (It's only a rear facing seat, you'll have to get another seat once the baby is bigger, we used it for about 8months, but my son was a big baby! Lol) I really liked this car seat. It's very easy to put in and take out.