s/o anyone NOT ERF?!

[Paintedpixie]

My boys are 18 months old and are still RFing in my car. They primarily ride in my car. In my hubbys car they are FFing bc we use the Scenaro carseats as backups and they suck at RFing. I used them RFing in my car for about 4 months and had to readjust them every trip so I bought different seats for my car and used the others as backup for Grammas and daddy. I plan on RFing until 2 or longer in my car.

[MySonsClothBum]

DS is 13m and still rear facing. he outgrew his Graco infant carseat(for length...holds up to 22lbs...DS is about 21lbs) so we bought a Graco MyRide. we will turn him forward facing when we feel ready.

[Lovely]

Originally Posted by mrspnut82 @ Lovely, they just cross their legs or hang em over the side or sometimes they just have them straight up on the back...Wherever, they are flexible lol.

That sounds a little uncomfortable to me. lol. We have a minivan=bench seats

[amandabarugh]

Originally Posted by Lovely I have to ask...for those that have their children RF at 3...where in the world do their legs go?

They sit cross-legged. My 3 year old also liked to rest her legs over the sides of the seat.

She was just turned forward at the end of November, and she turns 4 in March. My almost 2 year old is still RF, and will be until he's at least 3-3.5 or meets the limits of his seat, which is fixing to be a new Radian. So, I can't imagine that he'll meet those limits.

[Olivias Momma]

I knew about ERF, but chose to FF as soon as DD hit 20 pounds. Her pedi told me that rear-facing, her legs were too long, and if we were in a crash, if her feet were hitting the back seat, her legs would mst likely be broken because of the impact.

[burnsis]

we don't....decided to leave it up to dad, since up until now he's been the main driver, and he prefers to have him forward facing.

[mammaof3lovelys]

Originally Posted by Crew&West A little off the subject, but I saw a 8mo old who was the SAME SIZE as my 1mo old!!! I think she was in that catagory too! Literally STILL in newborn clothing! And congratulations on baby no 3!!!

my 13m ds still wears 0-3 m clothing for the most part. he is labeled failure to thrive because of his weight though. my friend has a dd that is 3.5to 4 months younger than my son and she outgrew him at 6months. he actually gets some of her hand me downs (g/n ones)

yes i erf. i did it with all my los only i didn't know anything about erf. i just new that their carseats still fit them that way and if they fit why change them around. But they also didn't hit 20lbs till about 18m but they were rfing till atleast age 2. at that point though daddy switched them around and it became a HUGE fight in my car so i turned too.

[ClothDiaperMePlease]

Originally Posted by Olivias Momma I knew about ERF, but chose to FF as soon as DD hit 20 pounds. Her pedi told me that rear-facing, her legs were too long, and if we were in a crash, if her feet were hitting the back seat, her legs would mst likely be broken because of the impact.

I just wanted to let you know that this isn't true

[Fither]

we ERF. when we had to turn my almost 4-year-old around he complained b/c he had no where to rest his feet anymore. before that he sat with his legs criss-cross, propped them up on the seat, hung over the side, etc. he was never uncomfortable.

we have seats that go to a higher weight/height limit for rear facing now so our next kids will get to ERF even longer, and i'm thrilled!

[katiematie]

Originally Posted by Olivias Momma I knew about ERF, but chose to FF as soon as DD hit 20 pounds. Her pedi told me that rear-facing, her legs were too long, and if we were in a crash, if her feet were hitting the back seat, her legs would mst likely be broken because of the impact.

just to let you know there has never once been a report of broken legs in a crash that involved an ERF child It just doesn't happen. It is a common misconception though, especially among pediatricians.