Rear And Forward Facing Infant Car Seats

In the rare event of a serious rear collision that means a rear facing child snaps forward at 30 mph and feels 600 pounds pushing back.

Rear and forward facing infant car seats.

Check the seat owner s manual and or labels on the seat for weight and height limits. Most convertible car seats can be used in the rear facing position until a child reaches the weight limit typically 40 to 50 pounds. In the forward facing position it can accommodate kids up to 85 pounds. For the best possible protection infants and toddlers should be buckled in a rear facing car seat in the back seat until they reach the maximum weight and height limits of their car seat.

But in the more likely scenario of a front end collision those 600 pounds will push the child back into the seat. At that point the seat can be converted into a forward facing. The maxi cosi can be used as both a rear facing and a forward facing seat. Toddler bones need rear facing car seats.

And this comfy seat has a plush winged headrest to prevent your little one s head from falling to the side when they take a nap. When forward facing whether with a harness a booster seat or the ridesafer vest the mechanics of the head neck and spinal column are virtually the same in that forward impact because it s the head and the neck that are unrestrained and moving forward. Use a rear facing car seat from birth until ages 2 4.