New Mommy Monday – Car Seat Guidelines
We got a bit of interesting news on our last visit to the pediatrician: new guidelines from the American Pediatric Association recommend keeping toddlers in a rear-facing car seat until they are at least two years old! I thought it was just till they turned one, but apparently, it’s safer to keep them rear-facing as long as possible. <sigh> So what’s a new mommy to do? Buy the infant car seat for the first year, then put the munchkin in a convertible car seat (like the Britax Roundabout or Marathon), which is weighted to 35 lbs or so rear-facing. The Roundabout is rated to 40 lbs forward facing; the Marathon to 65, so you can spend the extra hundred bucks on the Marathon and it’ll last longer.
Now watch, by the time my son turns two, they’ll change the guidelines and say he needs to stay rear-facing till he’s three and in a car seat until he’s old enough to drive.




–Sherean