Yes, I know I am. Im obsessed with car seats and keeping kids safe. I believe you should RF your child to the limits of your seat, harness them till at least age 6 and 40lbs and keep them in a booster till they pass the 5 step test. Car accidents are the NUMBER ONE killer of children in this country from ages 1-14, so why not protect your child to the best of your ability. I have 2 kids. Pickle is 7 and MiMi is 4.5 Pickle was harnessed in a 5pt harness car seat, the Britax Regent(or lovingly known as the beast) up until last week. He is now boostered in the Recaro ProBooster. He weighs 47lbs and is 47in. MiMi was rear facing, yes rear facing, up until about a month and half ago when she hit the rear facing weight limit on her seat. So she rear faced until 4years7months of age. She is now forward facing in a 5pt harness, where she will remain for YEARS to come(she is tiny)
Did you know that 90% of car seat are installed and used incorrectly? That a RF child is 5x safer than a FF child? That it is ILLEGAL to FF your child until they are 1 year old and weigh 20lbs? That a 2-3 year old child has absolutley NO business in a booster seat? That child passenger laws in this country are severly lacking.
This being said, there is an awesome giveaway going on. Its for one of the BEST car seats there is. The Briatx Frontier85. It harnesses to 85, boosters to 120. Its a LATCHable booster and also makes on of the best boosters there is. I LOVE this seat. Visit this awesome blog
http://simplybeingmommy.com/2010/09/27/britax-frontier-85-car-seat-review-and-giveaway/
and follow the instructions.
