i am doing a paper/ speech on extended rear facing. please be honest and try and be courteous of others parenting choices ...as i am using this for research in a college class... why do you or don't you extended rear face your child? please don't just say because i don't want to. please explain to me why you do or do not and what reasons made you come to this decision for your child/ children.
Again this if for research for my paper i dont care what you do with your child i just need to know why people make those choices and there isnt much inormation on it that ive found.
no judgment and no bashing!!!! and please keep this bumped !!!!!!!!
thanks ladies 
I have 3 children(due Friday w/ #4). Ages 9, 6, 3. I hadn't heard of erf with my older 2. But I did leave them in their infant seats RF until they outgrew them for weight & height(the seats only went to 20lbs but my kids don't hit that till over a year). Now DD I heard about the ERF so I kept her that way until about a week ago. She is 3 & 27lbs. I REALLY wanted to keep her erf longer but the seat won't fit in the vehicle right now that we had to add the new infant carseat for the baby.
I ERF because it is so much safer for the child.
I turned DD when she was 1 and over 20lbs. She's always been a tall girl. Right now, she's taller than my friend's son who is almost 4 years old. To keep her RFing would be very uncomfortable for her and would probably give her legs cramps because her legs are so long. She didn't like being rear faced and would throw screaming fits until we finally turned her around. i think that is more unsafe than her being faced forward. With her not screaming anymore, I can invest my full attention to the road and be aware of what others are doing.
youre not making sense.
Quoting billsfan1104:
Its the type of car seats you get, and the many different car seats. You might get many, but there are mothers out there who get cars seats every other month, it seems.
Quoting RobinBright:But *how?* How does a car seat manufacturer make more money if I turned my son FF at 2.5 instead of at 1? I bought the seat from them 3 years ago. The day I chose to turn it doesn't suddenly earn them more money.
Quoting billsfan1104:
Its a money making scheme for the car seat manufacturers. Thats just an opinion. I personally the give all these recomendations to scare the shit out of parents.
Quoting erinsmom1964:
Quoting billsfan1104:
And BTW, i never heard of ERF until cafemom, still think that it is a money making scheme, but too each its own.I love this excuse. How does it make anyone any money as to which way the convertible is facing in your car? Do you get taxed if its rear facing???? LMAO
Quoting billsfan1104:
I didnt say it because of how ita positioned. Its because of the many different cars seats you need to buy, such as a RF one, then FF one, five point harness, then booster. Etcetc.
Quoting erinsmom1964:
QuotAGAIN the question is please explain how they make anymore money on how your seat is postioned in the car. whether its RF or FF you still bought the seat and it costs no more to keep it RF. ing billsfan1104:
Its a money making scheme for the car seat manufacturers. Thats just an opinion. I personally the give all these recomendations to scare the shit out of parents.
Quoting erinsmom1964:
Quoting billsfan1104:
And BTW, i never heard of ERF until cafemom, still think that it is a money making scheme, but too each its own.I love this excuse. How does it make anyone any money as to which way the convertible is facing in your car? Do you get taxed if its rear facing???? LMAO
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Quoting happymommy1105:i turned my son forward at a year cause he got car sick and i couldnt' stand the screaming bloody murder from the backseat.
haven't had a problem since turning him forward.
this baby i plan on turning forward at 1 too.
Quoting billsfan1104:
I didnt say it because of how ita positioned. Its because of the many different cars seats you need to buy, such as a RF one, then FF one, five point harness, then booster. Etcetc.
Quoting erinsmom1964:
QuotAGAIN the question is please explain how they make anymore money on how your seat is postioned in the car. whether its RF or FF you still bought the seat and it costs no more to keep it RF. ing billsfan1104:
Its a money making scheme for the car seat manufacturers. Thats just an opinion. I personally the give all these recomendations to scare the shit out of parents.
Quoting erinsmom1964:
Quoting billsfan1104:
And BTW, i never heard of ERF until cafemom, still think that it is a money making scheme, but too each its own.I love this excuse. How does it make anyone any money as to which way the convertible is facing in your car? Do you get taxed if its rear facing???? LMAO
Well your wrong. You really only need 2 seats period IF you are smart and take a moment to actually educate yourself instead of wasting all your time arguing false arguments. My DD who is extremely tall had her convertible until almost 3. Now she has a Frontier 85 SICT. because her seat has the highest harness heith and highest weight rating she will never need another seat. 2 seats. 1 convertible and one FF to belt positioning booster seat thats its. and she is crazy tall so normal size children could spend even less. 2 seats THATS IT
Quoting billsfan1104:
I didnt say it because of how ita positioned. Its because of the many different cars seats you need to buy, such as a RF one, then FF one, five point harness, then booster. Etcetc.
Quoting erinsmom1964:
QuotAGAIN the question is please explain how they make anymore money on how your seat is postioned in the car. whether its RF or FF you still bought the seat and it costs no more to keep it RF. ing billsfan1104:
Its a money making scheme for the car seat manufacturers. Thats just an opinion. I personally the give all these recomendations to scare the shit out of parents.
Quoting erinsmom1964:
Quoting billsfan1104:
And BTW, i never heard of ERF until cafemom, still think that it is a money making scheme, but too each its own.I love this excuse. How does it make anyone any money as to which way the convertible is facing in your car? Do you get taxed if its rear facing???? LMAO
So... that's not a money making scheme, it's poor consumer awareness. Quite the contrary, manufacturers are making it EASIER to use one seat from birth to FF by constantly coming out with lower slots and extra padding for newbies (to make them fit larger seats), and higher top slots and higher weight limits (to allow kids to stay RF longer). They aren't making it harder to RF on a budget, they're making it easier.
The mothers who are buying a new seat every other month are doing so because they havent done their research. If a kid just outgrew a seat with 14.75" top slots, and mom replaces it with a seat that has 16" top slots, then needs another seat to get the kid to booster age, that's not a money making scheme--- that's a failure to research the product you're buying. Should have bought the one with 18" slots to begin with.
Quoting billsfan1104:
Its the type of car seats you get, and the many different car seats. You might get many, but there are mothers out there who get cars seats every other month, it seems.
Quoting RobinBright:But *how?* How does a car seat manufacturer make more money if I turned my son FF at 2.5 instead of at 1? I bought the seat from them 3 years ago. The day I chose to turn it doesn't suddenly earn them more money.
Quoting billsfan1104:
Its a money making scheme for the car seat manufacturers. Thats just an opinion. I personally the give all these recomendations to scare the shit out of parents.
Quoting erinsmom1964:
Quoting billsfan1104:
And BTW, i never heard of ERF until cafemom, still think that it is a money making scheme, but too each its own.I love this excuse. How does it make anyone any money as to which way the convertible is facing in your car? Do you get taxed if its rear facing???? LMAO
Keep an open mind--
but not so open that your brain falls out.
Is it just me, or... ?
- puddinpopsmama
on Apr. 4, 2012 at 9:36 PM