by brian » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:09 am
Mar 22, 2011: NY Times:
Rear-Facing Car Seats Advised at Least to Age of 2
- Toddlers are usually switched from rear-facing to forward-facing car seats right after their first birthday — an event many parents may celebrate as a kind of milestone.
But in a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the nation’s leading pediatricians’ group says that is a year too soon
In a new policy published in the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online March 21), the AAP advises parents to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. It also advises that most children will need to ride in a belt-positioning booster seat until they have reached 4 feet 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years of age.
The previous policy, from 2002, advised that it is safest for infants and toddlers to ride rear-facing up to the limits of the car seat, but it also cited age 12 months and 20 pounds as a minimum. As a result, many parents turned the seat to face the front of the car when their child celebrated his or her first birthday.
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Rear-Facing Car Seats Advised at Least to Age of 2
Mar 22, 2011: NY Times: [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/health/policy/22carseat.html]Rear-Facing Car Seats Advised at Least to Age of 2[/url]
[list]Toddlers are usually switched from rear-facing to forward-facing car seats right after their first birthday — an event many parents may celebrate as a kind of milestone.
But in a [url=http://www.healthychildren.org/English/News/pages/AAP-Updates-Recommendations-on-Car-Seats.aspx]new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics[/url], the nation’s leading pediatricians’ group says that is a year too soon
In a new policy published in the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online March 21), the AAP advises parents to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. It also advises that most children will need to ride in a belt-positioning booster seat until they have reached 4 feet 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years of age.
The previous policy, from 2002, advised that it is safest for infants and toddlers to ride rear-facing up to the limits of the car seat, but it also cited age 12 months and 20 pounds as a minimum. As a result, many parents turned the seat to face the front of the car when their child celebrated his or her first birthday.[/list]see the full article [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/health/policy/22carseat.html]Rear-Facing Car Seats Advised at Least to Age of 2[/url]