Advice needed - baby car seat questions (merged)

LilMissEmmylou

your baby is not too big for the rear facing seat. A babys legs will often be over the bottom but its irrelevant - in the case of a bad accident they may what? break a leg? Put them in a front facing one and you leave their neck (which they are unable to fully support properly at the best of times never mind in an accent) open to serious injury. The head can also go up to 2/3rds over the top of the carseat before they need to move up to fwd facing.

Ive only just changed my DD up to front facing and she is just turning 16 months. She is a little over 20lbs but id really advise not changing your son into a fwd facing seat at 5 months.

on another note - not trying to judge, but id not give him too much chocolate at this age tbh - try some fruit puree if you want to give him food, its tasty and will give him a taste for healthy foods with natural sugars. Although my dd does love chocolate she equally thinks raisons are the best thing in the world for a treat lol

izoomzoom

We moved our DD (also 5m) from her 'travel system' car seat, as her shoulders were soooooo squashed. She weighs 16.12 (7.6kgs).

Anyhow, we had bought this britax car seat and I was hoping to put her into a forward facing position, but she isn't 9kgs yet :mad: . So we are using it as rear facing but I hate it, as I have about 25cm gap between the top of the car door frame and the carseat (as well as a seatbelt strap across there too) and have to angle her to get her into the chair.

Frustrating I know, but if you haven't used the car seat, could you perhaps return it for something more suitable ?

maypole

izoomzoom wrote: »

We moved our DD (also 5m) from her 'travel system' car seat, as her shoulders were soooooo squashed. She weighs 16.12 (7.6kgs).

Anyhow, we had bought this britax car seat and I was hoping to put her into a forward facing position, but she isn't 9kgs yet :mad: . So we are using it as rear facing but I hate it, as I have about 25cm gap between the top of the car door frame and the carseat (as well as a seatbelt strap across there too) and have to angle her to get her into the chair.

Sorry posted on wrong post here.

maypole

Alias_Omega wrote: »

Were looking to put him into a forward facing car seat, he is too big for the rear facing seat as his legs hang over and head is not far from the top, seat is a mamas and papas pliko p3 thing, he was weighed in at 16lb 6oz 2 weeks ago, can walk around the lounge in the walker on the laminate, but only gets half way down hallway on carpet area. Can roll onto belly, and hold feet, is eating food, yoghart, chocoloate etc, and think he is older than 5 months.

Was looking at a forward group 0+ car seat for the car, what do you think?

too early? too light or wait till 19lb is hit before moving over (19lb = 9kg)

Not one to judge but I would be very reluctant to give chocolate or any sweets to babies. They just don't need them. You could be helping to ruin his "yet to come in teeth" and give him a weight problem. I am sure you are only being kind and I am not criticising.

bonnie_2

Babies are not recommended to have solids until six months for a reason you are putting him at all sorts of allergy risks, disgestion problems and being overweight in later life. chocolate is deffo not for young children. children should not be given products containg dairy under six months from the department of health.

LittleTinker

bonnie wrote: »

Babies are not recommended to have solids until six months for a reason you are putting him at all sorts of allergy risks, disgestion problems and being overweight in later life. chocolate is deffo not for young children. children should not be given products containg dairy under six months from the department of health.

Utter nonsense!!

You know, some health visitors say you can wean from 2 months. :rolleyes:

No dairy? :rotfl:

I personally have weaned my 5 from about 6 weeks.

looby-loo_2

bonnie wrote: »

Babies are not recommended to have solids until six months for a reason you are putting him at all sorts of allergy risks, disgestion problems and being overweight in later life. chocolate is deffo not for young children. children should not be given products containg dairy under six months from the department of health.

I totally agree!

hellies

Arent we straying from the point a bit here? The op asked for car seat advice!

DD1 went into a forward facing car seat at 5 months because she was just too big for the rear facing one- so much so that she cried everytime i put her in it because she was so uncomfortable! she was very big when she was born and she carried on being bigger than average until she was 1, I couldnt have left her in the small car seat any longer.

As for chocolate? no comment, but I wouldnt do it.
Weaning? i weaned DD1 at 4 months because she needed it, and she is absolutely fine. all babies are different, no one should be criticising others, she asked for advice on car seats!

LilMissEmmylou

LittleTinker wrote: »

Utter nonsense!!

You know, some health visitors say you can wean from 2 months. :rolleyes:

No dairy? :rotfl:

I personally have weaned my 5 from about 6 weeks.

guidelines clearly have changed from u weaned ur 5. They now know that the gut (or something like that, im not a health professional so dont remember) stays open until almost 6 months which can lead to future food intolerances if solids are introduced too early. But hey because somebody once said it was ok to wean from a month old we should keep doing it right :j

.... or should we perhaps realise that like the fact they used to drill holes in peoples head for headaches, its better to go with the most up to date guidelines. I know i'd rather take a paracetamol than do what drs used to for sore heads.

daphne_descends

LittleTinker wrote: »

Utter nonsense!!

You know, some health visitors say you can wean from 2 months. :rolleyes:

No dairy? :rotfl:

I personally have weaned my 5 from about 6 weeks.

Health visitors talk a lot of !!!! though really, don't they...

Why on earth would a 6 week old baby need anything other than milk.