im proud of myself :)

I have successfully told someone their child should not be forward facing   without coming off as bitchy or mean  

This poor girl (who didn't know any better) was told by her mother that her 6 month old needed to FF because she outgrew her infant carrier at 20 pounds....smdh.

I kindly told her she needed to rear face to one year and 20 pounds AT LEAST. That that was the law. She didn't know if the car seat she had now would rear face so i even looked it up for her and let her know the weight limits   I'm pretty darn proud of myself. I also explained why it is dangerous for them to be forward facing so young  

Yay for you telling someone else how to parent.

<blockquote><b>Quoting I'm Marbles:</b>" Yay for you telling someone else how to parent."</blockquote>




Not how to parent just that she could get in trouble for having her daughter FF at 6 months old. I asked if she wanted me to look up the carseat because she didnt know about it because her mom bought it and she said yes so i did.

Quoting *Mrs. Mallard*:" I have successfully told someone their child should not be forward facing   This poor girl (who didn't ... [snip!] ... limits   I'm pretty darn proud of myself. I also explained why it is dangerous for them to be forward facing so young  "

I think that's the right thing to do since the person truly didn't know any better. I think there's a difference between being rude and interfering with someone's parenting and making them aware of the law

<blockquote><b>Quoting I'm Marbles:</b>" Yay for you telling someone else how to parent."</blockquote>




Go to bed. You ARE being bitchy.
Its obnoxious for her to brag about it, but she could have saved that baby's life.

Oh and i ment to say told someome without coming off as bitchy or mean lol i had it in my head but i guess i never typed it oopsy.

<blockquote><b>Quoting May ♥:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting I'm Marbles:</b>" Yay for you telling someone else how to parent."</blockquote> ... [snip!] ... Go to bed. You ARE being bitchy. Its obnoxious for her to brag about it, but she could have saved that baby's life."</blockquote>




My daughter was forward facing at 6 months

Quoting Onalee's Mummy:" <blockquote><b>Quoting May ♥:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting I'm Marbles:</b>" ... [snip!] ... to brag about it, but she could have saved that baby's life."</blockquote> My daughter was forward facing at 6 months"

your laws in australia are different than in the states though...

I wish someone would have told me when my daughter was younger. Our pediatrician told us it was 1 yr OR 20 pounds. She was forward at 1 and 15 pounds   When my son was 9 months she told me I needed to turn him around and it wasn't until I was looking for a seat that I came across information online.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Onalee's Mummy:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting May ♥:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting I'm Marbles:</b>" ... [snip!] ... to brag about it, but she could have saved that baby's life."</blockquote> My daughter was forward facing at 6 months"</blockquote>




Laws are different in the US though

Quoting Onalee's Mummy:" My daughter was forward facing at 6 months"

<blockquote><b>Quoting Tasha Norman:</b>" your laws in australia are different than in the states though..."</blockquote>




That's true. When dd was born I could put her forward facing from one day old. Now it's rear facing until 6 months or 7kg or something like that.

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? I don't understand

LOL at all the comments. OP, good job for educating someone who clearly wasn't educated on safety.

The laws in the US just changed like a year ago, and its more of a rule of thumb
but now states Rear facing til age 2! but good for you and you should be happy for yourself you very well could save that childs life god forbid they ever got into an accident