To ask about car seats?

[Caenea]

Not sure if there's a board here for it!

My DD (11mo) has outgrown her current car seat and we're on the hunt for a new one. However, there's a lot of conflicting information about whether she should stay rear facing or if she's now OK to face forwards (in the back of the car, obviously).

Her current seat is rear facing, but her legs are too long now and she has to curl them up to sit, which she will inevitably kick off about if we're in the car more than an hour. We need to drive down to London in November for her 1st birthday party - family are there - and I want to be sure she has a car seat she is both comfortable and safe in.

Money is tight however, and we cannot afford to buy another rear-facing seat if she's going to need to be front facing in less than two or three months.

I've asked a few friends with children who are a little older, and they all say their 12-16 month olds are now forward facing. Is this right? When did yours go into rear facing seats, and where's the best place to get a car seat when you're on a very tight budget?

We bought the Concord rear facing seat for our now 2 year old. Pricy at £250 plus. However, we bought it from Very online and paid it interest free over 3 months. If you are interested in buying one online, please find somewhere to try it in store first though.

My son is very tall and wearing 6y clothes, but still rear facing in his Axkid Minikid. If he can fit his legs there when RF, so can a 12-month old.

They changed the two way elite?! 😱

Thank goodness we have two, should see us through #3 as well.

But your little one still has a few kilos left in their current seat OP, which may carry them through to 15 months. But then I would look at a seat to RF to 18 kg (my 5 yr old is skinny but only just exceeded that) that can then turn round.

My 15 month old is in her baby rear facing as long as possible. Then she's going into a forward facing toddler seat. Rear facing is optional. I choose not to.