Dilema regarding car seats

[TheLadyVanishes]

dd is in a rear facing car seat still, she is 19lb 9ozs but is quite tall, her head is coming over the car seat alot now and i know thats not good, my problem is that mothercare don't recommend a forward facing seat till they are 20lbs+. Has anyone else had this kind of problem, i'm desperately trying to fatten her up she is 14mths as well. Should I get medical advice (and I know that sounds daft) but I think she really should be in a ff seat now

are her eyes level with the back of the seat?

sorry do you mean the seat she is in or the actual seat of the car

sounds a bit odd as my dd went into a ff seat when she was 10 months cause she was the weight she needed to be and it certainly wasn't 20lbs, are you sure thats right

maybe its just mothercares recommendation then and other places do fit

nipping off to put dd to bed, will come back later

Could you get a seat that can be used rear and forward facing? I think we have a Britax first class that can be used from birth then faces forward when baby is the right age and weight. At least you'd know she wasn't too small for it! i don't think it was much more expensive than other options, although we actually never used it in the rear position.

(AFAIK, the 20lb guideline is correct but I could be wrong)Try looking at the Britax website

20lb/9kg minimum is right but you can have her rearwards until her ears are level with the top of the back I think (do check your instructions though)

For the sake of 7 oz i think you could put her in a ff seat