Forwards or backwards facing?

[Tatties]

I know it is all the rage to have our LOs facing forward from birth, but if you put your LO in a mummy-facing pram like me, at what age did you turn them round and let them see the world?

My DS (just six months) is still mummy facing, with no plans to change yet. I thought this was the 'norm' until friends commented on why I did it that way !!!

However, I frequently get stopped by 'older' ladies in the street who tell me how nice it is to see a baby facing the person they love most in the world

ds was around 4 months old and I switched him to the pushchair part at the same time so he was sitting up. dd was about 8 months. Although she was nosy she also preferred watching whoever was pushing (separation anxiety).It was also over winter and I felt she was more sheltered from the cold if the hood went against the wind first. Interestingly she was happy in a Baby Bjorn facing outwards from much earlier, probably at about 3 months.

my ds is 7 months and still facing me!

DD only ever had a forward facing pushchair. DD was too nosey and wanted to be watching what was around her, so I am glad in the choice we made of pushchair.

I turned ds around at about a year and only because he was sitting forward in his pushchair and trying to turn himself around to see where we were going. LOVED having him facing me.

i will move my ds2 when he is too big for his car seat which attaches

ds1 was moved when his seat was too small for him

Glad to hear my ds is not the only one who is still mummy facing at 6mths . It feels like there is so much social pressure to be forward facing!

mine was only mummy facing when DS was in the car seat. I think it's great for their language development to be mummy facing, as you can have a proper natter to them.

nice thread ds (5 months) faces me and will stay so until he gets bored. i have walked into a few bollards talking to him though.