how old are your kids and are they front or rear facing in their car seats?

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just that

3yo FF
3mo RF obviously

DS hated RF and it made car journeys horrendous to the point of unsafe. We also can't fit a ERF seat, or me, in the back if my very tall DH is driving so we brought the safest FF we could afford.

DC1 will be 4 next week and is rear-facing (25kg seat)

DC2 is 6 months and obviously rear-facing, when she outgrows the infant seat we will use the 18kg seat we have (cybex Sirona, it rotates and can be used either way but we only use it rear-facing)

I will put DC1 in a forward-facing HBB when he outgrows his 25kg seat or when DC2 outgrows the 18kg seat, whichever happens first, but I don't think that will happen for a while!

If we travel by plane and hire a car at the other end, I might put DC1 in a HBB, just because it'll be a pain to take two big car seats with us, but it depends if I can find a compact/light HBB with decent safety ratings.

2, rf

My 4.10 year old went from rear facing to front facing about 6 months ago when he got to tall for his seat so at about 4.3 years old.

My eldest two are over 11 so no seats.

2.5yrs, rear facing, in 25kg seat so plan was to stay rear facing till 4 but she's 99th weight centile so may not make it that far.

It was expensive but given you buy it once and you last for years I can't really see the argument for not buying the safest seat on the market. I was in a car crash as a child, was knocked unconscious, had headaches for years. Non-fatal accidents are really fairly common, so it was one area I wanted to just say 'right, we've done the best we can in accordance with the most up to date research right now' and then forget about it.

2 next month and has been FF since about 16 months

4 months and RF

4 and FF. although we very rarely use the car.

This is interesting, my dd is now 5 and rf until about 15/16 months, ds is now 16 months and rf. we have a seat that swivels for him that we didn't have for dd but he is now at the weight limit for rf so there's a decision to make about buying another seat or ff- he's fairly chunky so the weight limit on baby items is proving to be an issue.

DS 4 in june. Still RF. Extended RF seats to 25kg bought as he's always been high percentile. 19kg now

7.5yr old rearfaced til he was just about 6yrs, in a BeSafe iZi then a Britax 2WE.

5yr old rearfaced til about 4.5yrs I think (v tall) in the Britax.

Both now in HBBs - a Cybex and a Britax (and FWIW I prefer the Britax.)

The range of RF seats on the market now compared to 6/7 years ago is fantastic! We used Winstanleys in Wigan and the In-Car Safety Centre in MK and they were both good.

Nearly 5 yr old (in size 7 to 8 yr old clothes) is front facing. 19 month is rear facing.

@Harrysmummy246

DS 4 in june. Still RF. Extended RF seats to 25kg bought as he's always been high percentile. 19kg now

Which seat do you have up to 25kg rf?

I know that question was for a PP but the 25kg ERF seat we have is the Britax Max Way Plus and we're very happy with it, I suggest/recommend it a lot

1. Forward. RF till a few months ago.

Mine are 9&6 and we FF from 1 year old. RF isn't a thing here.

Oldest one is 8 and is obviously now FF in a high back booster, but she was RF until she was 4.5 about the month before she started school. Littlest one is 3 is RF and will be probably until about the same age, just before starting school.

DC1 RF until 4, changed to FF a few months ago.

Dd is 3 and rear facing, hopefully will be rear facing until 6 or 7, she's very small for her age.
Ds is 14 months and rear facing

17 months, rear facing. Will try to keep her rear facing until she outgrows it at 3-4 years. She’s average sized so will be a while. We have 2 different seats, both spin so can be either way.

Just over 2.5 rear facing. I'm doing it until 4 to minimise risk. 'Average' height child so I don't foresee any issues

DS just turned 4 and we turned him FF about two months ago.

DD is almost 2, still RF and will be for a long time yet.

@NameChange30

I know that question was for a PP but the 25kg ERF seat we have is the Britax Max Way Plus and we're very happy with it, I suggest/recommend it a lot

Thanks! I'm looking around for potentially a new seat as after discovering the giant of a 1 year old is at the very limit of the recommended rf weight of the one we have 😳 still sleeps most car journeys so the rf reclined position feels like the better option.

Mine are 4.5 and 2.5 and rear facing in diono car seats.

Unlikely to be switching them to ff anytime soon, not worth the risk imo.

@majesticallyawkward the Axkid Minikid is an extended Rearfacing until 25kg so will do most kids until age 5/6.
We used it for my 5 year old until a year ago but gave it to a friend as she had a 15 month old outgrowing their seat. Massive car seat.