Worried to turn baby world facing in pram

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I have a 1 year old and when in her pram, she’s always been parent facing, i don’t know why but im worried to turn her world facing, i feel like I wouldn’t get anywhere for keep stopping to check on her, did anyone else have this issue?

Can you not just do what suits on the day? My 6m old cranes round to see out when she is facing me sometimes if there are other things of interest going on. Some days she faces me, some she doesn’t 🤷‍♀️

As a matter of fact I don’t leave the room when my DD is awake, she is constantly falling and banging herself whilst I’m supervising god knows what she’d manage to do without me there

Are you afraid she will forget you exist and be traumatised forever ?

No not at all, I worry she will constantly pull her hat off, pull her dummy clip off and chew the clip, she’s going through a stage of taking her arms out of the straps and attempting to undo the buckle.. need I go on

Good grief. I was a SAHM. Forward facing was a welcome break from interaction for all of us!

Perhaps have your LO facing you most of the time still and only have a turned when needed, like a visit to an aquarium (sorry, that’s random but my mind went blank, hope you know what I mean!) x

Sorry but I think this is a ridiculous thing to say. It totally depends on how much time is spent in the stroller, how much time in the stroller is spent talking to or around the child, whether the child is awake or not, whether the child is NT, whether the child is in childcare or at home, whether the child has siblings or not etc etc etc.

Besides, and more importantly, so what? They’re all walking and talking indistinguishably from each other before you know it. Now of this matters one bit in the grand scheme of things. It’s even more ridiculous than breastfeeding versus formula fgs.

Didn't even realize this was ever a thing to worry about

Let her see and interact with the world. She will be absolutely fine. She sees you the rest of the day and night.

Mine forward faced from about a month old (big 3 wheeler). He was chatted to by every old lady in town. So much better than looking at my tired scowly face trying to remember my shopping list. He had 23 other hours of the day to look at me.

This is a non issue. I had to turn mine back parent facing when it became
a double buggy and she’s 2.5 facing me. It’s fine. She sees plenty! Keep her facing you so you can chat. Just turn her round if it was at a zoo or something (mine would
walk!)

You should get some help for your anxiety. You are definitely over worrying and that doesn’t make a good parent. Children love being fired facing and looking out at everything going on. It’s good for their development. You will probably find she’s “misbehaving” (ie pulling her hat off etc that you described) much less if she’s entertained by the world around her and focused on that.

You also don’t need to worry so much at her pulling her hat off. What do you think will happen? Just pop it back on when you notice.

My son has just turned one and has been forward facing since 10 months as I swapped him in to a forward facing buggy, I just move the hood back if I want to see what he is up to, or have the little air vent open.

There's not right or wrong though! My other buggy is a bit awkward to move around so that the only reason I swapped

I kept all 3 of mine parent-facing until they were at least 2. I think I did it because I seem to remember learning in uni about child language acquisition and the fact that it does help them to learn quicker. Also I felt too detached from my baby and I like to chat/point things out to them as I walk. Do what feels best for you op!

Keep her facing you, it's better for her. You and your chats are more interesting than anything she can see looking the other way (unless you're on safari or something).

Such a fundamental misunderstanding of how children develop.

Kindly, you're being ridiculous. If it wasn't safe they wouldn't sell buggies that were forward facing from newborn, as mine had.

I’m not the one saying it, research studies are and they will have considered the points you raise in their design.

You don't have to turn her round if you don't want to. Keep her facing you. It's also better for their speech as they watch you talking to them.

My first was parent facing until they were 3 and out of the pushchair. My second was forward facing from a year. As in all things I think it depends on the child. If you think they would benefit from forward facing/would enjoy it turn them round. If not, leave them as they are. There are no rules. Good luck!

It’s funny isn’t it, one of my DD’s screamed when facing me in her pushchair. But loved forward facing the world. Not sure what was wrong with my face. I did talk to her all the time.
I would do whatever is best for you. As I never met anyone who cared.

This is honestly one of the most over anxious classic mumsnet posts I’ve seen.

You wanted a break (which is fine) but that doesn't make to better than someone who wants to interact with their baby.

Oh give over 😂. How old are your DC? And you’re sure there’s an optimal way to develop a child? And that all children follow that model? Don’t be so ridiculous 😂

So then don’t change to forward facing! It’s REALLY not that big a deal 😂

I think they meant that for a year the baby’s had nothing but the moms face to look at 😅