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?

There are so many mean comments on this thread.
I'm sure there are many ways of giving views, whatever they may be without being rude or unkind to the OP.

You don’t need to turn the child around at all. My kid preferred parent facing, I kept them parent facing. It was fine.

Mine is older than yours and faces me. I like to interact with him, point things out, say what they are, let him see my face when I interact with others. He still sees everything, just from the other direction. He’s a very confident and social boy, it’s certainly not hindered him in anyway.

Mine would follow me to the loo once they were able to crawl.
I can’t see my youngest two while driving as they are rear facing. However, we continue to enjoy chats.
Forward or Parent facing in the pram it’s no big deal. My eldest I was poor so bought a cheap buggy for them and couldn’t afford one that parent faced. Second one went between forward and parent facing depending on the situation. Third child was mostly in a double that only forward faced.

I don’t drive so I take the bus and walk everywhere so when DD is in the pram it’s not usually just 30 minutes here and there

You might enjoy all the smiles you get from passers by who love smiling back at your baby. I do

I felt nervous when I was doing it too with my first daughter. My friend borderline forced me to do it and my little girl LOVED IT!
She was waving at everyone in sight and tired herself out and fell asleep within 20 minutes.
I did have to tie the dummy down etc. but I found she was much happier. I was also a bus-user at the time so she was in her pram for a while when we were out.
Give it a little go when you’re ready x

That’s a ridiculous statement in this scenario. Letting your child look at the world around them doesn’t mean parent and child aren’t facing each other and interacting most of the time while the child is awake.
And certainly by age one they have interest in the wider world.

It's also good for the child to see the world!

You can still talk, and the child can actually see what you're talking about! Saying 'oh look, there's a cat' will help language skills much more if they can actually see what you're talking about and what a cat or yellow car etc. is!

This. Many prams have a flap at the back you can just lift to peek if they’re asleep etc? As long as your DC is strapped in they can’t fall out etc.

My LO was 6m when he went front facing as the world would make him less fussy. I alternate it and nothing has happened?

As long as you don’t have one of those dangerous bead dummy clips then does it matter if she chews the clip?

It’s not a big deal for baby to face yiu. Mine were parent facing for a long while. I would chat and point things out just as a might if they were facing the other way but it was nice as I was actually falling to baby and not just the pram hood 🤷🏼‍♀️

Not leaving baby alone at all at home is a bit more tricky. At home, I certainly popped to another room or went for the loo whilst mine stayed put. The house was baby proofed. Nothing dangerous or breakable was left out. I’ve four children and only one ever got hurt unattended. He bumped his head. He was fine though and life went on.

With our main pram she parent faced 98% of the time, she was in it until 3-3.5 but not used as much past 3. Most of the time it was used to get somewhere or to get her to sleep. I like the option to talk to her as we walked around the shops for example and she napped better if not distracted by the world.
If we were going somewhere engaging for a leisurely stroll I'd turn her forward facing.
She was had a buggy from 2 mostly used between 3 and 4 and this was world facing only and it was a bit awkward to sit and talk to her in the bus / train.

Think I turned my DD to world facing when she was around 9 months. You’ve got nothing to worry about OP, buy an additional clip for her seat harness so she can’t take it off.

See above post where I say it’s not either/or. You can do both! 😃

This is incorrect. Language is best relayed if they can see your face and mouth. So saying 'look, there's a cat' face on is better (for language development) than saying 'look, there's a cat' from behind them.

Obviously you still need to show them the cat, but that's easily done parent facing unless you have a child who is incapable of turning their neck!

Mine stayed parent facing because she's a yapper and just wanted to talk to me. I used to turn her world facing when I wanted her to sleep because she'd get bored and nap.

It's not a drama. Do what you want.

This is an article about the forward/parent facing studies if anyone thinking about this wants more information. I am not posting this to cause offence, alarm or consternation. We all have enough to worry about. Ultimately, we all do what is best for our individual children and situations.

Edited to actually add the link:
Buggy Article

Of all the ridiculous stances to take.
It's not 'far better' when there's researched, proven benefits to parent facing. Bonding, language development, social development, not to mention safety. A young baby wants that connection with a parent for emotional regulation. There's equally proven benefits to world facing once they're old enough and ready. Before then, it's overstimulating and potentially hinders development. Your opinion does not equal fact. 'Selfish,' for goodness sake🤦🏼‍♀️

That's what playpens are for.

Or are playpens now considered detrimental?

OP please ignore the mean comments here. Your DD is old enough now to world face and it will likely benefit her to do so. It's lovely you've enjoyed the eye contact of parent facing till now, but nothing to be worried about with making the switch. You'll be surprised how much movement you'll see, arms flailing etc. If your pram has a mesh peek compartment leave that open. You'll get used to the new set up fairly quickly and won't feel the need to keep checking.

You need to manage your anxiety better

my first faced me the whole time my second faced out from early on as he like it swapped both around occasionally depending on situation

buy packs of hats or pick them up from charity shops in case of losses doesn’t matter if she takes it off does it ??

it doesn’t matter if she chews on the dummy thing does it they are designed to be chewed?

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You don’t need to turn her. It’s actually great for her development to be able to talk to you and see your facial expressions.

And it’s not like she doesn’t see the world just because she’s facing backwards rather than forwards. The world is all around us. Just like in a rear facing car seat, when they face backwards, the view isn’t just rushing past and beyond their peripheral vision. It actually stays in the field of vision, which is great for giving them things to look at.

Both mine stayed parent facing til around 2.

She's 1, what do you think is going to happen. Surely its more interesting for her to see her surroundings, at that age mine was waving at people. The world is such a fascinating place for children

You don't need to turn her. I kept mine facing us till they turned two. At that age they were both talking in sentences and we knew what they were doing as they'd be telling us 😀 They liked seeing us and could see plenty before that as they were mostly sitting upright from 6 months and neither of us completely blocked their view!

However it is also fine if you don't have a parent facing option. With DD2 we sometimes used a travel pram from birth that only forward faced and it was an older model so no peek-a-boo window. It was fine we just pulled the hood back every now and then to check she was still there! We only used it when on holiday or in London as it folded small and was light.