When do you move up car seats?

Time to Move to the Next Type of Car Seat?

• Don’t be in a rush. Use your current car seat until your child reaches the maximum weight or height limit listed on the label.
• Rear-facing car seats. Ride rear-facing until your child is 2 or more years and has outgrown the harness by height or weight.
• Forward-facing car seats.
• Booster seats.

When to move your child to a forward facing car seat? After your child reaches the weight or height limit for rear-facing, you will then turn the convertible seat forward-facing, or use a forward-facing only car seat with a 5-point harness and top tether. Your child may need a forward-facing car seat with a harness that has a higher weight or height limit before moving to a booster seat.

When is my Child Ready to move into a booster seat? Your child weighs at least 40 pounds. Your child is at least 4 years old. Your child will stay in the booster seat the entire car ride with the seat belt properly fitted across the shoulder and below the hips. Your child has outgrown the internal harness or height requirements of a forward-facing five-point harness car seat.

When to switch from a car seat to a convertible? When your baby reaches the seat’s limits, which may be as soon as 6 to 9 months of age, you’ll need to switch to a convertible car seat in order to keep them rear facing at least until their first birthday. Convertible seat: Use a convertible car seat rear-facing until your baby is at least 1 year old and weighs 22 pounds or more.

When do you Put Your Baby in a car seat? From birth until your child reaches a height of 4 feet, 9 inches, he or she will potentially go through several car seats: an infant car seat, a convertible car seat, a front-facing only car seat, and ultimately a belt-positioning booster or booster seat before being ready for the vehicle belts alone.

When to switch to front facing car seat?

When to switch to front facing car seat? The age of 2 is a general recommendation. Smaller children will need to wait until they have grown before using the forward facing seat, so your child may be 2 1/2 or 3 before he can fit into the forward facing seat.

When should I get a front-facing car seat? As a general rule of thumb in many areas, front-facing car seats are used for children who are past the age of 2 years or who have exceeded the height requirements for rear facing car seats. The child will normally need this type of car seat until they have reached the age of 4 years, when they are ready for a booster seat.

Which way should car seat be facing? Convertible child safety seats must be used in the rear-facing position — in the back seat of the car — until your child is 2 years of age or until he reaches the highest weight or height limit allowed by the manufacturer of his convertible safety seat. The seat can then be turned around to face forward for toddlers.

Is a rear facing car seat so bad? A rear-facing car seat offers the best protection for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and even young school-age kids and should be properly used for as long as possible, to the limits of the car seat. Keeping your child rear-facing to the limit of the seat is the safest choice. You can check your car seat instruction book or the labels on the car seat sides to find the rear-facing weight and height limits.