Car seat safety..

[bloomingcedars]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080129140945AAcxQN9

I thought the person who answered this post has some very interesting answers about why to keep your toddler rear facing.  I am not sure where they are getting their info or what expertise they have but kind of scary!

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[janaya]

s/he listed several sources at the bottom which are reputable, definitely (particularly the aap). thanks for a good reminder of why i'm keeping tristan rear-facing right now, even though it isn't fun for us. :)

[bloomingcedars]

Oh ya you are right...very detailed sources.
I was mostly surprised by her detail in this statement:

"A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 4 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash than a rear-facing child of the same age. A child's vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, before then, she is at great risk for internal decapitation. The spinal column can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal cord can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone."

Makes me kind of want to switch Kaia around....but I think that would be mean at this point. I think we will definitely keep this in mind for Jaeda though! Good job going with your intuition and not just going with what the law says is ok!

[lemurkitten]

Greg's cousin actually is an instructor for car seat safety and installment. I figure if/when it's time for a car seat for me, I'll go shopping with her and have her help me out.

[bloomingcedars]

Nice!