Child Age For Forward Facing Car Seat. They also reminded parents that children transitioning out of rear facing restraints should move up to forward facing restraints. It is important to know that you should never use a car seat that is more than six years old has been involved in an accident is missing parts or is not labeled with a manufacture date and model number.
When weight based seats are selected r44 04 the child may travel rear facing until reaching a weight of 13kgs. The age of 2 is a general recommendation. The american academy of pediatrics aap offers guidelines for parents on car seat usage saying once a child is 2 years old he can use a forward facing seat that has a harness.
If you are using a convertible car seat then change the seat from rear facing to forward.
Understanding the guidelines for front facing seats. In addition to the new guidelines members of the aap emphasized the importance of keeping all children under the age of 13 in the car s back seat. When height based seats are used r129 the child must travel rear facing until they reach the age of 15 months. The importance of age appropriate child car seats these days it s a legal requirement that children under the age of 11 travel in an age appropriate child seat or booster but moving children from seat to the seat just because the law says they re able to be moved isn t necessarily the sensible thing to do.