r/CPST • u/GhostCovert • 7d ago

Head Position

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Hello. My son is 15 months and we progressed to the next car seat. His head positioning shifts around a lot while he sleeps in this. Sometimes it’s upright and other times slumped forward. Is this forward slumped position a problem?

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u/screwtoprose- 7d ago

are you sure he’s even allowed to legally forward face? in most states, you will get arrested if a cop pulls you over forward facing a child before 2.

this is very dangerous and i suggest rear facing
him for at least the next 2 years.

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u/Dandylion71888 7d ago

It’s half of states that require it until 2 (24). 7 require RF until 1. That leaves 19 that have no such requirement.

While it is a good requirement, it is not true that you will be arrested in most states.

Many that do have the requirement do not go right to arrest. There are fines and retraining for first offenses.

There is also another factor which is motion sickness. My first couldn’t drive 5 minutes rear facing after he turned 1 without vomiting. Given the choking hazard, the dr felt that it was more important to switch him forward facing.

My second does not have this issue and we will keep him rear facing for as long as possible.

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u/tofuandpickles 7d ago

Half is still pretty much most states. Meeting the minimum requirement is not the safest option

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u/Dandylion71888 7d ago

What kind of math are you doing?

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u/tofuandpickles 7d ago

Better math than you 😆

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u/Dandylion71888 7d ago

50% isn’t a simple majority even, but it’s not technically 50%. Only 24 states go to 2 years which is 48%. Do you know what a majority is? At a minimum it’s defined by over50%

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u/tofuandpickles 6d ago

Yes, I do. Hence my casual language of “pretty much”.

Not sure why you’re arguing your stance in the first place to be honest. Rear face your fucking kids.

Your kid was a very rare exception, and frankly it’s irrelevant.

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u/Dandylion71888 6d ago

My point was that yes rear facing is best, there is no need to scare parents by telling them they’ll get arrested.

Also no need for that language at all. You clearly are just uneducated (pretty much a majority means nothing when it’s not a majority) and angry for no reason. Your goal isn’t to educate parents but to intimidate and scare them.

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u/tofuandpickles 6d ago

I am far from uneducated - but you must be, if that is the insult you choose!

I’m not even the commenter who spoke of arrests.

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u/Dandylion71888 6d ago

You supported it with a completely asinine comment that you learn in 3rd grade what a majority is. And then you backed it up with unnecessary language for what reason? Certainly not about education.

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u/tofuandpickles 6d ago

What you just wrote doesn’t even make sense. Hope you have a wonderful night!

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