Pediatricians drop age limit for rear-facing car seats

Children should ride in rear-facing car seats until they reach the height or weight limit for the seat, according to updated recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

This changes the academy’s previous guidance, which said children should ride in rear-facing seats until at least age 2. The new recommendation eliminates the age-specific milestone to turn a child’s car seat around.
Car seat manufacturers are making seats that allow children to remain rear-facing until they reach 40 pounds, Dr. Benjamin Hoffman, lead author of the academy’s updated guidelines, said in a statement.
“It’s best to keep your child rear-facing as long as possible,” Hoffman, chairman of the academy’s Council on Injury, Violence and Poison, said in the statement. “This is still the safest way for children to ride.”

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