Nicotine. Nicotine is the drug found in tobacco which vaporises into smoke when tobacco leaves are burnt. In its pure form it is a rapid acting, extremely toxic drug, that has often been used as an agricultural insecticide.
Short answer: do not turn forward facing until you literally have to b/c he has outgrown the seat. Rear facing seats are outgrown when 1 of 2 things happens: 1)the weight limit is reached - 30-35lbs on current convertible seats OR 2)there is less than 1 of seat above the child's head.Most kids easily make it to 2 years still rear facing.ear facing seats are outgrown when 1 of 2 things happens: 1)the weight limit is reached - 30-35lbs on current convertible seats OR 2)there is less than 1 of seat above the child's head. Most kids easily make it to 2 years still rear facing.
Yes, we did it: turning the car seat around before the age of 1. This is what car seats looked like in 1962. Photo by RichardBH, used by CC license. Now that Jasper is 17 months old, I feel like I can confess my deepest, darkest parenting secret: we turned Jasper around to face forward in his car seat at 6 months.