Car seat safty

If you know me IRL then you know that I still have Matthew rear facing. I'm sure some people think I am crazy. I still try to get him out of the car fast so people don't judge me but then I think if someone wants to judge me for doing something proven to keep my baby safe then they are the crazy ones =) From facebook I have realized a lot of people don't know much about car seat safety. Almost all the car seat pictures I see I can spot that its not used properly. The main thing is the clip that snaps in the middle. It should ALWAYS be up on their chest. Granted most of the pictures are not in the car itself so I am hopping that these babies are strapped in right when traveling. Why am I so worried about this? the number once cause of death to children ages 1-12 is automobile accidents. I remember hearing a news story awhile back where the mother didn't have the baby strapped in right and got in a wreck. The baby flew out of her car seat and died on impact. Something that could have very easily been prevented and now her mother will have to live with it forever. There are a lot of scary things in the world and you can't protect your child from everything but seemed like a no brainer. So I researched car seats. And found out something I never knew because I didn't know anyone who did this. It is 70% safer to keep you child rear facing until the age of 2. 70%!! That is a BIG number. So that is what I did. I researched seats because Matthew is a tall child and found a perfect one. He can actually rear face in it until he is 45 pounds. Some people rear face their child until they are older. I am just going to 2 because that is when most of the bones have fussed together. Here are some links to car seat safety http://www.nhtsa.gov/ChildSafety/step1 And here is the link to extended rear facing. Please watched the video at the bottom to see what can happen to a child in a forward facing car seat http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/stayrearfacing.aspx.

And here is Mattman happily riding rear faced in his car seat =)