Toddler Car Seat Debate: when to turn forward-facing?

[99Saturn]

As we only have car seats that allow for a thin blanket or towel, now I'm curious what obstruction these causes for some seats? I get if it s a thick(er) pad and the pad shifts but something pretty thin?

Seat Protectors At a Glance - Car Seats For The Littles

If you absolutely must use a seat protector, we’ve created this quick reference guide so you can quickly determine whether your car seat permits the use of a protector (and if so, which one), or thin towel, or nothing at all between the vehicle seat and the car seat.

csftl.org

Found the above list interesting, no idea how up to date/accurate it is.

 

[tbm5690]

I don't see any issue with a thin protector under any seat assuming it's properly tethered and tightened down.

 

[RooflessVW]

I don't see any issue with a thin protector under any seat assuming it's properly tethered and tightened down.

Same. These rules are made for your average imbecile. If the seat is secure, it is secure.

 

[doitmyself]

I brought this older thread back, simply to share the picture below from our recent visit to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.

 

[fantastic]

I brought this older thread back, simply to share the picture below from our recent visit to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.
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Very interesting! Would this be 60's to 70's vintage?

 

[Chris142]

We turned Ellie around at 2. She wouldn't stop screaming with it facing backwards. I couldn't take the constant ear piercing screaming any longer.

She hasn't screamed since we turned her seat around and she can sit like the rest of us.

 

[doitmyself]

Very interesting! Would this be 60's to 70's vintage?

Yes. A Google search indicates that child seat safety laws started to really get going by 1979 and most states adopted early laws by the about 1986.

Children’s Car Seats - The Henry Ford

For much of the 20th century, kids rode in cars unrestrained or in seats designed more for parents’ convenience than children’s safety. Nobody seemed particularly concerned. Even after child safety seats became available in the late 1960s, few parents used them—or they used them incorrectly. But...

www.thehenryford.org