TAMPA, FL -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recently released its annual guideline for car seat safety. This year the AAP has changed their car seat recommendations and now suggests that rear-facing car seats are safest for children until they reach age 2, not age 1.
The AAP says new research indicates that toddlers are more than five times safer riding rear-facing in a car safety seat up to their second birthday. According to St. Joseph's Children's Hospital's of Tampa, car seat technicians have long recommended that parents keep their children rear-facing longer than age 1.
To read the complete 2009 guidelines click here.
