Car seat question

Depends on what the laws are in you're area. In the UK the law states a child should be rear facing till at least 15 months. People will argue they have to be rear facing till 12 YEARS. It's just what works for you and you're family (along side the law). My little girl we started forward facing at 15 months as she would get soo travel sick rear facing. Like we'd barely leave the driveway before she'd be sick

Depending on your state you can forward face. But a lot of people rear face until they hit the max on height or weight. So if she’s still under those then she’s fine to rear face still

I would go by what the car seat manual says. From what I recall when my eldest was around that stage, there can be an overlap in the height/weight requirements for forward vs rear facing - so they're still safe to be rear facing but could also safely be forward facing. (Some people just like to have their children be forward facing as soon as they can)

My little one is two (she turned two last July)and we still install her car seat rear facing for as long as possible. But we’re in California. I would look at the laws in your state or country and make your decision from there or read your car seat’s manufacturer recommendations

Her feet being against the back of the seat isn’t a problem and likely isn’t uncomfortable for her because kids are much more flexible than adults.

Ideally we would all max out the rear facing limits of whatever car seat we have as that’s the safest. If you don’t have a compelling reason to forward face I would personally keep rear facing as long as possible! My almost 5 year old is still rear facing (and he’s super tall and still has several inches before he reaches the height limit).

It’s 5x safer to rear face regardless of the law, get a car seat that is extended rear facing 125cm/36kg which normally takes kids up to 6/7 my 3 year old is about 103cm and is still comfortably rear facing in an axxkid minikid 4, imo there’s not really an excuse not to extended rear face unless medical

Feet touching the seat isn't an issue

Feet touching the seat isn't an issue at all. My oldest was rear facing until almost 5. He just sat crosslegged- never complained about being uncomfortable. Rear facing is so much safer.

I’m in North Carolina and I turned my kids around before they even turn two because my kids is actually tall for their age so it’s all up to you. Don’t be scared. Just try it and if you don’t like it or your baby doesn’t like it, you can always turn her back around.

their spines are not developed enough to front face. mine is almost three, tall, long legs, she never complains about it being uncomfortable. she will be rear facing until she’s 5-6 probably 😂

I can't wait to put my kid forward so he can see and have cup holdersss