A Graco car seat can be installed forward-facing when the child is over two years old. Here are instructions below that will assist you in installing a forward-facing Graco car seat: Place the car seat in the backseat of your vehicle and buckle the chest clip. Place the harness straps over your child and buckle them tightly.
Can You Use Latch forward-facing?
About LATCH System – Narrator: Of all the frightening statistics we hear about child passenger safety, this may be the scariest. Three out of 4 car seats are not installed correctly. Between the different types of cars and child safety seats, there are literally hundreds of different ways to install a child seat.
- That’s why a different system was developed for installing child safety seats without the use of seat belts.
- It’s called LATCH.
- Simply put, it works by using a built-in strap with hooks on the child’s safety seat which attach to anchors in the car.
- LATCH is used for both rear- and forward-facing child safety seats.
Most belt-positioning booster seats do not need to be attached to the vehicle so they do not come equipped with LATCH. Any car made after September 2002 must come with LATCH in at least two seating positions. Your vehicle owner’s manual will tell you if LATCH is present.
You can also look for the built-in latch anchors which are usually marked by a symbol or tag on the vehicle’s seat. LATCH-equipped vehicles will have two lower anchors and one top tether anchor installed in each LATCH seating position. Convertible cars are not required to have tether anchors. LATCH-equipped child safety seats will have two LATCH attachments that connect to the lower anchors.
Forward-facing safety seats will also have one top tether strap that connects to the tether anchor in the vehicle. Lower anchors are small horizontal bars that are found in the rear seat of the car where the seat back and bottom seat cushions meet. Top tether anchors for forward-facing safety seats can be found in different areas of your car such as the floor, underneath the vehicle seat or the rear-window shelf.
- Consult your car manual for help.
- The top tether attaches to an anchor in the vehicle.
- Top tethers greatly reduce the amount of head movement a forward-facing child may experience in a crash.
- Infant car seats have lower attachments only.
- If your rear-facing infant seat has a detachable base, only the base will have a set of lower attachments.
convertible child safety seats have both a top tether and lower attachments. When installing this seat in a rear-facing position, usually you use only the lower attachment hooks. Some convertible seats available in the United States use a top tether when rear-facing.
- Check the safety seat’s manual.
- Forward-facing child seats use both a top tether and lower attachment hooks.
- LATCH may make it easier to get the child seat in right the first time and every time.
- With LATCH, you install your child safety seat without using your vehicle seat belt.
- Of course, you should always check your vehicle and car seat manuals for specific details, but here’s some general guidelines for using LATCH: First, fasten the safety seat’s lower attachment to your vehicle’s lower anchors.
Tighten and adjust according to the instructions in your manual. You may need to use your upper body’s weight to press down the seat as you attach the lower attachment hooks for a tight fit. If you are using a child safety seat in the forward-facing position, attach the safety seat’s top tether strap to the top anchor in your vehicle.
How long should a child be rear-facing?
When can you turn the car seat forward? – According to the AAP and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), children up to 3 years old should stay in a rear-facing car seat until they reach the top height or weight limit suggested by the car seat’s manufacturer. When your child hits one of these limits, they can ride in a forward-facing car seat with a harness and tether.
How big do babies have to be to face forward?
While 1 year and 20 pounds used to be the standard for when to flip car seats around, most experts now recommend using rear-facing child seats until children outgrow the top weight and height recommendations of the car seat manufacturer. This means your child may be rear-facing until well beyond their second birthday.
There are some situations in which facing backward may seem uncomfortable for a child—like long road trips where it seems like the little one’s legs are cramped up against the back of the seat. You shouldn’t let the baby face forward in the car simply because they seem uncomfortable or don’t like to be rear facing.
Tots are generally very flexible and even when they seem cramped up by adult standards, they can actually be quite comfortable. Adding a mirror that allows your child to see themselves (and you) while you are driving can help alleviate stress and boredom.
Is the Graco SnugRide 35 front facing?
(Last Updated On: January 2, 2020) 
Graco SnugRide SnugLock 35 For many years, the Graco line of SnugRide rear facing only car seats has featured well-fitting, easy to install and use mainstays of the car seat market. With this long history of awesomeness in our pockets, we were excited to learn that Graco was releasing a new line of seats with an updated, easy to install base: the SnugLock line.
This review covers the not-very-base-at-all base model, the SnugRide SnugLock 35. Key Features of the primary SnugRide SnugLock models (other variations may be available) : The SnugRide SnugLock 35 featured in this review has 4 harness slots and standard j-hook lower anchor connectors on the base. It does not have a no rethread harness.
The SnugRide SnugLock 35 DLX has 4 harness slots on the infant carrier portion of the seat larger SnugLock arm and premium lower anchor connectors. The SnugRide SnugLock Platinum has a no rethread harness on the infant carrier portion of the seat, the larger SnugLock arm, and premium lower anchor connectors.
