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And isn’t he supposed to be rear facing???

not only is he not strappe din properly, he’s not REAR FACING!!! What a dumb a$$ bi*ch!

Is that really her?!

okay its not rear facing, he doesnt look strapped in correctly, and isnt it not such a great idea to have him in a convertable - being that he is so young -

He is supposed to be rear-facing until he is a year old!! Anon @ 7:26…I agree Who in the world would put a baby ina convertible with the top down!! I feel so bad for that poor girl! She better start shopping in the mini-van section at the car dealership!!!

I agree…go get a mini-van Britney. And ask someone to show you how to work a car seat properly!

Oh please, she doesn’t need a mini van!!!

But I agree about the rear facing seat.

Also, I believe Sean Preston is strapped in correctly, he’s just bent forward because he fell asleep.

Some people should be sterilized….

and to think she is having another one! it will be amazing if her kids live to be 5 and not have a major medical condition! Some people have no right to ahve kids and she is the poster child! Also since she is such a moron why does she not just hire a nanny and admit she has no idea what the hell she is doing!

If he was strapped in properly, he wouldn’t be flopped over like that. His seat is too big for him…it’s not an infant seat, and therefore, the shoulder harness doesn’t fit. He’s bent at the waist. A properly restrained baby wouldn’t be able to do that, and a properly installed rear facing infant seat…which he should be in…would be reclined about 45 degrees.

She doesn’t need mini van, but she does need SERIOUS education on how to keep her child safe in the car. Improperly securing a child in a car seat too big for him is just as dangerous as not having him restrained at all. Why doesn’t she just strap him to the roof and be done with it.

rear facing until a year old OR 20 pounds. okay so moms out there, didn’t you count down the days until you could put your child in a forward facing carseat? people, it is not fun to drive when your child is freaking the f**k out in the back seat. it does make a huge difference in their driving tolerance level when they are facing forward. i will admit that both my children were forward facing before they were a year old and i am not an unfit parent, just a mom trying to keep her sanity while driving. i’m not defending brit, i think it’s pretty pathetic that she is riding with the top down…just give her a brake on the carseat thing.

oh and by the way, when a baby falls asleep in a carseat no matter how old, their head rolls forward. physics!

In some states a child is required to be in a rear facing seat until they are BOTH 1 year old AND 20 lbs.

In some states children need to be in a rear facing seat until they are BOTH 20lbs AND a year old.

Its one year AND 20 lbs…not OR.

She is an idiot.

anon 7:49, sterilized?

Children have to be at least 1 year old and at least 20 pounds before they are facing forward NOT one or the other. After they can hold their heads up, around 4 months you can put them in a convertible car seat but rear facing. If a child falls asleep and is strapped in correctly their head will go to the side or a little forward but only the head not the whole upper body. She doesn’t need a mini van but a convertible is not the safer car to ride on.

Someone needs to take this poor child and the one on the way away from her.

That carseat is a convertible carseat and it’s not too big for him. He would most likely be too big for an *infant* seat (though there are a few that accomodate larger/older babies). That convertible seat should be rearfacing and his straps should be snug enough that you can’t “pinch an inch” at his shoulders. If his seat was properly installed at an appropriate angle and his harness straps were properly tightened his head wouldn’t flop forward like that. To the side, yes…to the front, no.

She probably installed the seat forward facing because in that small of a 2-door car it’s going to be a tight fight (but definitely workable) and difficult to get him in and out. It’s a shame that some people choose convenience over safety when it comes to carseats.

BTW, most safety and medical organizations (AAP, NHTSB, etc.) as well as carseat manufacturers are now recommending that children stay rear-facing until the limits of the carseat (30-35 lbs depending on brand). It will probably take several years for states to change their laws, but in the meantime remember, the laws of a state don’t protect our children from the laws of physics.

it kinda looks like the shoulder strap is under his armpit instead of over his shoulder. she wouldn’t really be that stupid would she??

Okay to solve this whole mess, per the website on California Child seat laws, it states:

* “Babies ride rear-facing and reclined (45-degree angle) until 1 year old and at least 20 pounds.”

Per this website: http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/safetyseats.html

Anyway, to be fair, SPF is 8 months old, and surely is at least 20 pounds. Yes the law says rear facing, but who didn’t place their child forward early??

Just because you don’t do it in this picture, doesn’t mean she’s a bad mother.

Sure maybe she’s made some piss poor choices, but she’s a first time mom, who was perfect with their first child, much less their next one?

You have some mom’s who go by the proverbial book right down to every little measurement and movement.
Then you have some that take what they learn from family and friends, and still make a mistake here and there.

Now as for SPF falling forward, have you ever looked at your kid in their seat, hooked up right, seeing them past out, with their head off to the side?
If you haven’t then LOOSEN those straps some so they aren’t able to move period.

Give her a break.

ummm, my son is 2 and when he falls asleep in the car his head goes to the side AND forward. it’s really sad sometimes and you wish you could hold their little head up for them but that’s not realistic. they do have these little things that you can put around their neck, but is does NOT work.

amen anon 8:28am you are so right. finally someone who respects the sanctity of the love a mother has for her child (those feelings are still real even though shes famous people) its so disgusting the way people call her a bad mother and say such ugly things- its wrong and why dont we put cameras in your house and document how f-ing perfect you are with your kids every day.

To the ignoramous who keeps saying that people turn their kids early- yes, they might, but that just means they aren’t good parents either. The law is a year and 20 pounds for a reason- their neck isn’t strong enough to survive an accident until then. So, what’s more important- what family and friends say or your child’s life? I chose my child’s life. TYVM You need (and so does BS apparently) to watch some of the videos they have on what happens to infants when they are put FF too early. You might just decide to change your mind.

Yes, you are anxious to turn your child forward facing but at 8 months old…..they have probably just learned to sit up!! Maybe at 11 months And I agree with everyone if he is in his seat properly and the straps are tight enough then there is no way he would be doubles over in his seat to the side and front YES, but NOT doubles over. He is practically laying over the side of his seat.

Mini-Van….if she keeps having kids that is what she will need. I don’t think 2 car seats will fit in that mini??!!

My son was WALKING at 8 months. Most babies are sitting by 4 to 6 months.

Anon 8:35..the sanctity of the love a mother has for her child? Doesn’t that mean putting your child first? Sacrificing for his or her safety? Doing everything within your power to make sure that the child is always safe, happy and secure? Can’t say that Britney excels in those things. I don’t think her child should be taken away from her, but she needs someone to sit her down and educate her about child raising. She needs to have the fear of God put in her. Perhaps watching some of those movies will finally motivate her to secure her child properly when driving. She keeps putting him in these situations..after driving with him in her lap I would think that she should be ULTRA sensitive about safety issues. She should know better!!!

OMG you guys! I understand the human need for each person’s perspective to be the “right” one (ego), and I also understand what the law states, but generally speaking what works for you doesn’t always work for the rest of the world. You don’t always have to be right and it’s okay for other people to do whatever the heck the want with their own lives. If it doesn’t affect you, why on earth do you care so much?

Well, her decisions don’t just affect her..they also affect her son. And when her decisions put him in danger, and break the law, then people are going to talk. Besides it’s so much fun AND so easy to make fun of her. She really is thick as two short planks.

Bottom line and all that matters is that she is breaking the law. The law in California states that the child must be rear-facing until they are one year old AND 20lbs.

She is breaking the law AGAIN when it comes to driving with her child - remember this is not the first time she has made a bad decision when it comes to the safety of her child.

Not to mention if he was strapped in properly he would not be hunched over like that - not only is he leaning forward but also totally to the side. if he had the proper shoulder straps that would not be possible. And if you look close enough you can see that there is not shoulder strap……

IRRESPONSIBLE!

Looks like she has a Britax. I have the same carseat for my 7-mo-old, and he does NOT slump like that when he falls asleep.

anon 8:35am - It’s the price that she pays for fame. She gave up her privacy the day she started raking in the big bucks for belting out a tune.

And I don’t care who you are, if I see your 8 month old leaned over in his forward facing car seat I am going to think that you are making horrible parenting decisions.

anon 8:10am - Is it really the best choice to choose your sanity over your child’s safety? Kids cry it’s a fact of life. You can’t always make it stop as quickly as you’d like but it’s better to learn how to deal with it early rather than later.

My son will be 4 yrs old in less than a week and he still sits in a booster that is latched to the car with a 5 pt harness. When he doses in the car his head may fall forward or to the side but it’s just that his HEAD not his torso.

Okay guys, let’s all just lighten up! Hotmomma help, say something funny…quick!

i know! everyone getting a little too excited and taking everything so freaking personally. relax

My daughter didn’t hit 20 lbs until a few months after she was 2 years old, due to minor health problems. I turned her around WAY before she hit 20 lbs, because we didn’t know how long it would be until she hit 20 lbs. (She was on a feeding tube for the first year of her life) Could you imagine a 2 year old in a rear facing car seat?? Does that make ME a bad mother??

Yeah, it looks bad, but how many of your kids are able to get their arms out of their straps, or get out of their straps all together? I have 5 little nieces/cousins and my mom has been watching babies since I was a baby.. and these kids are escape artists!! Yeah she can tighten the straps, but does everyone have to come down so hard on her? It’s amazing how people really do think that celebrities are supposed to be perfect. Well they’re not, they’re people just like us!

oh man, I dont care what any of you say. That doesnt look right at all. Even when they fall asleep in the carseat they dont usually slump forward that much nor SHOULD they. Geez, it really looks bad.

Anon 8:43…you are 100% correct about the neck strength comment. I take care of a girl who is 9, and she is short, and I STILL have her in a booster b/c of where the seat belt hits her neck. No one is getting decapitated on MY watch.

Britney is a fucking IDIOT. Those kids don’t stand a chance.

SHE IS BREAKING THE LAW! This is the second time she has endangered her son while driving (that we know of) and this is not ok !! She wanted to have kids so young then she needs to know how to care for them!

I’ve seen people defend her because she’s young or she’s a first time mom. Well guess what, I’m a few months younger than Britney and I have a 9 month old son. My son is 21+ pounds and is still rear facing and will be until he reaches the limit, 35 lbs, on his car seat. Just because she is young or a FTM doesn’t mean that she should be excused from caring for her child properly.

Yes, I CAN imagine a 2 year old in a rear facing seat. My 3 year old is rear facing. It is common practice in Sweden to keep kids rear facing until they are 5.

Watch this crash test of a forward facing seat. And this is the best scenario. The child is actually old enough to forward face (unlike Sean) and the buckles are properly tightened.

http://www.oeamtc.at/netautor/html_seiten/kisitest_2002/videos/test2002/frontcrash/maxicosipriori.mpg

Then, watch this rear facing video.
url=http://www.britax.fi/quicktime/TWside240.AVI

The kid hardly moves!

I know so many parents cry “Broken Legs” with extended rear facing. But to that I reply, Broken neck from forward facing too soon? Or a broken leg? You choose.

I makes me sick when idiotic parents can’t handle a little crying or use the “It’s Soooo much easier forward facing” reply. Get a fricking life. It’s your childs LIFE we’re talking about.

Boo hoo, so it take a few more seconds to strap your child in rear facing. So you have to listen to a little crying. So you can’t hand your kid a ton of candy and soda while you’re driving. Get over it.

I am not a mother, but looking at these pictures makes me feel very uneasy about his health and safety. I know that she is a new mother, but there are instructions with the car set when you purchase it. Also if you are to lazy to read these instructions, please get your nanny, cook or gardener to do it for you. If regular mothers who do not have all the resources she has can figure out how to install a car seat, high chair or crib properly I can’t see why see can’t pay someone to do it for her. She does loves her son, but she is a pampered celebrity that has no COMMON SENSE. Please pay someone who does.

That girl should have gotten a good lesson in how her irrisponsible actions got a ton of publicity from her last car-baby stunt. From the way she carried on (”I was only doing what I thought was best for my child…”) you’d have thought she would have gone out and hired someone to teach her everything possible about the correct use of a carseat, etc. Either she didn’t, or she’s just too thick to remember any of it. Yes, anyone can make a mistake and as a mom, we all try do what’s best for our children, but she doesn’t seem to be learning from her mistakes. She seriously needs to hire a “parenting coach” or something.

And for the record, a 2 year old (especially one under 20lbs) would look (and BE) much safer rearfacing. Lots of people keep their kids rear-facing until 30-35 lbs which means they may be more than 3 years old when they finally hit that weight. They are perfectly comfortable rear-facing –they fold or cross their legs (just like they do when sitting on the floor) or sometimes dangle them over the sides of the seat. Most kids love rear facing because it gives them somewhere to put their feet. Watch some crash test videos (here’s a great site: http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/stayrearfacing.aspx) and if that doesn’t convince someone to keep their child rear-facing as long as the seat allows, then nothing will.

And a crying baby (they all go through a phase of crying in the car), “smooshed” legs, or “they can’t see anything/I can’t see them” are pitiful reasons to turn a child FFing (especially before 1 year and 20 lbs.). Do we induce labor at 6 months because their legs are “smooshed” in our uterus? (There are no documented cases of a child’s legs/hips being broken due to rear-facing past 1 year. There are many documented cases of severe/fatal neck and/or spine injuries due to FFing before age 3). Do we let them play in an unsafe area (like the middle of the street) or with unsafe objects because they’ll cry if we don’t? C’mon people, who’s the parent in your house????? It’s one thing to not know that it’s safer to keep your child rfing until the weight limit on the seat, but to read/hear the information and still ignore it (or turn the child FFing before 1 year AND 20 lbs.) is just sad and something I’ll never understand (and I’ve heard every excuse in the book).

The videos that people have posted just go to show why kids need to remain rear-facing. I want to go turn my 2 year old and get my 5 years old a seat and turn them both around to rear facing. It is scary to think that YOU could be the reason your child gets seriously injured!! SCARY THOUGHT

Anonymous 10:11 & 10:22 - Very Well Said!!! There are no good excuses for turning a child FFing before 1 year and 20 lbs. (not to mention it’s against the law). And I can’t even think of a good reason for turning a child forward facing AFTER 1 year until they’ve hit the weight limit for their seat. I’ve been told by people that it’s cruel that I keep my kids rearfacing for so long. I say it’s cruel to turn the forward facing before 33 lbs (the limit on my seat). It’s all about physics people! Even my 6 & 7 year olds still want to rearface but they’re too heavy for the seats in the US. Now if we lived in Sweden, they’d both still be rearfacing and happy!

And Britney, hire someone to teach you how to properly restrain your son in the car (actually, just find a free car-seat inspection in your area). You obviously didn’t learn anything after the first incident. I’m afraid to think of all the times that poor baby hasn’t been properly restrained. Either leave him at home with a GOOD nanny or learn how to properly transport him.

Front facing and NO HAT! This woman needs a mommy intervention.

He is NOT strapped in correctly, as there should be a strap coming over each shoulder, as well as across his lap. The shoulder straps hold him upright so that, even if he is asleep, he should not be slumping like that. If she had an accident with him in that position, it would cause spinal injury . . . at the LEAST. I can’t believe that she cares so little for her baby that she either does not take the time to learn, or does not take the time to follow, guidelines to keep him safe. It’s a shame she is having another, when she can’t care for the one she’s got. Callous stupidity.

BOTTOM LINE really is its none of anyone’s business and to say someone is a bad mother or to accuse her of not loving her son is disgusting- get a life.

Some of you say to give Britney a break. Why doesn’t she give her BABY a break?!?

I worked for an Accident Reconstruction Officer for the State Police. He handled only those accidents that involved a fatality or injuries that were so severe they were expected to culminate in a fatality.

Some of you who think the writers are being too hard on Britney need to take a look at some of the photographs he takes for court evidence. See then if you think she deserves “a break.” I can tell you, with certainty, that the court would not give her one in the event of an accident.

Once the damage is done, it’s too late to get it right and then become a responsible parent.

make a message board.

Since when is the safety and well-being of a child . . . ANY child . . . none of business? It should be EVERYONE’S business!!

First of all carseat regulations go by weight and not to be mean to the little guy but he looks like he fits the requirements. Secon of all I doubt she is speeding off, she is on a road with no lines. For all we know she had to take him in the car for a bit to get him to go to sleep.

So here’s an idea…lets pop out another one so she can not only put him in danger, she can be a single mom to TWO instead of just one.

actually the laws go by weight AND AGE. she is once again endangering her child - what a mindless girl - so unfit to be a mother - and to think she has one on the way! oh god!

Wow you people are pathetic. You have such little to do with your time that you get online and bitch about britney spears? I was once told “People only talk shit about other people because they are jealous or insecure”. So what you people are so unhappy with yourselves you need to find faults in others? WTF? Get a life.

i agree its none of anyone’s business. its the business of law enforcement. no one has the right to cast judgement on anyone’s parenting skills or lack there of, especially someone you dont know and know nothing about the situation. maybe all you freak outs should be talking shit about the law enforcement where she lives.

please people 20 years ago most people drove there kids around in cars that had no seat belts, they drove them around and allowed them to sit in the back of station wagons that didnt even have seats and most people turned out just fine. as a society we’ve become so hyper sensitive that all anyone ever does is look for reasons to point the finger. crossing the street with a baby in your hands is potentially deadly, giving a 10 year old a lollipop is potentially deadly, allowing you children on the beach can very likely cause skin cancer or possibly a shark attack. its time to get real people. true it may not be the most responsible thing to do but some comments you people are making about her being an unfit mother are so cruel and unnecessary. have some class, didnt anyone ever tell you not to discuss other people’s personal lives as if you have a clue? seems like all your mothers did a great job on teaching you how to treat others.

CPS should switch her child out with a rag doll…Think she would notice?

As the mother of a 15 month old i am shocked at this picture! That child should be rear facing (and to the poster who keeps saying: who doesn’t turn their children early? um…most people.) Because they are smart and care enough for their childen’s lives and learn to put up with the so called “fits” in the back seat. My daughter is rear facing still and will be until she meets the weight restraictions for the carseat. Then of course she’ll be moved into a booster. That baby also isn’t strapped in properly!!! aaah!!! he’s so slumped forward that any kid of quick stop would eject him from that vehicle. I won’t even get inot the fact that she has him in a convertible with the top down and no sun protection. I like Britney i really do but this is ridiculous!

I think its silly to say its nobodys business. I mean, if thats how you really feel then wtf are YOU doing reading a blog geared toward celebrity gossip??????????????? Duh.

Thanks Hotmomma! Right on, man! That was hilarious.

C’mon, Hot Momma…please put something else out here. All these folks are flippin’ out. Everyone please realize that ALL of us fall short of being perfect. Try not to pass judgement.

“I makes me sick when idiotic parents can’t handle a little crying or use the “It’s Soooo much easier forward facing” reply.”

First of all, it is unnecessarry and RUDE for you to call me an idiot. Second of all, you are in Sweden, I am in America, and the cars/car seats probably are designed differently. I have small children. As in, my 4 year old doesn’t weigh 35 lbs. If I put them rear-facing, they would be curled up in the fetal position. Is that any safer?

All she is really trying to do is ‘one-up’ Shar. She had two kids with K-Fart, so now she has to try and out do her. She is an idiot who has no idea what she’s doing. Hell, with all that money she could hire Shar to teach her how to be a real Mother!!!

My 6 yr old was still in a booster until recently, she well met the regulations, but I just wanted to be safe.

However, we do NOT know the full story here.
She could have been doing nay number of things.
The photo could have been photoshopped.

If you look close you can see a belt across his tummy.
I know my girls both wiggled out of their seat belts and were in that position.
It didn’t matter that I did the whole “pinch an inch”, they still fell forward in such a way that some might have thought I didn’t fasten them in right.
I did the whole sit in the seat myself to make sure it doesn’t budge when attaching it to the car.

I moved my daughter FF before her 1st birthday, but I got permission from her doctor, and it wasn’t the law here then.

My neice, she’s going on 2, she’s 36lbs, her sister, she’s 3, and she weighs 22lbs.
By these standards, she was to be RF until recently.
(she’s thin, but tall, healthy, just the “thin” she got, whereas her sister got the “chubby” mommy copy cat genes - in case you’re wondering)

I think some of you personally have no life to be sitting here bitching about a picture of Britney and her son, that we have no clue what happened before the shot, or after.

Why sit here and debate her choices?
Sure she’s a celebrity and is under the media scrutiny.

But aren’t there others to whine about?
Paris?
Lindsay?
Angelina?

Leave the poor girl alone now.
Let those around her worry about her and her son.

There is NOTHING any of you can do about it.

Uh…anyone care to talk about the fact that this photo is taken from a helicoptor. Not sure what to think about a helicoptor following a car with an infant in it so that paparazzi can snap pictures to sell for big bucks. If I were her, I’d want to get my kid the hell out of there too.

no one is perfect.

are you any better then her to pass judgement on her?

“he who is without sin casts the first stone”

its obvious he should be strapped in more tightly, as well as the fact that he should be rear facing and the seat should be angled better so his head doesnt flop over. at least she has a safe car seat, not that it is doing much for her as she apparently has no idea how to keep her baby safe.

My dd rear-faced until 27 months - when she hit the weight limit of her convertible seat. I was not willing to give up the safety benefit before then. Not everyone has to keep them rf that long (although it is far safer), but please keep them rf’ing to a min of a 1 yr AND 20#’s. Please. Look at the videos/links posted above in a pt.

Sean is in Britax Marathon. And he is too loose. The straps need to be tight enough that a person can’t pinch ANY slack in an up/down pinch at the shoulder. If they are tight enough, nothing but their head can slump.

JJ - Child Passenger Safety Technician

okay people, we have established the following things about this situation:

* Sean should be Rear Facing.
* Sean should be strapped in tighter.
* Sean should be in a different seat.
* Sean should have a hat on.
* Sean should NOT be in a convertible.
* Britney should have one of the following:
# mommy intervention
# Sean taken from her
# a good talking too
# every name in the book thrown in her general direction

* The helicopter pilot isn’t wrong from hovering over her.

Come on people get a life now.
Stop throwing names at Britney, it’s a picture.
You don’t know what’s going on here, except what you want to assume.

Now please Hot Momma find another picture to show!

There was a story about shar talking about how good a father Kevin is, or the story about Denise & Charlie coming to a peaceful choice regarding the restraining order and possible custody issues.

There are other gossipy stories, now go get a life!

everyone here is an expert, of some sort huh??

Gee I feel so much better knowing all these child safety experts are so busy chatting it up on a gossip message board.

How about you??

It doesn’t take a safety expert to see that Britney obviously has no clue what the F*** she’s doing. Sean obviously isn’t restrained correctly and it’s SAD.

Yes, I am an expert. I am a CPST. That means Child Passenger Safety Technician for those of you who don’t know better.

CPST’s ARE the experts when it comes to car safety.

So as an “expert” I’m telling everyone, “It is AWFUL, THOUGHTLESS and IDIOTIC for ANY parent to turn their child forward before they weigh 20lbs and are 1 yr old.”

First of all if ya don’t have a child yourself, then shut the f@*k up!! You don’t know what your talking about! That always happened with my daughters head to, THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT TEENIE BOPPERS!!

Actually the California law doesn’t say anything about 1 year AND 20 lbs. - it only says kids up to 60 lbs have to be restrained. It even says that a child under 60 lbs. can ride in a forward facing car seat in the front seat if you have a 2 seater. It says that if the child is less than 20 lbs. OR under 1 year they can’t ride in the front seat in a 2 seat car. As far as rear-facing goes - according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - here is the California law for infant seats:

younger than 1 yr. or less than 20 lbs. or in a rear-facing restraint system in rear seat only if front passenger air bag is active; 5 yrs. and younger or less than 60 lbs. in a rear seat2 (rear seat requirements eff. 1/1/05)

That said - I still wouldn’t turn my child around that young - she’s 17 months old and still rear-facing in my car. She rode forward facing in DH’s car for the first time last week. And SP is not strapped in tightly enough.

But she’s not breaking the law - she’s just not smart enough to work the straps on her seat properly.

Just had to say that not everyone puts their child forward facing early. My daughter is 13 months old and 22lbs. ans still happily rides rear facing. In fact the few times that I have put her forward facing she screamed for most of the car ride. Not sure what’s going on in the pic or if that’s even Brittany for that matter, but if it is then someone really needs to teach her a thing or two. However the girl does deserve a break. For all we know all this stuff that is online, in the magazines, and what not is all just made up.

Myabe he did have a hat and he took it off.
and maybe he was strapped in properly but took his arms out?
Is she meant to stop in the middle of the road to put his hat back on and strap him back in every time he does it?
Babies are little wrigglers!

Its better that she cause an accident than to have her child sunburnt.

Her in New Zealand we put our babies forward facing at 6months. Guess that makes us a country of bad parents.

Ok, I haven’t read all the comments, but just wanted to answer a question asked. Someone said, “Can you imagine a 2 year old rear facing?” Yes, I can. Our first child had severe medical problems & was rear facing his entire life. He died from complications of his chromosomal anomaly at age 2 1/2. W/my youngest son, I specifically bought a seat w/a rear facing limit of 35lbs (our middle child’s seat only went to 30lbs). He reached that limit around his second birthday & only then did we turn him forward facing b/c rear facing is safest. I understand the temptation many feel to turn their child forward facing ASAP, but, for me, my child’s safety will ALWAYS come first. My first son, didn’t cry audibly much due to his medical issues, but my youngest has a healthy set of lungs on him & can CRY! Even when he’d cry 3 solid hours b/c of wanting OUT of his car seat, we’d NEVER have him not buckled in while driving, nor were we willing to turn him any sooner than necessary even if it would have made him happier in the car or made him cry less. Just my 2 cents.

Okay since we have an expert on here, I’d love to know if they are currently registered with the NHTSA?

Also according to the, all you are trained for is to help install child safety seats.

So that only makes you an expert in how to properly INSTALL the child safety seat.

But you know what, this has all gotten out of hand here.
Big deal. It’s Britney’s life and her son.

Some country’s allow you change your child’s position to FF earlier then the US, but I guess those countries all have TERRIBLE parents now, seeing as they do it.

But wow, the kids live……..

Seriously all of you who sit here and bitch about this, why not go take care of your children instead of whining about Britney and her kids.

Are you jealous that she can give her kids what you can’t monetarily?

Now seriously, go take care of your children.

And for those who don’t have kids, you really shouldn’t be running your month until you’ve had a child.

And I am so happy that all of you have decided that you are a better FTM or that you are the all mighty know it all here.

Just leave the poor girl alone.
You only see TWO pictures here.

What is the rest of the story?
Maybe she stopped right after to fix Sean……

You don’t know that.

And of course a picture of Sean hooked up right wouldn’t drawn headlines now would it??

Oh if you care to find a CPST close to you, check out this link by the National Highway safety board.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cps/contacts/index.cfm

CPST’s ARE the experts when it comes to car safety.

No they are the experts to installing a child seat right….

#1me…gossip is very different than hurling personal attacks about someone and their child. there has to be a line somewhere if you are any kind of woman with class.

I WOULD THINK THE CHILD WELFARE WOULD LOOK INTO REMOVE THIS CHILD … STAR OR NOT SHE IS STILL PLACING THE CHILD IN DANGER. TIME TO TREAT THE STARS WITH THE SAME RULES/TREATMENT.

while most of these posts about child car safety may be correct to some degree (as many are completely wrong)the only realistic post (and one worth reading) is anon 1:02. i hope some of you *perfect* mothers out there dont skip the talk with your kids about how to treat other people with empathy and respect- some of the obnoxious/mean comments on here make me fear for the children you all are raising.

You know no one has yet to mention in any of these comments the fact that she has her convertible top DOWN. THAT in itself is dangerous to Sean because the wind coming in especially in the back seat of that car would be forceful and take his breath away. Ever taken a baby out on a windy day? Strong winds take their breath away! BAD MOVE BRITNEY!! Get off the carseat already people the OXYGEN DEPRIVATION is the problem here!!

They’re a HUGE difference between being a “perfect mother” and putting your child in blatant danger! My 2 year old still rides Rear Facing because it’s SAFER. I don’t take shortcuts when it comes to his safety. I don’t think anyone should take shortcuts when it comes to the safety of their childrent.

Bottom line. SPF should be rear facing and he’s NOT. If he was buckled in properly he would NOT slump. I don’t know how you women who say your children slump are strapping in your kids… but if the chest clip was where it is supposed to be only his head would be able to slump.

I suggest you all take your carseats into your local fire station and have them help you install them properly.

I’m not really surprised, actually, isn’t it like 80 percent of carseats are not installed correctly?

LOVE LOVE LOVE to see you all putting convenience before the needs of your children… JUST LOVELY.

shut the f!!k up! enough already!!!

anon 8:59am you seem pretty distressed by the comments, heres a hint: dont click the comments tab.

Anon 7:33, you are amazed at how so many have their kids slump over?

Have you ever had a wiggle worm child who can get their arms through the straps, and put their arms OVER the straps?
Or like my neice who can undo the little clip there to stop that.

Every time my kids fell asleep in a car they would slump over, not quite like Sean does, but still slump over.

All of us here need to just get over this, seriously.

We only see a second into this story.

Why not worry more on your own kids, then her’s?

You should be more concerned with raising your child right with manners, then to teach them to talk dirt about others.

Lead by example.

I guess as long as she keeps him away from the swimming pool everything should be okay.

tsk tsk tsk - no matter how stressful it is with your child rear facing, it’s no excuse to bend the rules. that’s why they have inventions like the mirror specifically for rear facing toddlers and anxious moms. that’s an awful shame.

“First of all, it is unnecessarry and RUDE for you to call me an idiot. Second of all, you are in Sweden, I am in America, and the cars/car seats probably are designed differently. I have small children. As in, my 4 year old doesn’t weigh 35 lbs. If I put them rear-facing, they would be curled up in the fetal position. Is that any safer?”

YESSSS!!!! It IS MUCH safer!

Here are some kids sitting as safe as they can be:

http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbumAll.aspx

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Is it plain awful parenting to allow your child to travel front facing before 12 months or
20 pounds?

Is it plain awful to keep poisons within easy reach of a 1 year old?

Is it plain awful to allow a baby to play unattended near water or in the bathtub?

Is it plain awful to leave a baby unattended on a changing table or high surface with no
guard rail?

Combined, drowning, poisoning and falls don’t add up to the number of infants under 1 year
who die in motor vehicle crashes. Yet, many parents who are wise enough to prevent these
types of injury dismiss the risks of allowing a child to be improperly restrained in a car.

If a front-facing baby under a year old or under 20 pounds is in a frontal crash, there is
a real risk of severe complications to the spinal cord, or even death. A rear-facing seat
would greatly reduce these risks. In fact, when used correctly, rear-facing seats are so
safe they often allow a baby to survive a crash that would not be survivable for adults in
the front seat.

So, why would a parent risk a child’s life? I’m always interested to hear what valid points
parents use to keep their children unrestrained or improperly restrained. I haven’t heard
one yet that is a good enough reason for me to change my mind and subject my kids to a very
real risk of paralysis or death. The 12 month AND 20 pound rule is not a casual rule-of-thumb.
It is an absolute minimum point to allow a child to be front-facing, based on statistics.
It is also strongly endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, who also recommend
children remain rear-facing as long as possible.

I can’t get over all the people defending Britney, whose only pathetic comebacks are something to the effect of that this doesn’t make her a bad mom. So help me out here… does this make her a good mom? I do mind my own kids and I also volunteer my time to check carseats in my community. I had to take a 32 hour course, like all CPS Technicians, just to