Is it ok to put the carset in the front seat? - As long as it's facing rear?

JilliansMom wrote: My 6 week old HATES her carseat. I mean..she literally screams when she's in it. I think it's mainly b/c she feels like she's alone b/c she can't see anyone.

One time when it was just me and her coming home in the car, she was screaming so hard, so I got her carseat and put it in the front passengers seat, facing rear and buckled it in and she was so much happier that way b/c she could see me. And also, that way if she started fussing, I could just pop the paci in her mouth.

Is this ok? I know she's safer in the backseat facing rear, but when it's just us...is it ok to put her carseat in the front passengers seat facing rear???

ammommy replied: No. Especially if you have air bags in the front seat that cannot be shut off. Sorry to yell the answer, but if the air bag were to go off in your car, it could (probably would) kill your child. I'm not usually so blunt, sorry.

Do you have a mirror up on the back of her seat so that she can see things? That helped my kids. Also, constant chatter from me soothed them, too. Both of my kids hated the car seat for the first couple of months, then suddenly outgrew it. I also know people who have brought in the pumpkin seat and used it as seating inside to get the child used to being in it. I know it's incredibly hard to hear your child scream while you feel helpless, but please don't put her in the front seat.

OK, I had to edit the yell. I felt bad because it looked so mean.

aspenblue1 replied: I wouldn't put her in the front seat. Kyrsten hates her seat also. Maybe you can try to play some classical music or something to calm her.

mckayleesmom replied: Nope.....My daughter was the same way...They usually outgrow the screaming fits. I always looked at this way.....Its better for them to scream...they are not going to die from it, but they could die if they are not in the car properly.

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: I agree with everyone...not a good idea at all. Hope it gets better for you!

ediep replied: no, don't put it in the front...try hanging a mirror so your baby can see and you can see her. we got one that has elmo on it and my son liked looking at it when he was that age

good luck

huggybugboy replied: no no no. My friend has the same problem. She put her two month old in the front seat rear facing and last week she was in a terrible accident where a chain off a semi truck next to her snapped and hit the car. The only reason that the baby is alive at all is because when the chain hit, it hit the windshield and so the airbag didnt deploy. Please Please Please do not put your child in the front seat no matter how hard it is.

Jamison'smama replied: Just sending support--my son cried for his first 5 months in the car and most of the 6th--he has just very recently calmed down--still doesn't love it but he's better! Hang in there and keep her in the back.

b&bsmom replied: Absoultly No! Besides the mirror you can also try putting a pic of you and family up in the car too. I agree talking to her letting her know you are there. It is very dangerous to put her in front. Good luck.

redchief replied: The ONLY time a carseat can be placed in the front seat is in a pick-up truck equipped with an air bag kill switch (and use it please). Never place a child in the front seat otherwise.

3_call_me_mama replied: Please KEEP her in the back. An infant should never be rear facing in the fron t of a vehicle with airbags. (There should be a BIG YELLOW warninggn sign in your vehicle AND on your carseat.) Try music or talkign to her, or a mirror as others have suggested.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Definitely not.....

although the salesman at the car dealership yesterday told us that our new vehicle was 'sensitive', as in - we could put a child in the front seat, and it would automatically kill the airbag as the weight of the child or infant seat wouldn`t be enough to have the airbag deployed - it gets 'pushed back' and stopped. It even has a little display picture that lights up.... but I would never put a kid in the front anyways.

A&A'smommy replied: definitly NOT okay!!! Alyssa screamed at first too but they get use to it and everyone else gave you GREAT suggestions on ways to entertain your baby!!