How well does this seat reclinein the rear facing postion? Just a little or is it good that babies head doesn't fall forward when sleeping? We have a Britax Marathon for my 7 month old but when sleeping his head falls front. It doesnt seem to recline...
1286758
My baby just turned one year old, but she has fallen asleep in it several times. I have looked at her and never seen her neck roll. It reclines enough that she is laid back and cradled in it.
2087219
I did . But what I did noticed is that every time my baby would fall asleep in the car seat his head would totally go forward . I would literally extend my arm while driving and hold his head upright until we got to our destination . I later on figured out that it was this thing that would caused my baby to sleep with his head forward. I wanted to return it but the expiration expired . Good luck
679554
The recline is not as great as other brands such as Britax. We have had a difficult time getting it into the proper recline position rear-facing even with the use of pool noodles.
462409
Yes, it recline very easily with a handle in the front under the baby's legs. It will go in the recline position when rear facing for younger children
368996
A couple of things that I thought of:Is the seat in recline position 3?Have you removed the infant body pillow? (It's not needed if your child can sit without support.)If it helps, it looks like you can adjust the angle of the car seat in position 3, the manual talks about this on page 20.Good luck!
688910
They both recline, but the front seat has very little recline. I switched my almost 3year old to the back as she is now too big for the front. My 1year old is now in the front and is able to sleep but she doesn't look very comfortable in it as it doesn't recline very much. Months ago when my oldest fell asleep, I would have to switch her to the back and my youngest to the front. She (my youngest) would slide down the front a little so I had to put a blanket around her to keep her in place. Back is better for sleeping babies
701215
We used a different seat when our child was rear facing. We turned this seat forward facing from the beginning and also put the head rest on at that time. I can't really answer what age and height, but the book does reference when the child's head is within an inch of the top of the seat.
1437317
The head does wobble; in spite of that my son sleeps on the chair soundly. Maybe of those neck pillows will help? Buy yes, the chair is much more upright than the britax boulevard, for example.
1811824
My son was probably 9 months old when I got it and it worked fine. I don't believe it reclines all the way down though. I agree, you would potentially need to add blankets or towels to avoid the head from moving side to side.
246703
We recline when we think our 23 month old will fall asleep and it works well and prevents the forward head slump. If we forget though she slumps her head.
421849
That only happened occasionally when my daughter fell asleep. Make sure if he is rear facing that before install you have reclined the seat all the way. Another thing we did to prevent this was adjust the height so that the head piece was more level with her head/ears; this actually seems to have fixed the problem with her head flopping forward because she can rest it to the side better.
1986370
It does! I did not realize this until my daughter tried to put our granddaughter in the seat. She told me that it was not installed right. She and I reviewed the manual and found that indeed, it can and does recline and is thus in my Altima, facing backwards. Five month old granddaughter seems quite comfortable, and she first used it when she was 3 months old.
1084132
I have mine rear facing for my 13 month son. We mostly have it reclined but can not recline to all positions. I think it would sit up to all the positions but this is not necessary because his head would slump forward. He is reclined enough though. I can adjust it whenever I need and it is already belted into the seat. The annoying thing for us is tightening the dang straps!
711191
I bought it when my son was 11 months old..roughly 23 lbs..I've also had him forward facing since his first birthday. When he falls asleep his head does lay against the car seat. It's very rare that it falls forward like he did in the infant seat. I like it so much we bought a second for my husbands truck and ended up buying a third for my parents. I think it'd be ok gender wise. We were able to install all 3 seats using latch with no problem.
2175427
My kids (4 and 5--we bought 2 of these) don't really sleep in the car and on long trips we bring pillows but the few times they ended up asleep their heads end up in that little nook/cranny where you can see the headrest bows out in the picture. But I can see if your kid fell asleep in the right position, his chin ending up on his chest.Edit: Both my kids fell asleep in the car after a long day a few days ago. Both of them had their head cocked to the side resting against the headrest where it turns out (see picture).
155855
Personally, I wouldn't put a newborn in the fully reclined toddler seat. It doesn't seem very safe and comfortable when they are so little. I have used the bassinet for my baby from 0 - 7 months and now (she is 8 months) I am using the toddler seat. I think Britax also says that the toddler seat is not for children under 6 months.
1984848
We used this with our 2 month old, at the most reclined position, so he was mostly laying down. However, my son was holding his head up on his own at roughly 7/8 weeks and this may have had something to do with his head staying in line with his body.