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Gentle discipline does not always equal redefining what is okay for you and your family just to not make your child have to change her behavior. </div>
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<p>i so soo agree with this statement. </p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>supapfunk</strong> <a href="/community/t/1367360/keeping-shoes-on-in-the-car/30_30#post_17166594"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><p>Duct tape!

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<p>i was thinking this too, but seriously, is there something you can do the shoes that makes them harder to take off? or maybe find a pair that lace real good and tell her she has to always wear them unless she can keep her other shoes on, that every time she takes off the shoes she picked out, that hte other plain shoes will be the ones you use when you have to put something back on, seems like it may work if she really loves her pretty shoes</p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>sassyfirechick</strong> <a href="/community/t/1367360/keeping-shoes-on-in-the-car/30_30#post_17167198"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><br><p>Does she weight enough to go front facing? My DD went front facing at 9 or 10mos when she hit 22lbs bc it was too crammed in our car to have her rear facing, and she was beginning to wail on even short car rides when normally she loved the car. Now she can see me and interact more with me and not feel secluded. I also have an activity panel on the seat with flash cards and things that hang for her to play with otherwise she too would have her shoes off.</p>
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<p>worst advice ever and illegal in most all states</p>
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DD will be RF until she's probably 4 years old. She weights 24 lbs, and is only 34 inches tall. Not turning around any time soon

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<p>great news</p>
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Yes well, I survived childhood without rearfacing at that age, not to mention I was out a carseat completely at 2 with no seatbelt - obv I'm still alive today. My DH is a firefighter, as was I, there are far greater things to worry about than what direction the carseat faces. Rear facing at 4 is a bit extreme IMO considerring they ride a school bus with no seat belt you aren't exactly setting them up to succeed at proper car ettiquette going from a car seat to a bus. </div>
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<p>im going to file this with the folks that tell me that they CIO or spank and feed choco super frosty bombs and their kids are fine too!,</p>
<p>in the bad, short sighted, advice bin.</p>
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Internal decapitation front facing - google it. </div>
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<p><span>my boy is just hititng the shoe fiddling stage, so im right there with you, not sure what approach will be best on him yet, let me know what you figure out.</span></p>
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<p><span>and i just ordered seats that have 50lb rear facing limits, year my kids will turn sometime near 5 and no i dont think its cray in any way, i have read the studies and unlike some super rare things that we do all kinds of things to avoid, car crashes are very likely, i have personally been in two that would have probably killed a forward facing baby, its a no brainer and little to no down side.</span></p>