Ethan's First Forward-Facing Car Ride

Ethan has officially met the guidelines to turn one of his carseats from rear-facing to forward-facing. For those of you who are not familiar with these guidelines, convertible carseats generally can be turned around once a child is 1 year old and at least 20 lbs. We have a primary carseat that we purchased new installed in my car (where Ethan rides about 95% of the time) and a back-up carseat that we purchased from a neighbor for our other car. Unfortunately the manufacturer of our primary carseat states that it can only be turned around once a child is 22 lbs, so Ethan needs a little more weight gain before we can turn that one around, but we turned the back-up one around this evening and took Ethan to a local outdoor mall for a walk and to grab some dinner. At first he seemed perplexed as to why he was facing the same direction as mommy and daddy, but he loved it!