Height and Weight Limits

Height Limits:

• There should be at least one inch between the top of the child’s head and the top of the car seat. Because some kids have longer legs and others longer torsos, it's impossible to give a height limit in terms of the child’s total height (since it's only the torso height that matters).
• Note: the child’s feet touching the back of the vehicle seat is perfectly OK and does NOT indicate that the child is too tall for rear-facing.

Weight Limits:

• Most infant carriers go to 20-22 pounds. Exceptions are the Graco infant SafeSeat Step 1 and the Chicco KeyFit 30 Infant Car Seat which both go to 30 lbs, and the discontinued Cosco Opus/Designer 35, which goes to 35 lbs.
• Most convertible car seats (seats which convert from rear-facing to forward-facing) have rear-facing weight limits of 30-35 pounds.