I had to chime in here because I also noticed someone is using this on a 6 month old. Just because your child is 20lbs does NOT mean that you can put them forward facing in a car seat. They MUST be 1 year old AND at least 20lbs. If they are 6, 7, 8 months or so on, and 20+lbs. they must STILL face backwards untnil they are one year old. I know others mentioned this but this issue cannot be stressed enough. It looks like a great seat and I'm about to buy one for our 15 month old. Can't wait.