This is dumb. Most children can barely fit in rear-facing car seats at age 1.
“... most children barely fit in rear-facing car seats at age 1”
My first two didn’t. We took them out of the rear facing around eight months because their little legs were all scrunched up. Plus, they reached the age where they wanted to see Mommy or Daddy. For years, my position in the passenger seat was my head/neck turned to the left and talking to the back seat area.