I have never heard of a car seat in the front. Whether legal or not, it appears that back seat is safest. Do what you know is best for your child.

I only have a 2 seater car and I have been told that it is perfectly acceptable to have the car seat in the front AS LONG AS The passanger airbag is disabled and the seat is pushed back as far as it will go.
(I'm in the UK)

Heya, I think you may have already got most of the info you need, but I thought I would post this website for you:
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/buy...seats/newborn/
Its really good for this and everything else!! We are first time parents too and this has helped me out alot!! Hope it helps you!
xxx

Car seat has to be in the back unless you have disabled/have no air bags on the passengers side in the front.

The law here in Australia Queensland....

If you read, you will see that a child can be in the front but only if it is a ute or has a single row of seats, but the seat can't be reversed. You will aslo notice that children MUST be in a restraint till the age of 7


Babies and children

Babies aged 0 to six months must be secured in an approved rearward facing baby capsule or infant restraint that is properly fastened and adjusted.
Babies and children aged between six months and four years of age must be secured in either an approved rearward facing child restraint or an approved forward facing child restraint with built-in harness that is properly fastened and ajdusted. It is recommended that a baby remain in an approved infant restraint for as long as possible.
Children who have reached four years of age must be secured in an approved booster seat with a H-harness or a booster seat with a secured adult seatbelt that is properly fastened and adjusted. The child must be secured in this manner up until they turn seven years of age.


The rules recognise that some children may be too large or too small for a specific type of child restraint.

• If your child is too small to move into the next level of restraint, you should keep your child in the lower level restraint for as long as possible (for example, a child who has turned four but is too small for a booster seat should remain in a forward facing child restraint with a built-in harness).
• If your child is too large to fit into a child restraint specified for your child's age, your child may move into the next level of restraint. A child is too tall for a booster seat when the level of the child’s eyes is above the level of the back of the booster seat.

Seating children in the front passenger seat

Whether your child can sit in the front passenger seat will depend on the age of the child and whether there is more than one row of seats in the car.


If the car has one row of seats only (for example, a ute):

• a child of any age can sit in the front seat if the vehicle has only one row of seats provided they are properly restrained. If the vehicle has a passenger airbag fitted, a rearward facing child restraint should not be used.

Where there are two or more rows of seats:

• a child under four years of age cannot sit in the front seat of a vehicle that has more than one row of seats, even if the child is three years of age and large enough to sit in a booster seat
• a child aged between four and seven years of age cannot sit in the front seat of a vehicle that has more than one row of seats, unless all the other seats are occupied by children under seven years of age.

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home...ng_a_restraint

Here is a link to the pics of the sort of car restraints they recommend

I am having really trouble with car seats - I have a smart roadster which is only two seats and their is no way to turn off the airbag unless you buy an official baby carrier and seat from smart - £270 Plus - 4 hours labour at merc dealership prices to install - this is also only usable until 8 months old!

I am in the process of deciding weather to bother or just change cars but it is a real pain!!

Legal rear facing seats have to be either in the back or in the front with no passengaer airbags or the airbags turned off.

You have have front facing seats (groups 1+ about 8 month old ish) in the front with an airbag if the seat is all the way back but it is not recommended.

Dont know if it helps? I never thought it would be so confusing!

Ive herd of baby seats rear facing in the front but i cant turn the passenger airbag off so thats a no go for me xx

Thank you all very much for your replies!! Looks like baby will be in the back seat!! Lol really appreciate the advice

I have a Smart Fortwo.
you can buy the base bar and get that fitted into the passenger seat (Wellsmart sell these online http://shop.wellsmart.co.uk/baby-sea...cket-445-p.asp)
That will disable the passenger airbag. (any smart independant or merc garage should fit this)
You can then fit whatever car seat you like into the car although the carn't isofix compatible.
I have a Maxi Cosi Cabriofix car seat and I shall just use the seatbelts to fit it into place.