https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 00:28:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2184245 Wed, 20 May 2015 09:40:31 +0000 anbanan15 2184245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: How are you going to get the infant seat over the convertible? I'm trying to imagine it, but I cannot see how it would fit lifting over a RFing seat to get it into the base? Seems more cumbersome than buckling a child RFing while reaching over a base? Curious because I have heard other people mention this but I don't get the legistics of how it would work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2184239 Wed, 20 May 2015 09:33:18 +0000 anbanan15 2184239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS 4 and FF is in the center<br /> DD 18 mo is RF behind passenger<br /> When baby arrives in Novemeber s/he will go in an infant seat behind driver </p> <p>If your car allows it, the least protected goes in the middle. If you have one FF and one or two RF, the FF goes in the middle because they are least protected. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2184218 Wed, 20 May 2015 09:02:27 +0000 MenagerieMama 2184218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: me neither! I never got around to confirming but I just trusted her. Again, if we end up needing all 3 seats I'll have to check! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2184202 Wed, 20 May 2015 08:50:11 +0000 Foodnerd81 2184202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MenagerieMama: hmm weird. Never heard of that before! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183924 Tue, 19 May 2015 21:55:27 +0000 MenagerieMama 2183924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Our car has center latch but the middle seat also has a fold down arm rest/cup holder to use if no one is in that seat and when we had our infant seat professionally checked they told us we couldn't put a seat in the middle due to that issue. I didn't see it in our manual but never double checked it and just trusted the pros! I guess if we end up with 3 LOs and the same car I'll have to investigate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183874 Tue, 19 May 2015 20:49:34 +0000 cmomma17 2183874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: same. Toddler behind driver, baby behind passenger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183864 Tue, 19 May 2015 20:36:20 +0000 Charm54 2183864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When #2 comes we will move DD FF to the driver side and put infant seat in the passenger side </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183860 Tue, 19 May 2015 20:32:59 +0000 PinkElephant 2183860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FF 3 year old behind the passenger, RF (infant seat) 1 year old behind the driver. We used to do the opposite, but depending on the car we are driving (we don't own so drive rentals when we take road trips or have major errands to run), the 3 year old's legs can reach the seat in front of her and she kicks when she gets bored. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183847 Tue, 19 May 2015 20:26:28 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2183847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two rear facing convertibles on the outside. No one in the middle. We have a forester and can't do a latch install in the middle. Toddle behind the driver, infant behind the passenger.<br /> Legroom is tight in the front. :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183809 Tue, 19 May 2015 19:55:52 +0000 mrsrugbee 2183809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea the best way to set up my kids. I drive a Honda Odyssey and DD will be RF (19mo) when DS arrives. I figure I'll have them moth in the middle row: bucket seat behind the driver and DD in the convertible behind the passenger but I wonder if there's a better way, especially for the winter.</p> <p>I'm thinking of taking out one passenger seat in the middle row and closing them all in the car with me while I buckle them all. Oh logistics... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183768 Tue, 19 May 2015 19:05:06 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2183768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I figured it would be hard to clip in the child into a convertible in the middle seat if there was a car seat and/or car seat base on either side. Whereas with the infant seat, I can clip her in before she goes in the car and then just plop it in place.</p> <p>I feel like it would be really had to buckle a kid into a RFing convertible in the middle.</p> <p>I don't know....I'm not too sure of the logistics of having three yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183765 Tue, 19 May 2015 19:01:06 +0000 pinkb 2183765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd is FF behind he driver and DS I in the infant seat in the middle. DD actually helps try and calm DS when we are in the car and he gets upset. She loves to hold his hand too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183763 Tue, 19 May 2015 18:59:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 2183763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: why the infant seat in the middle? Because it's the easiest to put in (like you tighten the straps outside the car then just click the seat in)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183756 Tue, 19 May 2015 18:53:35 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2183756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One on either side (no one in the middle).</p> <p>When we have 3, the infant seat will go in the middle between the 2 convertibles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183710 Tue, 19 May 2015 18:13:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 2183710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 has been behind the passenger since she was born. She is now 2 years, 8 months.</p> <p>DD2 has been behind the driver since she was born. She is 4 months. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183569 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:25:34 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2183569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMini: I agree! At age 3 she is a HUGE help to talk to him, sing to him, hand him a new toy or paci. She's FF in the middle and he's RF behind the passenger. Getting her buckled isn't too bad, no different than if she was just a single seat in the middle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183561 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:21:04 +0000 Foodnerd81 2183561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMini: that is so stinking cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183551 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:19:02 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2183551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>20 months and 3 weeks. RF convertible behind the passenger seat and the infant seat is behind the drivers seat. No one is in the middle because I have the same thoughts as you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183550 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:19:01 +0000 MsMini 2183550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with my 3 year old behind the driver and baby behind the passenger. About a month ago my 3 year old asked to sit beside his sister (now 6 months old), so we moved him and I wish I would have done it sooner. They love to chatter to each other and he will replace her soother etc for me. It also left a better spot for a passenger to sit in the back with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183545 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:17:46 +0000 Foodnerd81 2183545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: yeah I don't give her hard toys usually but the snack catcher is the only thing that keeps her awake sometimes. I don't think the new baby should be eating her leftover Cheerios at 2 months. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183542 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:16:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 2183542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: I'll double check but I know t does allow center latch, which tells me you can put the seat in the middle. We never did since we just got this car in November. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183539 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:15:38 +0000 twodoghouse 2183539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have two 12 month olds. Their seats have always been behind the passenger and driver, both with two infant seats and two rear facing convertibles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183537 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:15:22 +0000 Foodnerd81 2183537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: it seems like the install would be a lot harder right up against each other. And now I'm remembering that we do have center latch, but one of the anchors is shared with one of the sides, I think it's the driver side, so we could only use latch with one and it's so much easier that way. (Like there are five anchors in the backseat). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183536 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:15:19 +0000 rachiecakes 2183536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Check your car's manual, too. My car specifically says not to use the center for a car seat but my husband's car can be three across. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183532 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:14:42 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2183532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The recommendation I received was to put the "least protected" person in the middle - so the older child because infant carriers are the most protection. </p> <p>We plan on having the infant carrier behind the driver and LO1 RF in the center. We don't give LO1 hard/heavy toys in the car anyway, so I'm not too worried about her throwing them into LO2's seat, but I hadn't thought about snacks. And most of the people I know who have 2 carseats just go to the other side of the car to buckle them in, so it's not much hassle to sit in the seat beside the car seat and tighten the straps. I guess if it's a problem, we'll move her over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183530 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:13:16 +0000 regberadaisy 2183530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 is behind driver side and baby is behind passenger. It's the only way it fits in our car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183527 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:11:29 +0000 Alivoo01 2183527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was planning on having DS in the middle since he's in the convertible and the baby on the side seat behind the driver. However, when I looked at the seat buckles, I wasn't sure how I can securely fasten the infant seat. The buckle for it butts up against the buckle used for the middle seat. Even on the other side, the buckle will be up against DS's car seat making it difficult to latch/buckle.</p> <p>I'll try anyhow, but if I can't, then one car seat behind the passenger and one behind the driver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-kids-where-are-their-car-seats-situated#post-2183517 Tue, 19 May 2015 15:06:46 +0000 Foodnerd81 2183517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have two kids in car seats, how are the seats situated and what are the ages? </p> <p>When c was in her infant seat we had her in the center position, since it's safest and it fr best between the front seats that way. But we got a bigger car and have her convertible RF behind the passenger seat now. I figure when baby 2 comes we will have the infant seat behind the passenger and the convertible FF behind the drivers seat. But I see people talk about having one in the center, which seems like it would be hard to buckle and like my older LO might whack the baby with a toy or drop snacks in the baby seat...</p> <p>(c will be about 28 months when new baby arrives). </p>