https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 17:53:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat/page/2#post-617406 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:15:04 +0000 Dandelion 617406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds's booster seat is on the passenger side of the back seat, because that's the side of the car he gets in and out of at school. So, dd's carseat is behind me. I didn't want to put her *right* next to ds, so that he has a place to put things down in the middle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat/page/2#post-617358 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:03:16 +0000 bunnylove08 617358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>passenger side </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat/page/2#post-617328 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:50:28 +0000 anbanan15 617328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends on the manufactures recommendations for your car and how far the latches are apart on the car seat you pick out. </p> <p>We have a ford escape and our graco snug ride could only go on the sides per our cars manufacture recommendations (middle latches were too far apart). We kept the seat on the passengers side. Once we switched to our britix marathon we were able to use the center, which I prefer much more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-617269 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:37:09 +0000 Smurfette 617269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Yeah I did a search cause now I am paranoid that we have it installed on the wrong side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-617212 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:24:08 +0000 sorrycharlie 617212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ours is behind the passenger. I drive a highlander, and even there i have to use both hands to heave her up and in (she's a heavy little thing). I'll also be putting her convertible there i think, i heard passenger is safer than driver because when parked on a street you're out of traffic.</p> <p>ETA - LMAO! didn't realize this was an old thread and I already responded. back to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-617166 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:15:20 +0000 Smurfette 617166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was told by the inspector at the fire house to not put the infant seat in the middle. If you get hit from behind there is no front seat to protect the seat more. Plus on my car I can't use the latch system, since the belts are for the sides seats. He ended up installing it on the passenger side for me. But now I wonder if that is good, cause I worried about side air bags. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406870 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:53:03 +0000 MrsRcCar 406870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our carseat is installed on the passenger side of the car. When we came home from the hospital it was installed in the middle seat. I didn't like the way it sat in the middle seat and I believe that it is more secure on the passenger side. Plus it is much easier for me to get it in and out myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406864 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:49:13 +0000 glimmersnaps 406864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo (I just lol'ed at your name and avatar) My Corolla is a 2009 but I've gotten it recently so I never had the infant seat in it. </p> <p>In my experience with workers in most baby stores, their knowledge about stuff like that is hit-or-miss. If you put in your state and zip code here, you'll get a list of certified car seat inspection technicians in your area. (<a href="http://www.nhtsa.gov/cps/cpsfitting/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.nhtsa.gov/cps/cpsfitting/index.cfm</a>)</p> <p>Before you buy, you might also find some reviews/advice here: <a href="http://www.car-seat.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.car-seat.org/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406355 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:54:54 +0000 Bao 406355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I heard the middle is the safest, but the latch system is on either side, so she goes behind the drivers side, its much easier to get her in and out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406343 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:50:01 +0000 rachiecakes 406343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have the LATCH system for the center seat (2012 Prius)and the car manual doesn't suggest tethering it between the two side LATCHes. I felt that since the manual says to use behind the driver or behind the passenger, for safety, that's probably my best bet. DS sits behind the passenger seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406338 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:46:29 +0000 loveisstrange 406338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Passenger side. Our carseat doesnt fit right in the middle.</p> <p>I read this when doing reasearch:</p> <p>"But there’s a major caveat to this recommendation: the middle car seat is only safest if a full seat belt (rather than just a lap belt) is used. So if you’re driving an older car without a full, 3-point seat belt, your children are better off sitting in a back window seat." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406312 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:39:02 +0000 yoursilverlining 406312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Passenger side. I wanted her behind me (driver), but I couldn't find the latch system on the driver side in my 4Runner (maybe there isn't one?....maybe I'm just a dummy?). Either way, she's on the passenger side now with the latch system. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406261 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:21:08 +0000 Mrsbells 406261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I originally wanted to have the car seat in the middle but my husband put it behind the passenger seat and now I am used to having it there and wouldnt have it any other way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406250 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:16:38 +0000 banana 406250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have our baby seat in the middle and my son's seat behind the passenger. When I went to go get my car seats inspected by the California Highway Patrol, they recommended moving the baby seat to he middle (to avoid side impact injuries) and to move the toddler seat behind the passenger seat (to avoid having the door open on the street side...safer to load kids on the sidewalk side). Having the baby in the middle is kind of a pain to load, but it sure makes it easier for someone to sit in the back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-406215 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:05:10 +0000 tororojo 406215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@glimmersnaps: What year is your Corolla? I have a 2009 and have been wondering where we should put the infant car seat...the goal is to go to a baby store and try installing it sometime soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405629 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:20:03 +0000 pl0508 405629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meggo5: ok so LATCH is preferable to seatbelt?</p> <p>- nevermind - seems that it is! Thanks ladies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405614 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:51:35 +0000 sorrycharlie 405614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's behind the passenger because it wouldn't pass inspection in the middle. We have a highlander. Now I'm glad that's where it is, because I can barely heave her into the base as it is! And she's only around 10 lbs!</p> <p>We drive a highlander. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405612 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:44:10 +0000 lavender 405612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have ours behind the passenger seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405558 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:17:49 +0000 pastemoo 405558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Behind me because my seat is more forward than DH's--so usually behind the driver's seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405520 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:04:39 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 405520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put it behind the passenger because we needed to push the seat up so that way it was easiest. For Baby boy 2 we're going to put his seat behind the driver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405509 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:59:25 +0000 luckypenny 405509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Middle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405507 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:57:48 +0000 MamaCate 405507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like pps, ours is behind passenger because LATCH was only available on the sides, not middle. I don't know why we picked passenger side--I think because it is easier to see/check on LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405491 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:47:49 +0000 erwoo 405491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first he was and still is behind the passenger seat. With my second he is behind the driver seat. I would love to put him in the middle but, 1) there's no latch, and 2) he's getting SO heavy that I don't think I can get him out easily from the middle seat. Although, I would have more room to sit on long road trips to my SIL's house... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405483 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:43:56 +0000 glimmersnaps 405483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Passenger side is easiest for me to see and reach while I'm driving. When he was tiny we had him in the middle and it was truly a pain. I talked to a car seat installation expert with the highway department and he said the backseat of my car is so small that the placement really didn't make a difference safety-wise. (I was driving a Civic then and now I have a Corolla, which isn't much bigger) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405399 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:14:38 +0000 MsMini 405399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Passenger, because our middle seat doesn't have LATCH and the car seat clinic recommended LATCH over seatbelt installation, and said that passenger is safer for getting kids in and out (since driver's side opens into the road when you park on the street). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405385 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:01:16 +0000 T-Mom 405385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The safest is where you can get the best install! We are behind passenger and behind driver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405383 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:58:41 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 405383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Middle with the LATCH system. I live it because two adults can ride with me in the back if messes art and not have the squeeze in the middle (they'll get window seats).<br /> Plus- I can park on any side of the garage of parking space and not have to worry about leaving room on one side to get baby out. I can choose which side to grab him from if I park too close to another car or the wall of the garage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405305 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:48:50 +0000 prettylizy 405305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In her infant seat she was behind the passenger because it didn't fit anywhere else without me having to adjust my seat as the driver. The convertible fits in the middle and it's been working well for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405239 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:37:43 +0000 doodlepoodle 405239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Middle but it's a total PITA now that he's getting bigger. We'll probably get a convertible car seat by the first of the year so I won't have to heave-ho the car seat into the back seat. (We both have SUV's, apparently we hate the environment?) lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-do-you-put-your-car-seat#post-405236 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:34:36 +0000 lovehoneybee 405236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Middle, as was recommended by our car manual. Our car doesn't have a LATCH system thing like newer cars have (our car is a 1999). It is a little bit more of a pain to get the car seat out, but we can still do it without waking him up, so it's not a huge issue. </p>