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We had to flip our nextfit around and put it behind the driver, but she was 2.5 and I was comfortable with it. I could drive with a rf seat behind me but DH needs more leg room. I didn't try center seat for either because it seemed too hard to get someone in and out of that seat plus we don't have latch in the middle seat (I know you can do seatbelt install but I just didn't want to). We have a Lexus rx350.

I have a crv and had the bucket in the middle and LO1 rear facing behind me (I'm short). I wanted someone in the middle so it would be easy for an adult to ride in the back with them. I recently switched them around and LO1 is forward facing in the middle and LO2 is rear facing behind the passenger and when LO3 gets her in Oct we will put the bucket seat behind the driver.

I'll echo others - the younger child in my family has always been behind the passenger, since her seat (infant or convertible) has the greatest recline and therefore takes up the most room.

Give it a try. You will probably need to install both with the seatbelt since that usually gets the install closer to the door (and latch isn't an option in the middle).

If that doesn't work, replacing one of both with a smaller safety seat can work. The cybex Aton seats are the smallest infant seats and the combo coccoro is probably the smallest convertible.

Following what others have already said, we moved DS1 behind the driver's seat and put DS2 in the bucket behind the passenger seat. Since the bucket takes up more room.
Plus I feel like I can just 'see' that seat better while driving (in the rear view).

While our younger one was still in the bucket seat she was on the driver side and our older one was on the passenger side. Now we're switching since I'd rather have my young toddler on the passenger side and my 3 year old on the driver side since he's more sensible now.