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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.

I'll try anyhow, but if I can't, then one car seat behind the passenger and one behind the driver.

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.

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.

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.

DD1 has been behind the passenger since she was born. She is now 2 years, 8 months.

DD2 has been behind the driver since she was born. She is 4 months.

@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.

I feel like it would be really had to buckle a kid into a RFing convertible in the middle.

I don't know....I'm not too sure of the logistics of having three yet!

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.
Legroom is tight in the front.

When #2 comes we will move DD FF to the driver side and put infant seat in the passenger side

@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!

@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!

@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.