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pomegranate / 3658 posts
Middle seat (we did our research and found out that's the safest place, got confirmation of this when we got it inspected) and it had to be seat belt since out car doesn't have LATCH in the middle seat (found that by looking up our model of car online).
honeydew / 7463 posts
@LindsayInNY: Middle seat as it is safest! Also, since you're also in NY, I used a professional car seat safety guy who taught us how to install it with and without the base. He was recommended by our infant cpr & safety teacher. He also showed us how to safely strap the baby in to the seat itself. The number of people who install the carsest and strap the baby in is insanely high, that's why we did it. I think he charged $100 and came to us. (I think you're outside of the city so he may not go to you, but if you come to him I think he charges even less). We're about to use him again for convertible car seat installation. Let me know if you want his info and I'll wall you.
grapefruit / 4681 posts
@anonysquire: yes what @avivoca: said. That's the tether and most seats do not allow it to be used refacing and/or your car may not allow using it when refacing, so you will want to double check both manuals. You will want to tether for sure when you turn the seat to FF.
grapefruit / 4862 posts
For LO1 it was center with seatbelt as our center seats don't have latch in the Camry. We have a new car so for LO2, it will be latch either behind driver or passenger (captain's chairs) but we'll have to see how they fit and pick what's best for ease of putting them both in. I haven't decided yet!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
@anbanan15: yes to the LATCH limits! At some point a belt install is necessary and I personally feel it's so important to be able to install the seat belted and with LATCH.
We've had the seat in every postion except the middle, it seems. Our cars have had either a hump or those pull down things to acess the trunk, so we've alway installed the seat outboard.
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