How did you decide where to place your infant car seat? I have always read/heard that the center is the safest place, but our car (a Volvo), doesn't have the LATCH system in the middle, just on the two sides. We tried installing our car seat (the Peg Perego Primo Viaggio 30/30) in the middle using the seatbelt and the base and no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get it as tight as we wanted. We tried pulling the seat belt as tight as possible and we could still wiggle the car seat significantly. So today DH installed it using LATCH on the back passenger side and he says it seems much more secure that way.
What do you guys think?
Re: car seat question...
I have mine in the middle right now and it's a PITA! Jen, you look as petite as I am (5'1) and it kills me everytime I have to get the infant carseat out. I have bruises on my knees and my back hurts. Why I haven't moved it over to the passenger side??? Still don't know!
This is def. a factor! I'm 5'3" and the car is a hybrid SUV so it wouldn't be easy for me to get the car seat in and out if it were in the middle, esp. since this particular car seat is pretty heavy. But I didn't want to just put her on the side out of my own convenience/comfort since I had always heard that the middle was considered safer. In our case, however, I am thinking it's better to stick to the side since the LATCH system seems so much more secure...
I always read that the center was the safest and the next safest place was the passenger side so thats where we have Jake since the center won't work. We had the same car seat as you Jen!
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It's the XC60, Leanna. I don't get why it doesn't have LATCH in the middle
Thanks ladies...I think I will leave it on the passenger side with the LATCH.
I was told that the LATCH isn't that great, that traditional seatbelts are much better (the fire dept installed my car seat and told me that) - he put it in the middle seat with the regular shoulder belt.
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