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where are you putting your car seat??

babymama_brynbabymama_bryn
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passenger side, or middle?

I have a cuv, and i feel like i'd be reaching in reallllly far to get the seat out ofthe middle and it might be difficult.

 So im kinda wanting to put it in the passenger side seat....is that bad?!

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Re: where are you putting your car seat??

  • CiconradCiconrad member

    I have DS's on the passenger side.  I would have preferred the middle but the way our middle seat is shaped (it sort of humps up) didn't allow for the car seat to be sit securely.  When baby #2 arrives, I'll move DS to the driver side.

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  • JibbelleJibbelle member

    In my car it is in the passenger side (the instruction manual for that car says NOT to put it in the middle).   In DH's truck it is in the middle, which works out great because you can put the front seats back really far that way....but....I will have a hard time getting the baby/seat out...it is just too far for me to reach.  So if I am alone I wont take the baby in the vehicle.

     

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  • BabyLove987BabyLove987
    Check the owner's manual of your car.  It will tell you where to put it. 
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  • Melaina25Melaina25 member
    If it is just the driver in the car, passenger side.  If there is a passenger, behind the driver.
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  • dionnemd10dionnemd10 member
    the car!  ha no seriously we are putting it on the passenger side-we have to move the toddler to the drivers side.   base is in so we are all ready.
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  • beckyanddonbeckyanddon member
    my cousin is a certified installer an she wanted it in the middle, but it would not fit so it is on the passenger side.... she said that was fine.
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  • melinaalysonmelinaalyson
    the safest is in the middle. (i guess unless your instructions tell you differently)  you can ask chp so properly install for you and they'll know.  ours is in the middle and you get use to it.
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  • IheartkeviIheartkevi member
    Our police station does free weekly installations, and the officer put ours on the passenger side to use the LATCH system.
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  • zeptattoozeptattoo member
    I put mine in the middle b/c I am very short and its the only place I can even remotely see it.  The instructions were for anywhere in the car and I don't have that hump thing in the way.
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  • NJBride4-8-05NJBride4-8-05 member
    Check your owners manual and get it inspected by your local police or whom ever does it.  Honestly what is more convenient for you isnt necessarily what is safest.  For almost 3 years I have been putting her in the middle or walking around to get her out of the right side because that is what was safest in the cars I had while having DD.  DD will get moved behind me and DS will go on the passenger side.
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  • MrsRebeccaMrsRebecca member
    We haven't tried putting it in the car yet, but I want to see if it can fit in the middle. If not, it will go on the driver's side.
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  • slukd79slukd79 member

    Passenger.

    Middle is the safest, but I don't want to break my back leaning in to get the carseat with the baby in it.  (We have an SUV, the middle may be more doable with a car.)

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  • LittleMamaBLittleMamaB
    We will have three across...My rear-facers will be behind the seats, and my soon-to-be forward facer will be in the middle.
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  • mooetamooeta member
    We're putting it behind the driver.  Read your car's users manual to see where the safest place to install your seat is.
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  • KBLTKBLT
    I wanted mine behind the passenger seat because it was a little easier to get at, but when I went to have it installed at the local children's hospital they said I should have it in the middle if possible.  We'll try it for a while and if it is too difficult to get in and out we'll move it.  We had my niece in it this weekend and it was fine in the middle.
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  • only1erinonly1erin
    we put it behind the passenger seat b/c if it was in the middle or behind the driver my husband wouldn't be able to drive the car b/c of the room it took up and where he'd need the seat to be. i think it might be like that b/c we are using his car....which is a '97 b/c it's a 4-door and i have a 2-door civic.....so we opted to use the 4-door car; maybe it it was a newer car there would've been more room.
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  • Mrs.BoomBoomMrs.BoomBoom
    CHP said to put in on driver's side if center won't work.  Driver's side is safer than passenger because in an accident you'll naturally turn the car to protect yourself as much as possible making YOUR side the safest.
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