How did you install your carseat?

kbowman78 · July 2011

LATCH or seatbelt? Is it in the center rear position or on one of the sides? I'm just curious. We had ours in the center rear with LATCH but then someone at work told me LATCH wasn't "made" to be used in the center seat; only on one of the sides. I checked my car owners manual and my car seat manual and neither said anything about it.

klynne924 · July 2011

We have our carseat in the center since that is supposed to be the safest place for baby. The couple of people at BRU that looked at it when I was trying to find a wedge to fit right both put it in the center. I think our carseat manual MAY have mentioned something about the rear center seat. I think if it's secure enough that it isn't going anywhere and it sits the correct way, I don't see why it matters if it's in the center. There are some cars I've tried to put DS's carseat in the center and it just won't work so we've had to put them on the sides. To answer your questions though, we have DS's carseats in the rear center in both vehicles.

Daisy22 · July 2011

Bailey has always been on one of the sides either behind the passenger seat before bryce and now behind the driver seat. Bryce is now behind the passenger seat. Our old cars they were seatbelted b/c they didnt' have latch. Now both our suvs have latch so we use that. Our Pilot has LATCH in all three positions in the middle seat and 2 positions in the 3rd row. My RX only has 2 LATCH positions but the carseat does't fit properly in the middle anyways.

When I went to the cobb county safety village for the carseat inspection, the officer and another worker said that unless your car manual says otherwise any of the back positions are safe as long as the carseat is installed properly. The carseat is designed to take impact and stay safe through an accident no matter where it is located.

slwprincess · July 2011

There are some cars that don't have 3 sets of latch points- only on the sides. If so, you cannot use LATCH in the middle b/c u have to "borrow" from the side and that is not safe. When it was just Gavin we used the center. With 2 kids they r each on a side.