Those with an infant and a toddler

KMEss86 · June 2013

I'm struggling with where to place to infant and toddler car seats. Right now, my son is forward facing on the passenger side. I was thinking about keeping him there and putting the baby behind the driver (Yes, there is enough room) just because I don't think I'll be able to hand my toddler things or look back and see him if he is behind me. I don't think I'll be able to see the baby no matter where she is. Any thoughts on this from a safety/ convenience standpoint?

Soap1 · June 2013

That's exactly what I did when DS2 was born. And I even had both of them RF for a while (DS1 was only 15 months old).

logoz80 · June 2013

I plan on doing the same thing. Let my 2 year old watch the baby, lol

orangecurls · June 2013

This is how my little guys are, but both are rear facing. I can reach both of them, but it is much easier for me to reach the older one, that sits behind the passenger seat.

alake · June 2013

I have five in car seats. I drive a 8 passenger 2013 Honda Odyssey.

Middle row:

Driver to passenger:

Eryn 9 months in Chaperone. She will get switched in August when we get home from Italy and Canada to a Cocoro.

Logan 2: RF in a RXT

I have removed the seat behind the passenger seat.

Back row:

Summer 7, FF in a harnessed Recaro prosport

Leah 5: FF in a RXT

Mallorie 3 months RF in a cybex aton.

this is how a tech set up my van for me. Mal, and Logan are my niece and nephew, who we have legal guardianship of. We got custody of them in February, right after Mal was born.

Leah was RF up until this point, in her RXT. It was her choice to be RF, I would have been fine with her forward facing. She would still fit RF, she is 39 pounds and 41 inches at nearly six.

I would also be fine with Summer in a booster seat, but she prefers a harnessed car seat. She weighs less than 50 pounds.

BeanNut · June 2013

This is what we did at first. When we switched #2 to a convertible car seat, we changed her to the passenger side and #1 to the driver's side. The only reason for this is that I park on the street at home so it's important to have DD1 in a safe place (our yard) while I load #2.

And I can still see #1 in the rearview mirror behind me.

tracy41 · June 2013

I didn't have a choice since my infant seat won't fit on the drivers side, but I do like LO on the passenger side since I can see him in the mirror. DS1 can just tell me if something's wrong or he needs something. Then again I do mostly freeway driving so he's learned that I can't reach back and give him things or pick stuff up while we're moving.

sschwege · June 2013

Our set-up is the same as what you are describing except DD is still RFing. We live in Chicago and the car is almost always parked on the street, so it's safer because I don't have to walk out to the street with DD, plus right now it's quicker to get DS in since I just snap him in so safer for me as well.

emberlee3 · June 2013

It is way easier to have the FF toddler on the passenger side, that's where DS was until DD was born. We don't have room for DD to rear-face behind the driver, so we had to switch.

DynoMight · June 2013

We keep the toddler FF on the passenger side and infant RF on the driver side.

We used to have the toddler in the center and the infant RF behind the driver, but my DS liked to grab and torment his little sister so we separated the seats so they can still see each other but can't reach each other. It's much more pleasant in the car now.

Grk_Natasha · June 2013

I had this setup until I recently switched DD to a convertible. Rear-facing just took up too much space and I had to move my seat up so much that I couldn't drive comfortable. So now toddler is behind me. And I feel sorry for whomever has to sit in the passenger seat!

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