April 2014 Moms

3 carseats in Ford Edge

Not totally pregnancy related but we bought our car seat today and finally puzzled all 3 into the back of our Edge! Sh!ts about to get real!



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#3 EDD 4.02.14

Re: 3 carseats in Ford Edge

  • That doesn't seem safe to me...
  • add..but I'm a FTM lol so what do I know! Lol Sorry iPad cut it off from the 1st post.
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  • I believe that you installed them right, it just seems like so much in such a tight space! Didn't mean to offend.
  • thomas930 said:

    Awesome job Mama!  Two Radians and a Keyfit?



    3 across is perfectly safe as long as they installed properly and independently secure.
    Yup! I did have a terrible time puzzling the Radians in there too because that middle seat is pretty narrow. I started to panic that I wouldn't be able to do it! But I was able to with seatbelt install on the FF instead of LATCH.



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  • Thanks for this post! I will be doing this in my edge next week!!
  • Yeah, 3 across usually goes a little better when the seat belts are used instead of LATCH. For some reason LATCH takes a bit more space. 
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  • thomas930 said:

    Yeah, 3 across usually goes a little better when the seat belts are used instead of LATCH. For some reason LATCH takes a bit more space. 

    I was told today it's just because they center the seat and with a seatbelt install you can kind of push the seat outboard more (I hadn't realized that was still safe).



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  • MtgMom said:

    Thanks for this post! I will be doing this in my edge next week!!

    Good luck! The middle seat is super tricky because you can't LATCH borrow and the buckle is oddly placed.



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  • This is what it looked like when I had the FF installed with LATCH and tried to get the RF next to it. The middle seat buckle was underneath the Radian.



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  • This will be us too. We had to buy new car seats to make it work, cheaper than a new car
  • Love the Diono Radian...they can fit 3 across in a compact car!
  • I was pulling my hair out trying to RF our Radian and Keyfit in our Sentra. Nice work! :)
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  • We were playing with three across yesterday. A radian is definitely in our future. I know how hard/frustrating it is to figure it out, glad you're done!
  • We have been trying to figure out if we would be able to fit 3 seats in our car or if we have to buy a new one. Are you using 2 radians and and an infant carrier? How old are your first 2 children?
  • kvnolan said:

    We have been trying to figure out if we would be able to fit 3 seats in our car or if we have to buy a new one. Are you using 2 radians and and an infant carrier? How old are your first 2 children?

    Yes. I have a 3 1/2 year old in a FF Radian, a 21 month old in the RF Radian, and a Chicco Keyfit for the new baby.



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    MC 7.11.11
    DD born 5.24.12
    #3 EDD 4.02.14
  • We kept trying to configure ours into my Dodge Journey and went all eff it yesterday and bought a "new" car with a 3rd row. I'm getting nervous about the conspiracy theory of the world being created for families of 4.
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  • Awesome job!
    We will have 3 across as well (in a Buick rendezvous), but luckily my kids are older and have boosters so not much to work out.
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