How do I know if it will fit???

[hd_darcy]

I think I have my mind made-up on what kind of carseat to get, but now I need to know if it will fit in my van with the other two. I want to purchase a Regent. Would this fit in the same row with a Graco (snugride or safeseat), and a Britax Roundabout??

I have a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan.

I have to purchase online, so I can't try before I buy :(

I hope someone can help me so I can end my research for now on car seats!! Thank you.

Darcy

[CDNTech]

I think I have my mind made-up on what kind of carseat to get, but now I need to know if it will fit in my van with the other two. I want to purchase a Regent. Would this fit in the same row with a Graco (snugride or safeseat), and a Britax Roundabout??

I have a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan.

I have to purchase online, so I can't try before I buy :(

I hope someone can help me so I can end my research for now on car seats!! Thank you.

Darcy

Are you trying to get 3 across in the third row? Or have you moved the bench up into the middle position and are trying to do 3 across in the middle row?

I'm a little confused by what your trying... A Regent, Snugride and Roundabout will NOT fit 3 across in the 3rd row. I can just barely get two Radians and a Marathon to fit 3 across in our third row (we have an '03 Grand Caravan Sport with 50/50 split bench in the 3rd row).

[papooses]

What are the ages, weights, heights of each child in which carseats?
Are the other 2 backseats occupied? By whom?

We might help you rethink what/who goes where -- the Regent will not fit in a 3 across situation in your vehicle, but you can get 5 carseats or 3 carseats + 2 other passengers in your vehicle ;)

[hd_darcy]

Are you trying to get 3 across in the third row? Or have you moved the bench up into the middle position and are trying to do 3 across in the middle row?
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We are going to move the 3-seat bench to the middle for the kids. The back seat will not be occupied by anyone. My boys are 4 and 2, and then one on the way. I don't think they would like to be all the way in the back, so that is why I'd like them all in one seat :)

Thanks!

Darcy

[hd_darcy]

What are the ages, weights, heights of each child in which carseats?
Are the other 2 backseats occupied? By whom?

We might help you rethink what/who goes where -- the Regent will not fit in a 3 across situation in your vehicle, but you can get 5 carseats or 3 carseats + 2 other passengers in your vehicle ;)

I'm a bad mom because I'm clueless on the length of my 2 year old. I believe he's around 33 pounds though... He's in the marathon now. My 4 year old is around 37 pounds and 42 inches. And the third isn't even here yet. So, he will be a newborn...and..um.. hopefully a small one, as my last one was over 10 lbs..ha..ha..

The third seat wouldn't be occupied by anyone. I'd really like to keep them in the second row.

Darcy

[CDNTech]

I don't think you're getting 3 across with a Regent even if you move the bench up to the middle position... there's just simply not enough bum space to put three seats like that.

I think the only way you could do it would be to purchase Radians and they can be a little tricky to do seatbelt installs.

If I was in your shoes (and I will be very soon - working on #3!), I would put the 4 yr old in the 3rd row in a Regent, the 2 yr old in a captains chair FF directly in front of the Regent and the baby in the other captains chair.

You can install the Marathon with LATCH and that way you can just flip the captains chair forward to gain easy access to the third row. This is one of the best things about this van, since pretty much no other van out there will let you flip a captain's chair forward when a carseat is installed on it.

If you really, really want to have them all in the middle, then I would get two Radians and an infant seat. The Radians would work best if they are side by side... but if you have the 50/50 split bench a Radian will not fit in the center position at all.

If you do decide to go the Radian route, definitely come back to make sure you've installed it correctly... it requires a little muscle and sometimes a trick to get it in correctly. ;)

[papooses]

Ditto Jen.... The Regent just is not going to work in a 3 across situtation -- the Radian should, but it's difficult to get installed correctly in the 3rd row bench (hopefully you don't need to uninstall/reinstall)

For me, it's much easier to have 2 kids in the center row with 1 in the back, but that's me & we're all different ;)