April
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Finally! 20 days before my baby is going to be born I have a livable solution to getting 5 car seats in my van. We took out the captain's chairs from the second row and replaced them with a third row bench. So I have a third row bench in the second row and the third row. I couldn't get any combination of seats to work for MY kids in the third row without using a RSTV (which happens to be illegal in Canada.) Today I got three across in the second row and then the other two in the third row.
Third row:
Parkway (old style), Nautilus
Second row:
Backless Turbo Booster, FF Radian XT (installed with seatbelt (was with UAS but I changed it), KeyFit (installed with seatbelt)
I couldn't get this combo to work in the third row because of the way the wheel wells stick out. This is actually pretty darn close to ideal as I have the KF behind the driver, which is what I wanted, the youngest forward facer in the centre, which is what I wanted, both boostered kids on the passenger side so they can get out safely in the school drop off line, which is what I wanted, and my 4 year old in the Nautilus driver's side third row where I can still reach her to help her buckle on the occasional time when she has trouble.
There is a slight overhang to the side of the Turbo booster, but I'm not concerned. I'll also have to buckle that booster in to prevent it from being a projectile. I have a Clek Oto that I could put there, but because the lower anchors are offset towards the centre, I can't latch it in. It may work with a backless Monterey because of the flexible latch, but I'll investigate that later.
Pictures:
Overhang on the side of the Turbo:
Maybe 1/8 of an inch of overhang on the side of the KF:
View from the top (excuse the Bits & Bites on the floor):
And the third row:
Third row:
Parkway (old style), Nautilus
Second row:
Backless Turbo Booster, FF Radian XT (installed with seatbelt (was with UAS but I changed it), KeyFit (installed with seatbelt)
I couldn't get this combo to work in the third row because of the way the wheel wells stick out. This is actually pretty darn close to ideal as I have the KF behind the driver, which is what I wanted, the youngest forward facer in the centre, which is what I wanted, both boostered kids on the passenger side so they can get out safely in the school drop off line, which is what I wanted, and my 4 year old in the Nautilus driver's side third row where I can still reach her to help her buckle on the occasional time when she has trouble.
There is a slight overhang to the side of the Turbo booster, but I'm not concerned. I'll also have to buckle that booster in to prevent it from being a projectile. I have a Clek Oto that I could put there, but because the lower anchors are offset towards the centre, I can't latch it in. It may work with a backless Monterey because of the flexible latch, but I'll investigate that later.
Pictures:
Overhang on the side of the Turbo:
Maybe 1/8 of an inch of overhang on the side of the KF:
View from the top (excuse the Bits & Bites on the floor):
And the third row:
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