tl01
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It really is crazy how many different components one has to consider when planning to use car seats in a car. It really is no wonder that most parents don't get it right and just do whatever is easiest.
Today we are putting 3 kids... Two Rfers and 1 FFer and 5 adults in my 2012 MY car. I traded in my super kid seat friendly minivan so I knew this would be a challenge. First, I had to plan out where all the seats would go, how to arrange to gain access to the third row, had to consider that no RFers are permitted in the third row, make sure the FFer was in the center of third row bc there is no headrest there (stupid), then make sure I could still use the tether on the trunk sill for my radian given we have two strollers in the trunk. I also had to twist the buckle stalk to fit the radian belt path bc the buckle was too long. I also need access to lots of seats to get a combo that worked and had to know that even though DS1 is slightly over the top slots of the radian... That he'd be okay in that seat given the radian exception. Boosters weren't working bc they were too wide and they also were sitting over on the buckle too much.
Then to gain access to the third row I had to puzzle using a toddler orbit G2 rfing with base and a radian with an angle adjuster. That combo didn't spill over into the outboard seat so the outboard one can flip forward. Now seriously, how many parents would have given so much time to getting their car seat set up just right if they are not techs. I'm sure there were other considerations... I just can't remember them right now.
Today we are putting 3 kids... Two Rfers and 1 FFer and 5 adults in my 2012 MY car. I traded in my super kid seat friendly minivan so I knew this would be a challenge. First, I had to plan out where all the seats would go, how to arrange to gain access to the third row, had to consider that no RFers are permitted in the third row, make sure the FFer was in the center of third row bc there is no headrest there (stupid), then make sure I could still use the tether on the trunk sill for my radian given we have two strollers in the trunk. I also had to twist the buckle stalk to fit the radian belt path bc the buckle was too long. I also need access to lots of seats to get a combo that worked and had to know that even though DS1 is slightly over the top slots of the radian... That he'd be okay in that seat given the radian exception. Boosters weren't working bc they were too wide and they also were sitting over on the buckle too much.
Then to gain access to the third row I had to puzzle using a toddler orbit G2 rfing with base and a radian with an angle adjuster. That combo didn't spill over into the outboard seat so the outboard one can flip forward. Now seriously, how many parents would have given so much time to getting their car seat set up just right if they are not techs. I'm sure there were other considerations... I just can't remember them right now.
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