Brigala
CPST Instructor
So... if everything goes according to plan, hopefully we'll be needing to squeeze two car seats and a teenager in the back of the 2005 Civic starting sometime next summer.
I'm trying to figure out the logistics of this problem.
My daughter is closing in on 23 months old, and currently weighs about 31 lbs. Ideally I'd like to RF her to age four, but she's been picking up speed rather than slowing down where size is concerned. If this trend continues she may end up too big to RF by age three or so anyway - which actually would sort of solve a problem for me.
Right now I have her RFing in a Radian 80SL in the center seat. Our front seats can't be more than about two clicks forward at the most, because everyone else in the family is tall. I can use the Radian outboard if I add an angle adjuster, but I like it in the center. If I don't use the angle adjuster in the center, my front seats have to be ALL the way back in order to brace it, otherwise it over-reclines.
So, here are my options for two car seats using seats I currently own (they must be side by side; I have to leave a side open for a teenager). I am open to other suggestions for other car seats, but seriously my stash is so large I'd really rather just keep the ones I have.
1) RF Radian center, Small convertible (Coccoro or RA55) outboard
2) RF Radian center, baseless Onboard Air outboard
3) FF Radian outboard, Onboard Air with base center
4) FF Radian outboard, RF convertible (Coccoro or Radian) center
5) I *think* a RF Radian outboard with angle adjuster and a RF Coccoro center will probably work.
6) A RF Radian outboard with angle adjuster and an Onboard Air with base Center sorta kinda works but both seats are badly off-kilter when I do it that way.
Have I missed any options? I also own a CA65, but I really hate it in the Civic.
I don't really need to think past the infant stage; by the time "next baby" is too big for an Onboard or Coccoro, DD will almost certainly be too big for RF and I can do a FF/RF Radian combo (and by then the teens will probably both be off to college anyway).
And no, I'm not pregnant. Merely in the planning stages.
Which brings up another hypothetical question: should I end up with twins, is my only viable option a new car with a wider back seat?
I'm trying to figure out the logistics of this problem.
My daughter is closing in on 23 months old, and currently weighs about 31 lbs. Ideally I'd like to RF her to age four, but she's been picking up speed rather than slowing down where size is concerned. If this trend continues she may end up too big to RF by age three or so anyway - which actually would sort of solve a problem for me.
Right now I have her RFing in a Radian 80SL in the center seat. Our front seats can't be more than about two clicks forward at the most, because everyone else in the family is tall. I can use the Radian outboard if I add an angle adjuster, but I like it in the center. If I don't use the angle adjuster in the center, my front seats have to be ALL the way back in order to brace it, otherwise it over-reclines.
So, here are my options for two car seats using seats I currently own (they must be side by side; I have to leave a side open for a teenager). I am open to other suggestions for other car seats, but seriously my stash is so large I'd really rather just keep the ones I have.
1) RF Radian center, Small convertible (Coccoro or RA55) outboard
2) RF Radian center, baseless Onboard Air outboard
3) FF Radian outboard, Onboard Air with base center
4) FF Radian outboard, RF convertible (Coccoro or Radian) center
5) I *think* a RF Radian outboard with angle adjuster and a RF Coccoro center will probably work.
6) A RF Radian outboard with angle adjuster and an Onboard Air with base Center sorta kinda works but both seats are badly off-kilter when I do it that way.
Have I missed any options? I also own a CA65, but I really hate it in the Civic.
I don't really need to think past the infant stage; by the time "next baby" is too big for an Onboard or Coccoro, DD will almost certainly be too big for RF and I can do a FF/RF Radian combo (and by then the teens will probably both be off to college anyway).
And no, I'm not pregnant. Merely in the planning stages.
Which brings up another hypothetical question: should I end up with twins, is my only viable option a new car with a wider back seat?