jwilliams
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My mom has a 2012 Odyssey and right now just one car seat. It's a Safety 1st All-in-One. I'm getting sick of taking my seats out to install in her van because I have a tight three across and get bruises and scraped knuckles every time. The three kids are:
3.5yo - 37.5", 33lb, 4T shirts, evenly proportioned, riding FF in the van (rides RF in a RN in my car, but I have no problem with her FF in the van at this point)
2x 10.5mo - 26", 18lb, 12mo shirts, short legs
I was thinking of giving the AIO to one of the babies and buying a FF seat for the three year old and a convertible seat for the other baby. I don't care if the FF seat turns into a booster or not. What would be relatively inexpensive and work well for a three across in the second row? It can be put into wide mode. We will buy another RF seat if the AIO is outgrown before I'm ready to turn, but it will be fine for awhile (they are pretty short babies). The convertible seat will not stay installed all the time but won't have to be installed any more than a few times a month, so super easy installation is not a must either. The FF seat will not be removed.
I would like the FF seat to have a nice, easy buckle and harness - my mom has pretty severe arthritis. That's part of the reason I want a new seat in her van for the toddler, the buckle and harness on the AIO are awful. She takes the three year old twice a week.
Thank you and sorry for the rambling!
3.5yo - 37.5", 33lb, 4T shirts, evenly proportioned, riding FF in the van (rides RF in a RN in my car, but I have no problem with her FF in the van at this point)
2x 10.5mo - 26", 18lb, 12mo shirts, short legs
I was thinking of giving the AIO to one of the babies and buying a FF seat for the three year old and a convertible seat for the other baby. I don't care if the FF seat turns into a booster or not. What would be relatively inexpensive and work well for a three across in the second row? It can be put into wide mode. We will buy another RF seat if the AIO is outgrown before I'm ready to turn, but it will be fine for awhile (they are pretty short babies). The convertible seat will not stay installed all the time but won't have to be installed any more than a few times a month, so super easy installation is not a must either. The FF seat will not be removed.
I would like the FF seat to have a nice, easy buckle and harness - my mom has pretty severe arthritis. That's part of the reason I want a new seat in her van for the toddler, the buckle and harness on the AIO are awful. She takes the three year old twice a week.
Thank you and sorry for the rambling!