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Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for some advice from the car-seat experts. My wife (sorry I'm not up on all the family/internet abbreviations so I'll just spell it all out) and I have twin 5-year old boys that are smaller (right in the 38-39lbs range last time we checked) both are short, but I don't know their exact heights. We have had them in Graco Nautilus seats (harnessed) in our Mazda3. We are in the process of adopting an infant and will need to add a 3rd carseat to the mix.
While I'm sure there are combinations of carseats that we could fit 3 across in the Mazda3 I am trying to figure out if we should just bite the bullet and move to something larger.
My concern is not the 5-point harness stage, but the next stage where the twins will need to buckle seatbelts between tight-fitting carseats. Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't that become problematic with 3-across?
Like most families we have a limited budget and would like to minimize our costs where we can, but we can afford to move to minivan or larger sedan. Is a larger sedan a solution though, or would we encounter the same frustrations? Any advice you can give is greatly appreciated.
I'm looking for some advice from the car-seat experts. My wife (sorry I'm not up on all the family/internet abbreviations so I'll just spell it all out) and I have twin 5-year old boys that are smaller (right in the 38-39lbs range last time we checked) both are short, but I don't know their exact heights. We have had them in Graco Nautilus seats (harnessed) in our Mazda3. We are in the process of adopting an infant and will need to add a 3rd carseat to the mix.
While I'm sure there are combinations of carseats that we could fit 3 across in the Mazda3 I am trying to figure out if we should just bite the bullet and move to something larger.
My concern is not the 5-point harness stage, but the next stage where the twins will need to buckle seatbelts between tight-fitting carseats. Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't that become problematic with 3-across?
Like most families we have a limited budget and would like to minimize our costs where we can, but we can afford to move to minivan or larger sedan. Is a larger sedan a solution though, or would we encounter the same frustrations? Any advice you can give is greatly appreciated.