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Hello, all! I haven't been reading in a while, so forgive me if this is a repeat. My 6-year old is FF in the center of a 2005 Santa Fe, but we're expecting another baby soon and I need to figure out a second seat and placement in an Odyssey.
We currently have a Marathon, Boulevard, and SK Radian XL (the Britaxes are mainly back-up seats for grandparent's/friend's cars). I would like something that we can use FF for a couple more years (for the 6 year old who barely weighs 40 lbs now), then as a booster for her for a couple years, then possibly an extended RF for the baby. The 6-year old RF'd until she turned 4 and 35 lbs (before I bought the Radian), and I'm expecting to do at least that long for the baby.
In the Santa Fe, the baby will be outboard driver's side in a KeyFit (probably move to RF in the Boulevard later this year) and the older one will be FF in the Radian in the center. We just bought a 2007 Odyssey with the bonus 8th seat, so I'm trying to figure out the best seat placement in there. Could I keep the same arrangement as the Santa Fe, or should I not put a car seat in the center in the Odyssey? The owner's manual says that child seats can go in any of the rear passenger seats, including the removable center, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that.
I'm looking at the Diono Radian (I know it's a pain to install sometimes but my Sunshine Kids Radian is an awesome seat when I don't have to move it!). What else would you suggest? It needs to fit in both a Santa Fe and Odyssey. Thanks a bunch for your thoughts!
We currently have a Marathon, Boulevard, and SK Radian XL (the Britaxes are mainly back-up seats for grandparent's/friend's cars). I would like something that we can use FF for a couple more years (for the 6 year old who barely weighs 40 lbs now), then as a booster for her for a couple years, then possibly an extended RF for the baby. The 6-year old RF'd until she turned 4 and 35 lbs (before I bought the Radian), and I'm expecting to do at least that long for the baby.
In the Santa Fe, the baby will be outboard driver's side in a KeyFit (probably move to RF in the Boulevard later this year) and the older one will be FF in the Radian in the center. We just bought a 2007 Odyssey with the bonus 8th seat, so I'm trying to figure out the best seat placement in there. Could I keep the same arrangement as the Santa Fe, or should I not put a car seat in the center in the Odyssey? The owner's manual says that child seats can go in any of the rear passenger seats, including the removable center, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that.
I'm looking at the Diono Radian (I know it's a pain to install sometimes but my Sunshine Kids Radian is an awesome seat when I don't have to move it!). What else would you suggest? It needs to fit in both a Santa Fe and Odyssey. Thanks a bunch for your thoughts!