So, I am feeling a bit frustrated and could use some help. I have a large torso kid. She is 26m old, 36in tall recumbant (how our pedi measured) and 32lbs. (Her torso is 14in; she wears 4t and 5t shirts.) I am also preggie with baby #2 due in Dec. We started with a Safety 1st infant car seat that came with the stroller. I hated the buckle and it max'd out at some ridiculously small weight my DD grew out of by 9mos. At this point, I did some research and tried to buy a carseat that would go RF a really long time but still fit in our 2005 Honda CRV. I ended up buying the Scenara RF hoping my DD would still fit in it at 3. I am not at all sure abt this now bc her torso is so long. It says it fits rear facing 40lbs or 40 in. But, her head is really getting close to the top of that sucker so I am doubtful I can keep her RF much longer. I really wanted to RF her as long as possible-- when do u give up? Anyway, I am also trying to plan for baby #2 and I really wanted infant in the middle--which necessarily puts DD FF in December regardless b/c there is no way that carseat is fitting RF behind either my DH or I. We do plan on getting a new car--but that is 2-3 years away so I am stuck right now. I really liked the Britax Frontier 85---but we tried it and next to the infant seat in the middle it was impossible. The door didnt shut. So, this leaves me looking for a much narrower but high torso seat. I bought a Recaro proride convertible-- but it looks like it only leaves my kid 3-4 in of torso growth. Sigh. It barely fits--- so, I don't know if I can do much wider at all FF. Still, everything I've read on here is pretty neg abt the carseat being too narrow for shoulders as they grow :-( Any advice? ( o, and one more wrinkle-- I am super short-- 4 foot 10! And my DH is very tall--6 foot but 36 in legs. And we both drive the CRV regularly bc his wk car is a stick and I cant drive it. Ugh!