My husband has traded in his minivan for a 2008 (I think) Dodge Dakota quad cab pickup truck 
. We have three girls ages 1, 5 and 7, who are not in his car often, but will need an occasional ride from daddy to or from school etc. I've never had a pickup before, and I'm worried about the proximity of the rear glass, lack of center latch connectors as well as a rear headrest in the center position.
What we have in our seat arsenal:
12 month old: RF EFTA installed in my van, combi coccoro, Keyfit 22, which she still actually has room in, as shes an incredibly petite 15.5 lbs at 1 year.
5 year old: FR 85 in harnessed mode in my van, Evenflo chase (deluxe? with the headwings) which was in my husbands van, but I hate it, and would be happy to see it go away, and an evenflo Big Kid sport HBB which has been used for an occasional carpool. She is over 4/40 for the booster.
7 year old: Parkway SGL HBB in my van, HB Turbobooster, Harmony Literider, BubbleBum.
So what do I put in there? And where? I'm thinking the Coccoro for the 1 year old outboard drivers side, as I really dislike installing the CCO with a seatbelt. There are no locking retractors in the Dakota, and I find the CCO lockoff hard to use. My CCO is also the older model manufactured without a RF tether, so I want her in a spot with a headrest for rebound concerns. (PS- I've heard that the RF tether IS compatible with the older CCO's- can anyone tell me for sure if this is accurate? If it is, I'll buy one right now, being that it is going in a pickup, regardless of where I put her).
If I put my tiny outboard, one of my big girls will have to be in that center position without a headrest. Are any of the afore mentioned boosters okay to use in HBB mode without a headrest? I think I would prefer to booster both girls in the truck. My husband will occasionally need to take passengers in the truck, and if he removes a harnessed seat, he almost certainly will not reinstall it correctly if it needs to be used before I can put it back. He should never have so many passengers that he would need to remove the CCO though, so that's a plus.
Thoughts?
. We have three girls ages 1, 5 and 7, who are not in his car often, but will need an occasional ride from daddy to or from school etc. I've never had a pickup before, and I'm worried about the proximity of the rear glass, lack of center latch connectors as well as a rear headrest in the center position. What we have in our seat arsenal:
12 month old: RF EFTA installed in my van, combi coccoro, Keyfit 22, which she still actually has room in, as shes an incredibly petite 15.5 lbs at 1 year.
5 year old: FR 85 in harnessed mode in my van, Evenflo chase (deluxe? with the headwings) which was in my husbands van, but I hate it, and would be happy to see it go away, and an evenflo Big Kid sport HBB which has been used for an occasional carpool. She is over 4/40 for the booster.
7 year old: Parkway SGL HBB in my van, HB Turbobooster, Harmony Literider, BubbleBum.
So what do I put in there? And where? I'm thinking the Coccoro for the 1 year old outboard drivers side, as I really dislike installing the CCO with a seatbelt. There are no locking retractors in the Dakota, and I find the CCO lockoff hard to use. My CCO is also the older model manufactured without a RF tether, so I want her in a spot with a headrest for rebound concerns. (PS- I've heard that the RF tether IS compatible with the older CCO's- can anyone tell me for sure if this is accurate? If it is, I'll buy one right now, being that it is going in a pickup, regardless of where I put her).
If I put my tiny outboard, one of my big girls will have to be in that center position without a headrest. Are any of the afore mentioned boosters okay to use in HBB mode without a headrest? I think I would prefer to booster both girls in the truck. My husband will occasionally need to take passengers in the truck, and if he removes a harnessed seat, he almost certainly will not reinstall it correctly if it needs to be used before I can put it back. He should never have so many passengers that he would need to remove the CCO though, so that's a plus.
Thoughts?
