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babyraccoon
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Hi all,
Baby number three is on the way and I'm desperately trying to keep my much-loved 2007 VW Golf as our only family car. My kids are small for their ages: my 5-year-old is under 30lbs and is 38in tall, and my 2-year-old is about 22lbs and 32 inches. I currently have my 2yo in a Combi Coccorro, in which she still has about 2 inches before she reaches the limit for rear-facing, and I just bought my 5yo a Clek Foonf to get as long as possible while using a five-point harness in forward-facing.
Even though both of these seats are among the narrowest on the market, I'm struggling to see how I'm going to fit a third in there and get safe installs on all three.
With the Coccoro, I've been able to push it as far toward the car door and still get a tight install using the lap belt and top tether. But with the Foonf, the only way I'm getting a nice tight install is if it is centred in the seat, rather than pushed over towards the door. I'm obviously using the lap/shoulder belt/top tether belt to secure it, and I find that when I have too much seat belt between the Foonf and where it actually latches into the seat of the car, I'm able to jiggle the seat loose pretty easily.
The only possible solution I can think of is to install the Foonf in the middle seat (not top-tethered) and put the Coccoro outboard, and either an infant seat or possibly another Coccoro on the other side. But I tried today putting the Foonf in the middle and wasn't able to get as tight an install...
How have other people done three across in a Golf? My understanding is that you should have a tight install of each seat independent of each other, not relying on the seats next to them to keep them from jiggling.
Baby number three is on the way and I'm desperately trying to keep my much-loved 2007 VW Golf as our only family car. My kids are small for their ages: my 5-year-old is under 30lbs and is 38in tall, and my 2-year-old is about 22lbs and 32 inches. I currently have my 2yo in a Combi Coccorro, in which she still has about 2 inches before she reaches the limit for rear-facing, and I just bought my 5yo a Clek Foonf to get as long as possible while using a five-point harness in forward-facing.
Even though both of these seats are among the narrowest on the market, I'm struggling to see how I'm going to fit a third in there and get safe installs on all three.
With the Coccoro, I've been able to push it as far toward the car door and still get a tight install using the lap belt and top tether. But with the Foonf, the only way I'm getting a nice tight install is if it is centred in the seat, rather than pushed over towards the door. I'm obviously using the lap/shoulder belt/top tether belt to secure it, and I find that when I have too much seat belt between the Foonf and where it actually latches into the seat of the car, I'm able to jiggle the seat loose pretty easily.
The only possible solution I can think of is to install the Foonf in the middle seat (not top-tethered) and put the Coccoro outboard, and either an infant seat or possibly another Coccoro on the other side. But I tried today putting the Foonf in the middle and wasn't able to get as tight an install...
How have other people done three across in a Golf? My understanding is that you should have a tight install of each seat independent of each other, not relying on the seats next to them to keep them from jiggling.