Big Babies, Small car

[trinaswinehart]

I have been searching the threads for days trying to find some answers, but no luck.

I have a 2010 Toyota Camry, and I need to fit three seats across.
DS: 3yrs. 45# and 43"
DD: 1yr 25# and 34"
TBD: infant

Both of my children are tall and have very long torsos, so they tend to out grow the harness heights in carseats VERY fast!

Currently my son is in a Frontier SICT and my daughter is in a RF Combi Coccorro. I went to the store and tried to squezze a Cybex Aton in with no luck, and I currently own a Chicco Keyfit. The cupholders of the frontier seem to get in the way every time. The side head cushions on the Frontier never gave me an issue, bc the other 2 seats are RF. I can fit the base in, but I can't fit the carrier into the base.

We are already purchasing a new car for my husband, bc he will never be able to fit 3 across. The other 2 seats are fairly new, and I would prefer to only purchase 1 new seat if possible. (My husband has a Frontier SICT and a RF Britax Advocate SICT) I figured my daughter would need a Radian in a couple months when she out grows her Coccorro. (my son out grew the harness in the Coccorro at 15 mo.)

I would like my son to stay harnessed since he just turned 3. Eventhough he has the body of a 5 yo. I would also like to keep my daughter RF, and after much research the Radian offers the highest harness thread RF. I would also prefer the infant in a carrier. Baby is due Oct 31 and it gets very cold around here. I don't want to fight with taking coats on and off, and would prefer to just put blankets over the carrier. Afterwards the infant can move to the Coccorro.

Any help would be great!
TIA

 

[Brianna]

Congrats on your newest LO! Will a baseless installation work with the Keyfit, or is that not something you're interested in? What's your budget for a new seat?

If you're interested in hearing opinions on what vehicles will work for your husband, feel free to start a thread in car safety.

 

[Kat_Momof3]

a camry is actually a pretty decent sized sedan.

Is the frontier in the middle? it may help to put it in the middle with the coccoro on one side and then the infant seat on the other side.

Also, try installing them all with the seatbelt (aka, don't use latch on the outboard seats) as this sometime makes more room and allows the outboard seats to be closer to the doors.

 

[kam1011]

Get a radian for 3yo FF center, put the CCO outboard behind driver, and infant carrier for baby. When baby outgrows infant seat, put baby in CCO, 1yo in Radian RF and you'll gain many inches, you may be able to fit the frontier back at that point. Or SK400 works well in 3-across.

I had a malibu, which is similar in size to the camry, and used the Combi Shuttle as my infant seat, outboard behind passenger. It fit pretty well with the radian in the center. The radian sits so low that it was easy to snap the bucket in and out of the base.