fyrfightermomma
New member
So I have a little problem. I took my car in Tuesday for some repair work that was supposed to be done by the end of Tuesday. They called and found a bazillion things wrong and some parts had to come from Chicago. Needless to say, it's friday and it's still not done. Tuesday night the dealership called a rental car place and they came and got me and gave me a rental (2011 Dodge Avenger). Which is fine. We thought we would have it one day and DH could come in our other van with the kiddos.
That won't happen. Car won't be done until tomorrow and DH starts a 36 hour shift tonight. I'm the only one "allowed" to drive the rental AND the rental has to be brought to the dealership before I get my car back. So not only will I only have this car for like 38 hours(meaning I may have to drive the kids somewhere tomorrow), I need to get my car back tomorrow. I can't wait till Monday (nor can I afford to). Actually DH works Monday too so it would be Tuesday before we get the car.
The dealership is 35 minutes away and I have no nearby childcare (and couldn't afford it anyways). So the kids need to come with to drop the rental car off tomorrow and get my van back
Problem? Half my seats are in said broken car 35 minutes away. I have to somehow cram all 3 kids in the rental car with only the seats I have at home. Which all kinda suck.
So at home I have a probooster, a frontier 85, a roundabout 50(all in DH's car), and a spare radian that hasn't been used in forever and a backless Harmony booster. That's it. Not very friend for 3 across.
WTH am I supposed to do? I'm thinking one kid is gonna have to go in the front. WHich kid is supposed to if you absolutely have to? The harnessed kid? If push comes to shove, would a radian in the front with the seat all the way back be okay? It's so low profile. Gah, I don't want anyone in the front!
Kids are 6.5 and 38 lbs (fine in a booster but has never sat in a backless)
almost 5 and 38 lbs (usually harnessed but does short booster trips)
Almost 2. RF's. 26 lbs.
Help! Anyone have one of these cars? I'm wondering if I can somehow puzzle a RFing roundabout in the middle with the Radian on one side (i think it would fit "under" the lip of the roundabout). But what on the other side?
That won't happen. Car won't be done until tomorrow and DH starts a 36 hour shift tonight. I'm the only one "allowed" to drive the rental AND the rental has to be brought to the dealership before I get my car back. So not only will I only have this car for like 38 hours(meaning I may have to drive the kids somewhere tomorrow), I need to get my car back tomorrow. I can't wait till Monday (nor can I afford to). Actually DH works Monday too so it would be Tuesday before we get the car.
The dealership is 35 minutes away and I have no nearby childcare (and couldn't afford it anyways). So the kids need to come with to drop the rental car off tomorrow and get my van back
Problem? Half my seats are in said broken car 35 minutes away. I have to somehow cram all 3 kids in the rental car with only the seats I have at home. Which all kinda suck.
So at home I have a probooster, a frontier 85, a roundabout 50(all in DH's car), and a spare radian that hasn't been used in forever and a backless Harmony booster. That's it. Not very friend for 3 across.
WTH am I supposed to do? I'm thinking one kid is gonna have to go in the front. WHich kid is supposed to if you absolutely have to? The harnessed kid? If push comes to shove, would a radian in the front with the seat all the way back be okay? It's so low profile. Gah, I don't want anyone in the front!
Kids are 6.5 and 38 lbs (fine in a booster but has never sat in a backless)
almost 5 and 38 lbs (usually harnessed but does short booster trips)
Almost 2. RF's. 26 lbs.
Help! Anyone have one of these cars? I'm wondering if I can somehow puzzle a RFing roundabout in the middle with the Radian on one side (i think it would fit "under" the lip of the roundabout). But what on the other side?