Question Will my baby's carseat fit in my truck?

[Unregistered]

Hello, I have a 2002 Dodge Dakota with a limited size backseat & am currently 4 months pregnant, I am very concerned if a rear facing carseat will fit in the backseat or even in the front if it's safe. Me & my husband have a 11 year old daughter & so it will be the 4 of us in the truck....although I know we need a bigger vehicle, that's just not a financial option right now.....please help, I'm obsessing over this issue!!!

 

[Wreckgoddess]

BUMP


Sorry. I am not familiar with that particular vehicle.
Hopefully someone else will answer...

Do you have a Babies R Us nearby? They let you take seats out to your car to try them out.

They don't carry them at Babies R Us, but the Cybex Aton is the smallest from front to back infant carrier on the market that I know of.
It is supposed to allow several more inches between it and the vehicle seat in front of it than a Chicco, for example.

it's not the cheapest option out there, but it may be the only one that fits? Again, I have no experience with your vehicle. It does have a 32 lb weight max, so thats nice. It won't be outgrown until the baby's head is less than one inch from the top of the carseat plastic shell, or hits 32 lbs.
(My son was chunky but has a short torso, so he was able to stay in his (30 lb weight limtit) infant carseat until 19 months! So if you have a similarly torso heighted child, this seat could buy you some decent time to get a convertible that will fit or a different vehicle with more room?)
http://www.albeebaby.com/cybex-aton-infant-car-seat-chili-pepper.html
A nice little review of it: (has some more pictures)
http://www.bellaviebabyplanners.com/cybex-aton-review/



A Chicco Keyfit might work?

Seats I don't recommend you try?
Ones that require you to have the handle in the "down position" (between the infant carseat and the front seat) while the vehicle is in motion. Most Evenflo seats require that, if not all of them. *This will make the carseat take up more room in the backseat*
So Evenflo seats may be eliminated completely for you...

-I can't remember if Baby Trend requires the handle down.

-I know the Graco Snugride with the 22 lb weight limit is pretty big front to back... probably won't fit?

 

[bubbaray]

If it is the extended cab, it is entirely possible that a RFg seat will not fit. You need to try it at a store

 

[Keeanh]

We had a small-ish back seat at one time and the only way to fit an infant seat was to install it without the base. What about a Coccoro? Or a True Fit? They're pretty small front-to-back.

 

[safeinthecar]

Another thing you can do, if you have the fold down center front seat, is pick something high enough on a base to go above the top of the folded front seat. I was able to do this easily with convertibles in my dad's truck.

 

[cupcakepirate11]

Id say try a cocorro or a pria with tinyfit that allows you to install the seat upright but still allow for a newborn recline!