how to fit three children safely in the back seat? or any idea about other car seats?
1351576
I would ask at the car-seat.org forums. They can probably help you. Also you can try putting the seats in your car at a Babies R Us to see if they fit.
1664724
The seat tips from side to side when the car turns. The child is thrown forward if a.car turns too quickly. Honestly, I don't feel comfortable using this seat. One with a better locking system would be preferable if the child will put up with it.
368995
A couple of things that I thought of: Is the seat in recline position 3? Have you removed the infant body pillow? (It's not needed if your child can sit without support.) If it helps, it looks like you can adjust the angle of the car seat in position 3, the manual talks about this on page 20. Good luck!
511794
I have personally owned other seats for this age babe and they all, more or less are similar in size. Can you find smaller more slender car seats? Absolutely. But if you're more interested in safety , style and comfort..,this seat is the right choice. I can comfortably fit this seat and two other children in the back seat of a small vehicle. Get the moo moo seat. You'll be glad you did.
1549912
I would follow the instructions and wait until she is 40lbs. That is the safest option. The 5 point harness car seats are the safest for every child. Britax makes one that can be used up to 80lbs.
849402
I would suggest getting something to hang on the seat in front of the backseat passengers. This is more less made for protection not comfort. →→I have never sat on it BUT will say it does not fasten to the seat. May slide around
1992445
We do not use 2 of these. We have one and a regular baby car seat in a VW thus only the two items can be in the back seat of the car. Sorry, that I could not be more helpful.
1066163
I would use a convertible so you can keep your child rear facing. I had my 3 1/2 year old, rear facing, in a convertible car seat (not infant). She was in the convertible (I had to finally turn her front facing though) until she was 5 and nearly 40 pounds. Don't go with the "popular" conversation. Go with safe. Do research. Keep your kid rear facing as long as you can.
1555844
Our 3 year old fit fine, and once the older kid got bigger we just switched the kids, and put the younger one in the jump seat and the older in the normal seat. The older child just liked the view better on top and had a little more room to move around.
82670
Our three year old fits in, but you have to put the toddler in and then attach the infant car seat. The same thing goes for getting out. You need to take the infant car seat off and then the toddler can get out. It is a tight fit, but works.
1369102
I have one of these seats and two cheap wal mart car seats in the back of my honda cr-v. Also, we used to fit two cheap wal mart car seats, which are wider than the diono, and a chicco key fit 30 infant seat in the back of the same vehicle. My sister had 3 dionos in the back of her honda civic.
2147116
have not tried that yet, bec my 1 yr old can sit in front w/o the infant car seat. Without the infant car seat, my 3 yr old girl sits comfortably..it has straps too so it is safe esp when your kid decided to stand up while your crossing a street. just the compartment below i found it small BUT its not a deal breaker for us.
159588
We have a Honda Civic and we were able to do two of these seats with a our other (slightly larger) car seat without any problem. They are actually slightly smaller than 17" when measured. We put the non-safety-first car seat in the middle, so they sort of tuck into each other. That way we were able to get away with only buying two new car seats, instead of three.
1369103
You can fit 3 dionos across a mid size car. Not sure if an infant seat and 2 dionos would work since infant seats are typically bulkier at the base. I'm about to try an infant seat and 2 dionos across my ford explorer so I'll let you know!
30713
I have this stroller and did use a graco carseat. It "sits" in there fine, we used the seat belt of the stroller and hooked it to where the seatbelt goes through the carseat. It did intrude on the other kids space, and it COULD fall out if hit very hard. It worked fine for us, though!
320568
I love the car seat. You can recline back or sit it upright. It is pretty bulky and will probably have to push front seat up a little.
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I had it rear-facing in a Saturn, and I found it difficult to get my almost-2-year old in the seat without hitting her head on the door of my car. However, my daughter is pretty big and was almost 30 pounds at the time. The seat fit perfectly fine in the car however. I now have it forward facing in a PT Cruiser and am still able to fold down the other 2/3rds of the back-seat next to her. I am able to see out of the back perfectly. I find that the seat is very sturdy. I turned my girl around before she was 2, but I consulted my local DMV car seat specialist and he said he saw no problem given her size and the safety of the seat. I had it rear-facing in a Saturn, and I found it difficult to get my almost-2-year old in the seat without hitting her head on the door of my car. However, my daughter is pretty big and was almost 30 pounds at the time. The seat fit perfectly fine in the car however. I now have it forward facing in a PT Cruiser and am still able to fold down the other 2/3rds of the back-seat next to her. I am able to see out of the back perfectly. I find that the seat is very sturdy. I turned my girl around before she was 2, but I consulted my local DMV car seat specialist and he said he saw no problem... » Read More I had it rear-facing in a Saturn, and I found it difficult to get my almost-2-year old in the seat without hitting her head on the door of my car. However, my daughter is pretty big and was almost 30 pounds at the time. The seat fit perfectly fine in the car however. I now have it forward facing in a PT Cruiser and am still able to fold down the other 2/3rds of the back-seat next to her. I am able to see out of the back perfectly. I find that the seat is very sturdy. I turned my girl around before she was 2, but I consulted my local DMV car seat specialist and he said he saw no problem given her size and the safety of the seat. « Show Less