I’ve been stressing out about this super minor issue. I really don’t think 2 car seats and a booster will fit in my car. I told my husband we probably need to get a bigger car. He doesn’t want to buy a new car. He thinks we just need to buy new “narrow” car seats and a booster.
Anyone have this issue? Anyone have a rav4 with 2 car seats and a booster?
Baby comes in march so I have some time but it’s the thing that’s been bothering me most.
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the middle seat cannot have a seat on it no as it is not a proper seat, it would not be fitted safely in that gap.

In the same boat with a grand Cherokee and 3 RFing seats. So stressful 😩

I don’t think so. We have a rav4 and even with just one car seat we can only fit 1 other person back there.

Nope

We have a Highlander and it fits 3. The RAV4 is about the size of our escape and 3 would not fit across there.

Technically if you are going by best practices. No. You can’t. However I know that just getting a new car isn’t an option for a lot of families. You will likely need all new seats for every child to accomplish a 3 across and will not be best practice. Just as good as you can make it with what you have.

when i worked in the industry, this was a few years ago now so may have changed, the ‘law’ in the UK is that a child over 3 can go in the middle without a seat as long as there was 2 seats either side, but i dont know where you live or if thats still going

There is absolutely not enough room for a booster in the middle. A child who is big enough to not need a seat wouldn't be comfortable in the middle of those carseats.
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