Instead of getting three of the same car seats, I decided it would be a great opportunity to test three different brands. Investing in car seats was more within our budget and safety comfort, so that's the route we took. But when the twins finally outgrew their bucket seats, we were confronted with two options: either we could get a mini-van or we could have three car seats across one row. In some ways, the pandemic was an advantage because we honestly never really went anywhere, making a new car super low in our list of priorities. We had our toddler all the way in the back, the twins on the middle seat and it required a lot of coordination to get them all in safely. And I say half because it was really the trunk that converted into a tiny third row. And on the very rare occasion we needed to take everyone somewhere-we used a borrowed car which had a half third row. If we needed to take the two babies somewhere, we switched the convertible seat for another bucket seat. We made it through almost a year with our Subaru with two car seats-one forward-facing for our toddler and one bucket seat for a baby. But also, as I said, our car was practically new, we didn't have the budget for a bigger car, and also, I hate minivans. My reaction was part of the denial I had about having three under 3, especially with twins. One of my first reactions to my husband was "we are going to need a new car!" because two babies and a toddler didn't seem to be a possibility with our setup. We encourage you to learn more about the features of each of these seats on our narrowest car seats + boosters page here.Our Subaru Outback was practically new when we found out I was pregnant again, this time with twins. The Nuna Rava has a lower capacity than we’d prefer, but it takes up less room into the front seat than other rear-facing seats.
For the expensive seats, we’ve focused on value – meaning that they must last a long time (high height and weight capacity) so you aren’t buying a new $300 seat every year. We’ve tried to select seats from as many price points as possible. Many of the narrowest seats are also on the more expensive side. We do not have any control over the prices of the seats. We’ve tried to select seats that are narrow on the outside yet wide on the inside and offer a high capacity in their respective mode so that if a 3-across works with this seat, you won’t have to redo the 3-across for another few years hopefully.īecause some seats work better in one mode than another – perhaps better rear-facing than forward-facing – you may notice that a particular seat only makes it onto our list in one of the modes it offers rather than all of them.
#3 CAR SEATS ACROSS FREE#
We receive the vehicles (for a few days at a time… sadly not to keep) and the car seats (to keep – as we’ll use them in the future for other projects, and when we’re done with them donate to families who can’t afford a seat or to instructors to use for teaching) free from the manufacturers – but all of the vehicles and car seats are received because we have asked for them – not because a manufacturer asks us to highlight their vehicle or car seat. The vehicle and car seat manufacturers have no influence on the vehicles or car seats that we choose, nor have they paid us in any way for the time or effort spent in this 3-across project. This is a 100% independent project (like everything else that we do).
#3 CAR SEATS ACROSS INSTALL#
We’ll tell you which seats fit where – and even whether you should install with seat belt or lower anchors. We’re taking late model vehicles (minivans, SUVs, sedans, and wagons) and spending many hours in the back seat trying out several dozen different car seats to give you specific “recipes” for 3-across in these vehicles.
Even if you only have one kid, this project can help you choose seats and cars which might fit your growing family’s needs in the future. Rather than telling you to order a bunch of narrow car seats from Amazon and try a dozen out, only to return them in a fit of rage after spending days in your driveway installing and uninstalling car seats with nothing seeming to work for 3-across in your car… we’ve decided to do the leg work for you. We’re in the early stages of an exciting project we’re calling “2-Together & 3-Across Recipes”.
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