where to put infant capsule and toddler seat?

[OceanPrincess]

We put baby in rear-facing seat in the middle. This is the safest place in the car and there was no other option in my mind. To me that's more important than whether DD was going to be mean or overkind to the baby and that's saying something as my DD is pretty rough with him sometimes.

DD is next to him in her toddler seat - yes sometimes she grabs his hand or steals toys but she is learning and now she is really good with him - she holds his hand when he cries and tells him "it's ok little man!"

FYI - if you have side curtain airbags, I think you're actually supposed to have them deactivated if a baby is next them... The capsule/rear-facing seats have their own safety system which is negatively impacted by airbags or something by that. Same reason you are not meant to have either of the front seats touching the baby seat.

[megs]

When I had my second my eldest was only 16 months old, so I didn't trust him not to poke the baby etc. I had my toddler on the passenger side and put the baby in a capsule behind the drivers seat. My reasoning for this was that I could sit the capsule on the ground or have the baby in the pram on the footpath whilst getting my toddler into his seat, then I could deal with that baby. I really didn't trust my eldest not to want to run around to his door to try and get into the car (he could be very independant).
It worked for us. Now I have 3 kids so there is no room for anyone in the car anyway.

[FabFiona]

At this stage we are planning on putting the capsule behind the drivers side. My toddler is a cheeky monkey and I just can't see it being safe to be getting him in and out on the road side of the car.

However this might change depending on how it works in reality.