How do *you* do car seats?

[Astrid]

We have a VY Commodore. We have DD1's Maxirider behind the drivers, most of the time she will get in on the passenger side and duck under the baby seat and get in hers. We only have to open her door to strap her in. For the past 10 months we have had the baby seat in the middle, I found it easier. Often I could not open the passenger door enough to stand there and strap her in, this way I could sneak in and then kneel on the seat beside her whilst getting her in, great in rainy weather. Also it is a good position for when we have someone else in the car and that seat is great for putting bags etc. DH has just move the her seat to the side, so now the middle is free, I am still struggling with it, so I may get him to change her back.

[Pandora]

Astrid - thats what I wanted to do initally, and i think i still do - have the baby seat/capsule in the middle. Do the seats both fit easily next to each other - we have a vx commodore wagon.

[alioops]

We had DD1 behind the driver and DD2 behind the passenger in our smaller car, but now we have gone to a people mover they are on opposite sides of the back row. i havent decided yet which if the middle row seats we will put DD3 in, I will have to check the laws about whether I can put her behind the driver up here, so that it is safer for getting the older 2 out on the passenger side.

[Astrid]

Astrid - thats what I wanted to do initally, and i think i still do - have the baby seat/capsule in the middle. Do the seats both fit easily next to each other - we have a vx commodore wagon.

It is a tight fit. I found I had to re adjust the seat quite often to keep it sturdy. It did not help that DD1 would often pull it about when she moved about the car in search of out mints The seat is sturdier when on the side, rather than the middle.