A question about car seats.... which side for each?

[Shanti]

With baby #2 on it's way we are thinking about car seats and positioning in our car.

22 month old DD is behind the passenger seat at the moment and thinking of keeping her on that side of the car and putting the baby's carseat on the other side behind the driver seat.....what do most people do? What would be easiest? I'm not sure I want to get baby out of the road side though if that makes sense! Not very safe. I still want to be able to see DD while she's eating etc but I also want to be able to see the baby too!
But can't imagine putting them next to each other due to safety reasons? ie DD hurts baby or tries to feed the baby food or something!

We have a Toyota Kluger SUV, quite spacious car.

Advice please!

[*TripleJ*]

we have DS behind the driver because the baby seat facing backwards doesnt fit behind the driver without being too close to the steering wheel

[feeb]

WE have DS1 behind driver and DS2 behind passenger. I was going to put DS2 in middle but man that was fitting it said no toddler might feed baby or hurt baby so we seperated them. Can only have rear facing seat behind passanger as DH is tall and needs chair back which he cant do with rear facing seat.

Other friends have baby on driver side.

We have no off street parking so DH was worried about DS1 and the road but safety lock on car door so he cant get out anyway. I didnt like idea of fiddling with a newborn on road side either. (But as I said we had no option in end as rear facing car seat takes up to much room for DH to get seat back.

[~Hestia~]

We'll be moving DS across to behind the driver and putting new bub behind the passenger.

[beckoes]

i have a similar problem. we have a delica, 8 seater. and have a pick of three ancor points. one behind driver seat, which is where DD is now and two in the back row of seats next to each other. i think im going to have to put one in the back row and one behind driver casue, like has been said, having DD and baby right next to each other is probably not a great idea.....but which one to put in the very back??? think il end up letting DD decide!

[KimB]

I have a tarago and I will have 1 in booster seat, 1 in baby seat and nb in rearward facing seat and I'm trying to work out where to put everyone as well. I think DD2 will go in the back so can sit with 2 of the older kids, DD3 can stay where she is behind driver and nb in the middle with other older kid next to her. That way the older child can make sure DD3 doesn't do anything to new DD4

[Laranna]

When DD was born, we moved DS to behind drivers seat and DD is in the turn-a-tot rearward facing behind passenger seat.

[Arimeh]

We always put bub behind passenger for the same reason as every one else - with DH being 6 foot 7 there was no chance in hell of him fitting behind the wheel of the car with a rearward facing baby seat behind him!! He can't even fit in the passenger seat if its rear facing, so he always has to drive.

At the moment, DD2 isn't rear facing any more, so he can sit in the passenger seat for the next few months and get a break from driving. As soon as the new bub comes along though, he will be back to driving duty!!!

[Rach75]

yep same here can't have rearward behind Jase but that being said its so easy to get jack to crawl across to his side put luek in then go round to jacks side and buckle him up...