Which Is Safer for Baby?

[childondaway]

I am just wonering what everyones decisions are for where they have the car seat positioned in the car? on the side or in the middle?

What are your reasons for positioning where you did?

[Toomanytoomany]

I am just wonering what everyones decisions are for where they have the car seat positioned in the car? on the side or in the middle?

What are your reasons for positioning where you did?

Middle - lessens risks in side impact. Also reduces quarrelling between older siblings flanking the car seat

[Doing my best]

With one child, I like it in the middle as you don't get the sun from the side windows. Is harder to put the baby in though..

And there is less risk of harm with a side impact..

[Inertia]

Always middle. The lap belt secures around the restraint better, safer from a side impact point of view - and yes, less quarreling about the window seats. LOL. It can be a little more difficult to get baby in with it being so high (4wd) but it has all the bonuses.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

middle middle middle middle!

[Visitor8]

I have the baby seat in the middle, boosters on either side.

The lap belts are better for the older boys and Ashtons seat goes better in the middle where it's not behind a seat because he is still rear facing.

[Netty]

My Rav4 only has a bolt on the floor behind the passenger seat so that's where she is in my car. In Dh's car she is in the middle. While I understand it is best for safety reasons, it does my back in getting her in and out!

[Jakabella]

When we had ours fitted the guy said that you should always have it behind the passenger side as then you have the seat back firmly against the seat and the stabilising bar firly agains the back of the back seat and it will not move = we had a 4wd hit the side of our car about a month a go and hit the passenger side and DD and the car set did not move an inch - you can push on the car seat and it will not move as the sabilising bar and the pass seat are holding it firly in place as well as the anchor.

Kate

[Doing my best]

[QUOTE=Kafer_Girl;1684186]When we had ours fitted the guy said that you should always have it behind the passenger side as then you have the seat back firmly against the seat and the stabilising bar firly agains the back of the back seat and it will not move = we had a 4wd hit the side of our car about a month a go and hit the passenger side and DD and the car set did not move an inch - you can push on the car seat and it will not move as the sabilising bar and the pass seat are holding it firly in place as well as the anchor./QUOTE]

The installation books (and the fitter we used) say that the front seat should NOT touch the baby seat. There should be at least 2 finger widths between, so that is really interesting.. Makes it so hard when you are looking for answers to know who's advice to follow..

[visitor1]

Well when i had DD1 seat fitted the RACV fitting station told me the best place was behind passenger seat, so thats where it went.

Then DD2 came along and DD1 got shifted to behind drivers seat (forward facing)..

Now that we have 3 kids, DD1 is in the middle, DD2 is behind driver and DS is behind passenger.

Personally not ever having a child in the middle seat until now i can say i HATE having a child in the middle and glad i never had my NB's positioned there!

[Snacks]

I would've thought middle too, but we haven't had much choice in where to put the seat because of where the bolt/s are in our cars! Until we got our new car at the end of last year, both our cars only had one bolt.

[BeautifulMadness]

Middle, no reason lol