5 months pregnant, just found out 3 car seats will not fit in my CUV. Can’t afford a bigger car. Freaking out

[scourge]

@mwylcxca97 We had to trade in our SUV for a van, there was no way. We still owed money on the SUV too but we went from a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross (super narrow middle seat, no way to fit 3 car seats) to a Pacifica and I love my van. My son is 3 and he’s RF behind the passenger and twins are RF in third row. You’ll probably have to get very specific slim seats in to do a 3 across, you can check to see if the Car Mom did a tour on it since she attempts 3 across.

Good luck

 

[docmis2001]

@mwylcxca97 We just got a minivan.

Highly recommend Graco Slim 3LX over Diono.

 

[adaughteroftheking]

@mwylcxca97 I was able to fit three Infasecure attain fit three across rear facing in my mums tiny Volvo just need to find narrowest car seats on the market. And you may even have more room given one if fwd facing so that’s good

 

[anton_james]

@mwylcxca97 I have a Nissan altima and have 3 across! For my forward facing toddler I have her in a Graco tranzitions and my twins are in rear facing graco slimfit 3LX. It has to be the 3LX, not the standard slimfit.

When I had the twins in bucket seats they were in graco snugride snugfit DLX seats.

 

[amals]

@mwylcxca97 Seconding slim fit Graco- I have 2 of these and doona stroller across in my Honda civic.

 

[confessiousconfusous]

@amals Second the Graco Slim. We have two of these and one Diono in a CRV.

 

[arogorn993]

@mwylcxca97 We jumped to an Odyssey from a Mazda 3 in preparation for our 3 under 3 (though the oldest turned 2 just a couple days before the twins were born).

Even if we’d been able to get 3 rear facing car seats to fit side to side, there was no way I was going to be able to move the drivers seat back far enough for my long legs.

Plus we really did want all of the benefits that come with a minivan.

 

[dmills]

@mwylcxca97 I have a Rav4 and my almost 2yo is in the middle with a Britax Emblem. Then we have the twins on each side in Chicco keyfits. I keep the bases in for the infant seats. It works for now. I'm not hopeful I'll be able to fit 3 big seats once the twins grow out of the infant seats, though.

Side note: I love the Britax seat. The cover is very easy to remove and put back on when it needs to be cleaned!

 

[ozzi119]

@mwylcxca97 I had JUST bought a Envista in October found out I have twins on the way. I was freaking out so bad but got super lucky I found a trade for only $4k extra. Just keep an eye out, might have to buy an older SUV to fit the budget.

 

[bfc716]

@mwylcxca97 We have 3 dionos in a Honda civic.

 

[garwo123]

@mwylcxca97 We have triplets and a tesla model 3. We use the Diono Radian for all 3. They fit, no problem. I am also tall.

 

[danielwright2311]

@mwylcxca97 There are plenty of used vehicles around. Maybe you know someone who's selling a car. We've totally helped families out before. Never ever had a car loan ourselves.

We bought a cheap minivan when we had a third and upgraded when we found a more ideal car. Things do not have to be perfect.

 

[wes2010]

@mwylcxca97 I had two Dionos and a Graco click in infant seat in my Dodge Dart. You can do it too!

 

[kadydz]

@mwylcxca97 We got a minivan and dino seats in case we needed to do 3 across in the van or small SUV we already had.

 

[mamabear92]

@mwylcxca97 We made it work in our sedan (Subaru legacy) with a forward facing UPPABaby Knox and two UPPABaby Mesa infant seat. Looking at Dianos or Grace slimfit when we have to switch out of infant seats.

 

[seatpost12]

@mwylcxca97 Our solution was a car loan we are surviving but no fun things are affordable right now

 

[ahunbleservant]

@mwylcxca97 That's not true. Buy the Combi Coccoro, they fit nicely with another toddler seat even in a Toyota Yaris. Personally tried. We used them and were very happy about them. Basicall forget about having those with base that you can click and connect. We left the car seats attached and had a stroller in the trunk.

 

[ntoustice]

@mwylcxca97 We did 1 graco slimfit3lx and 2 baby trend troopers

 

[rorycunningham]

@mwylcxca97 We had twins and with a singleton. We had to buy all new car seats for everybody, but hey it's cheaper than another car. So the seats you curreny have may not work, but there are other options!

We did 3 across with all rear (and all forward facing) facing with a diono 3 series. When the twins were in buckets we did maxi cosi, but chico key fit would have been the same width.

Car seat lady has some good recommendations for different 3 across systems.

 

[dreamerxiaoq]

@mwylcxca97 We got a loan and bought a bigger car. Our small car (Mazda 2) still fits 2 baby seats but nothing more.