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[quote=Anonymous]We have a 2010 Highlander, and have three carseats across:

- Britax Frontier (Frontier 85, I'm pretty sure, which I just saw is retired as of last month) is behind driver's seat for my 3 yo
- Britax Frontier (same as above) is in middle for my 4 yo
- Britax Diplomat (retired), rear facing for my 2 yo, is behind passenger's seat

We had them installed by Montgomery County's carseat program, and the folks there are fantastic.  The only one on latch is the Diplomat, but they all fit fine -- tight, but fine.  Since a rear facing carseat is the safest, and because I had to get that child in and out, we put that seat behind the passenger's seat -- so that is was easily accessible (but also in the worst position for a crash as middle is best followed behind the driver's seat -- hoping that the rear facing would somewhat even out the fact that it's behind the passenger seat).  The youngest is about to outgrow the rear-facing seat, so I will look for the smallest width carseat to either keep in the same place or to put in the middle, with the two Frontiers on either side.  The choices I'm looking at are the Clek Foonf and the Diono Radian.

Before we put in the Diplomat, we had the Britax Chaperone in that same spot (behind passenger's seat).  And there are other seats out there now that are even smaller width-wise that would work, e.g., Maxi Cosi for one, I think.

When we had only two kids, we placed two carseats in the middle and behind the driver (Chaperone and Diplomat).  That way, an adult could easily sit in the backseat.

Agree with a previous poster, make sure the back seats are all the way back as far as they go.

Also, you can use MoCo's carseat program even if you don't live in MoCo.  Emilie Crown runs it, and she and her husband, who also volunteers for the program, are top notch.

Yes, sometimes the kids get in each other's space, but they are used to this configuration and it works well for all of us.  Good luck![/quote]

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