Twins...oh my!

[katka512]

Congrats! I don't have advice, but good luck on your next u/s!

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Congrats! I am having twins as well, and hoping to see both hearts beating on Friday!

The tcf multiples board has a lot of great advice. As far as cars/car seats go, we've decided to keep our prius. It's going to be difficult, but trading it in for another vehicle and forking over another down payment so soon after getting the prius is just not practical for us. I've done a ton of research, and have found that it is possible to fit three car seats across as long as you get specific ones.

[eyelashedviper]

That would be quite a shock! Congratulations and enjoy the planning!

[EatsRitz]

Jun 24, 2015 19:14:36 GMT -5 dreadpiratebuttercup said:

Congrats! I am having twins as well, and hoping to see both hearts beating on Friday!

The tcf multiples board has a lot of great advice. As far as cars/car seats go, we've decided to keep our prius. It's going to be difficult, but trading it in for another vehicle and forking over another down payment so soon after getting the prius is just not practical for us. I've done a ton of research, and have found that it is possible to fit three car seats across as long as you get specific ones.

Diono Radians?

[apunicorn]

Congratulations!!!! How exciting

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Jun 24, 2015 19:39:19 GMT -5 EatsRitz said:

Jun 24, 2015 19:14:36 GMT -5 dreadpiratebuttercup said:

Congrats! I am having twins as well, and hoping to see both hearts beating on Friday!

The tcf multiples board has a lot of great advice. As far as cars/car seats go, we've decided to keep our prius. It's going to be difficult, but trading it in for another vehicle and forking over another down payment so soon after getting the prius is just not practical for us. I've done a ton of research, and have found that it is possible to fit three car seats across as long as you get specific ones.

Diono Radians?

Yep, we're moving DD from her Britax Marathon into a Diono Rainier RXT convertible + booster. She'll be FF on the driver's side, so DH will have enough room when he's in the car. We're hoping to use Chicco Keyfits in the middle and on passenger side for the babies, so that we can reuse DD's infant seat. If not, we have a couple other options.

[alwaysnc4me]

12345, what an adventure, congrats!

[piperhalliwell]

Congratulations! Twins can be so much fun!

[virginiaorjohn]

Jun 24, 2015 17:51:13 GMT -5 EatsRitz said:

Jun 24, 2015 12:08:25 GMT -5 virginiaorjohn said:

I have an Acadia with captain chairs and it's very roomy.

I want one of these! But how is the trunk space with the third row up? We have a third row in our Explorer and the trunk is basically non-existant when we need to use the back row. Would you be able to fit a double stroller back there?

You *might* be able to fit a stroller back there? I really have no idea, but I will see if I can get my neighbor's double in the trunk and report back! I think she has the city jogger side by side.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Jun 25, 2015 8:07:28 GMT -5 12345 said:

Jun 24, 2015 21:21:10 GMT -5 dreadpiratebuttercup said:

Yep, we're moving DD from her Britax Marathon into a Diono Rainier RXT convertible + booster. She'll be FF on the driver's side, so DH will have enough room when he's in the car. We're hoping to use Chicco Keyfits in the middle and on passenger side for the babies, so that we can reuse DD's infant seat. If not, we have a couple other options.

I was thinking of this as well. Especially for DHs car. I'd really like to just buy one new car. We had a britax b-safe for DD1. And and Evenflo now for DD1. Both are pretty wide. I'm thinking we may have to do all new car seats. I found a website that shows the best narrow car seats and the Keyfits are on there. There is also a less expensive baby trend. So I might look at that. I really wanted to keep DD1 rear facing until 2+, but we may have to move her forward in DHs car to fit three car seats across the back. Hopefully I can sell are old ones if we have to buy new ones. They are all in great shape!

BRU does their trade-in event in the fall and spring, so you could trade in your old seats there and get like 20% off new seats. That's what we intend to do.

[cassey910]

Congrats!