Putting 2yo in front seat of car???

Sorry just just seen youngest 5 months

yes you’ll need an exemption

How old is the youngest?

I would try the front seat and see how you get on. You feel less motion in the front as well as being able to see further ahead.

Also you could consider changing your car. Some are honestly worse than others - you want a firm suspension and to be lower to the ground so there's less roll.

I think it's been suggested on this thread already but in case not - it's worth getting his eyes tested, they have cameras these days that can check a 2yo's eyes without needing him to read letters off a chart. Apparently this can contribute to travel sickness.

Sitting up front would only really improve things if your DS is facing forward as this is usually the main contributor of sickness. In that case, have you tried the middle back seat forward facing? Middle seat is the safest seat in the car too and much more accessible for you too.

It's tricky because he is on higher centiles. That's the trouble I think.

Out of Bold R or i-Irvana Max, I would probably opt for the i-Irvana Max unless the price difference is significant. (it has to be the Max, the older i-Irvana doesn't have the 125cm/25kg extended harness limit.) Simply because of the newer regulation. I know many many posters have been happy over the years with Joie Bold, though so it would also be a good choice if you are using the TT/iso.

If you want to persevere with the front seat and don't have isofix there, then you'll need a belt fitted seat, so one of the three I mentioned before (Joie Elevate R129, Graco Eldura R129, Maxi Cosi Beryl). None are ideal because the weight limit on the first two is 21.5kg, which it looks like he might get to around 3.5 years if he stays on the same line (which he might not, but still), and the Beryl has a lower-ish top harness height, so any of these three won't last you as long as the Bold or Irvana Max. The Beryl is also expensive, though IMO it's one of the better extended harness seats as long as shoulder height is not an issue. I can't remember the exact height of it now, but from memory it was identical to the Joie i-Spin 360 so you could possibly do a sneaky try of one in a shop with him if you can't find a Beryl to view in person.

Our 2018 (I think) Peugeot 3008 had isofix and top tether in the front. I know the current latest model doesn't have it - I don't know whether the one in between did. I think ours was the first after they switched to the SUV style. We now have the 5008, which has isofix in the middle back seat although I think the view to the front is not good, and I tend to feel sick if I sit in the back of it for too long. Peugeot and Citroen are both PSA Motors so have some manufacturing similarities.

DS2 will be able to go into the Joie Every Stage you already have, used rear facing. So don't worry too much about this. That at least can be postponed for a couple of years, and you can cross that bridge when he gets close to 18kg! There is usually an ERF seat around the £200 mark, so it wouldn't hurt to try and put £10 aside a month as a sort of car seat replacement fund and if you end up not needing it then you can spend it on something else.

I'm swithering at the moment, we need to replace a seat which was damaged (using the grandparents spare at the moment) and trying to decide whether another Bold R or the new Irvana one. We really like the bold but it needs isofix and seatbelt from 18 to 25kg the other seat doesn't. I'd like to see one in real life before I order it but can't find anywhere local stocking it in a shop. Good luck whatever you decide. If the front. seat worked, maybe try the piriton next and then back seat again with piriton?

I’d give it a try! I had travel sickness really badly as a child and the only thing that really helped was to stare out of the front window, definitely not the sides or look at anything inside the car for too long so it may well work!

What is your little boy's weight?

In your last thread you were advised to use Kwells.
Have you done so?

Sorry just saw this has already been addressed. Glad you're on the ball looking for a replacement seat

But he is close to the maximum weight limit for the harness of his current seat, and he is far too young to safely use a seatbelt instead of a harness. The FF seats with a higher harness limit require isofix and top tether. Does your front seat have isofix so you can continue to do this in future? Otherwise he will need to sit in the back seats in order to survive a crash. At 2 he will not be safe in a crash FF with a seatbelt.

Joie i-Irvana Max is also worth a look because it's got the newer safety certificate and is also up to 25kg though they have the wrong manual on the website. Someone on here bought one recently and confirmed it's deffo up to 25kg/125cm. Similar price to bold, I think.

Some cars do have Isofix in the front seat. But it can also be fitted using seatbelt only, in the high back booster mode. That's the thing I was talking about, sometimes this isn't clear and people assume it can be fitted either way.

For the 5 point harness 18-25kg, Joie Bold R needs Isofix, seatbelt AND top tether.

I would also say be careful about taking things like Argos listings as gospel - sometimes those are just copied and pasted from a form somewhere and have errors. I don't have the Bold manual to hand but it could be that's a standard line that's been copied from a seat which allows rear facing by accident.