Getting 3 kids into a Meriva - how and where?!

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We're swapping cars with my dad soon - new one is a Meriva.

It's got two isofix points in the back, a sadly inadequate middle seat with no leg room and bviously a big front seat, aside from the driver seat.

I have 3 children - 10yo, 6yo and the baby (who will be in the back using a recaro polaric ERF)

I'm reading about the front seat being more dangerous and feel like I'm being unfair putting ds 1 or 2 in it, but I'm not sure if both their boosters will fit in the back? Also won't it be terribly tricky getting them all in there, in terms of climbing on top of each other, and won't the middle seat be quite dangerous anyway from the POV of having nothing in front of it...

I don't know how to do it best. Other seats we have at present are a recaro booster (isofix) and a Kiddy which is not isofix.

Not sure where to ask for advice either, in terms of positioning etc.

Thankyou

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Middle seat the safest seat in the car. How tall is ds1 could he go on just a booster seat, trunki seat are very narrow. Which high back boosters do you have? I would but baby one side and ds1 in the middle and ds two the other side. you will have to have a play to see if its better to have the doing them up with their buckles at the same place of doing it so ds1 is using the buckle next to the baby.

If you can get them all in the back even if its tricky (you could strap ds2 seat in and then get him to climb in under the seat belt) you could do that if it is longer journeys or if you are on roads with high speeds. if it is just local five min journey I would but ds1 in the front on high back with airbag off

Can the baby go in the front?(airbag off), if it's RF it's fine.

Thankyou very much. I had no idea it was the safest seat!

We didn't realise we ought to have a booster for ds1 till recently - he's been my front seat passenger for a while, he's about average height for a 10yo and one of the shorter boys in his class so he definitely still should have a booster of some sort - the only way I've managed to convince him is by getting the Monza, with the MP3 in the headrest!

But it is isofix - meaning it only fits properly in the back, though we could use it in the front.

It just seems a shame not to use both isofix points...the Kiddy one is the comfort pro and doesn't have isofix.

The ERF is humungous but I would like to use it for the baby asap, he's fairly tall already (91st centile) and is currently in a Concord ultimax which would last till 4yo I think but not RF.