Car Seat Placements with 2!

Just a wee question.

I know when we had DS they reccommended that the capsule go in the middle of the car - so we did that.

Now DS is in the back passengers side.

My question is when the new baby arrives and we have the capsule and the carseat where do I sit them?

I was thinking baby not in middle as DS will be a nightmare with poking it etc. My thought was DS on passengers side as he independently climbs out so safer and baby on drivers side as I can carry baby out?

But then I know that the drivers side is not as safe as passengers so HELP please!

I should add that the reason James is on foot path side is because I thought it was safer. Then I thought "Does this mean I value his life more than Tom's?" So you cant win. If you have a capsule, it might be easier if you need to put it down etc to be on the passengers side so you can put it down beside the car while you faff around with other things.

Lilfatty, all you are saying was my thoughts on it! Makes sense to me but just thought I would see what everyone else did

NZPiper - love your second post! As I was typing it I ws thinking "Great, it now sounds like I like one child more than the other already!"

I have always had the girls one on each side. I never thought of putting them in the middle. It's weird I would have assumed the middle was more dangerous
Although I guess they have less chance of being crushed by the front seats.....

The capsule we had was one of the European style ones, I don't think you can fit those with just a lap belt?

i never heard of capsule in the middle :( noone told me that not even plunket:( he's always been on passenger side and after reading this will stay there i think with bub on driver's side.

I was told that the middle is safest ( no external impact from another car) and passenger side is next as you're more likely to have impact on the drivers side.

But then I have one on either side

When we had a station wagon I would do the circuit like Lilfatty. Now we have a mini bus, I get them both out on the footpath side.
We're working on the 'under arrest' pose

Interesting thoughts. I had been thinking about this as well. In my case though, I think I will have to move DS to the drivers side and put bubz on passengar side as DH is tall and wouldn't be able to fit if baby was on drivers side.

In any other case like you have said it seems to make sense to have older one on passengar side.

the tall dh is our problem too. Im pretty sure the capsule will fit behind the drivers door when im driving (which is most of the time since i have the car during the day) but dont think it will with dh driving. Maybe i will jst have to be the family driver. What are the views on capsule in the front seat???(if there are no airbags) mum was saying to me that thats where they put new babies back when she had us as then you could see bubs.

We will have Jack behind the drivers side and baby on the passengers side, purely because we are both tall and would have to move the drivers seat forward to accommodate the capsule if we put it on the drivers side. When #2 goes forward facing it won't matter.

The reason why the drivers side is the least safe position (other than front seat with an airbag) is because you're more likely to get hit on the drivers side in a T accident - the driver trying to save themselves has little to do with it because the issue is usually another car hitting you, not you hitting another car if that makes sense.

Yeah cuppatea we have a European-style one as well, no way could it go in the middle with a base or anything. I'm sure a carseat would move around in the middle more than on the sides if you had slight bucket seats on either side too? (Like most cars do now).