Stuff the booster! - Child seats...
Discussion
Chaps, the booster seats thread got me thinking - the Bread Knife allowed me to buy the Cerbera as it is a 4-seater, and thus can take Bun Mk1 when said bun arrives in March.
Question is, what CHILD seats fit in the Cerbera? There are plenty of booster / Recaro Start types of seats, but I'm talking about the rear-facing new-born type....
We're currently looking at the Graco Travel system, but that needs 24 inches horizontally - can you remove the padding from the rear seat back to facilitate an extra couple of inches?
I'd appreciate your thoughts and ideas, and any pics of people who've made it all work.....
Cheers.
Question is, what CHILD seats fit in the Cerbera? There are plenty of booster / Recaro Start types of seats, but I'm talking about the rear-facing new-born type....
We're currently looking at the Graco Travel system, but that needs 24 inches horizontally - can you remove the padding from the rear seat back to facilitate an extra couple of inches?
I'd appreciate your thoughts and ideas, and any pics of people who've made it all work.....
Cheers.
redleicester said:We switched to using the Britax 1st Class seat from our travel system carry cot as we were never happy with it (although Graco now supply fixed car mounts for them), these can be switched from rear facinng to forward facing at various tilt levels, even so I don't think you'd get one fitting in the back.
Chaps, the booster seats thread got me thinking - the Bread Knife allowed me to buy the Cerbera as it is a 4-seater, and thus can take Bun Mk1 when said bun arrives in March.
Question is, what CHILD seats fit in the Cerbera? There are plenty of booster / Recaro Start types of seats, but I'm talking about the rear-facing new-born type....
We're currently looking at the Graco Travel system, but that needs 24 inches horizontally - can you remove the padding from the rear seat back to facilitate an extra couple of inches?
I'd appreciate your thoughts and ideas, and any pics of people who've made it all work.....
The few newborns I have heard of in the Cerbera tend to go next to the driver and the poor new mum gets squeezed in the back seats - not ideal after a difficult birth or c-section
Mrs Blue Cerbera is the expert on removing all the seating after a recent "decorating" experience from one of her children
Looking at the Graco system, the belt doesn't need to do very far at all, as it attaches to the base, not the seat, so the required length is much shorter.
Sorry to be daft chaps, but why won't any of the seats fit in the back? The Graco Autobaby reckons on needing 24 inches - in the Cerb there's 22 whilst leaving adequate room for front passenger - so surely pulling out a pad or two from the rear seat would free up the neccessary two extra inches?
Or am I being a dumb male first-time parent muppet and missing something rather fundamental?!
Sorry to be daft chaps, but why won't any of the seats fit in the back? The Graco Autobaby reckons on needing 24 inches - in the Cerb there's 22 whilst leaving adequate room for front passenger - so surely pulling out a pad or two from the rear seat would free up the neccessary two extra inches?
Or am I being a dumb male first-time parent muppet and missing something rather fundamental?!
redleicester said:That sorts that out, and those seats are a far better design (only been available in the last two years) than wrapping the belt round the carry cot each time you move junior.
Looking at the Graco system, the belt doesn't need to do very far at all, as it attaches to the base, not the seat, so the required length is much shorter.
We purchased the car base as soon as Graco released it, but they'd changed the carry cot locking system to work with it and there was no way to adapt it
redleicester said:I can't see those cushions being 2" thick and it could well be a problem at the base rather than higher up, I beleive they are velcroed in, but I've not tried to remove them myself.
Sorry to be daft chaps, but why won't any of the seats fit in the back? The Graco Autobaby reckons on needing 24 inches - in the Cerb there's 22 whilst leaving adequate room for front passenger - so surely pulling out a pad or two from the rear seat would free up the neccessary two extra inches?
Or am I being a dumb male first-time parent muppet and missing something rather fundamental?!
As a first-time parent you'll encounter literally hundreds of questions you want to ask that you think are "dumb", don't sweat it you'll soon get used to it!
Trust me Tripps, I feel a complete dimwit already! Wife came home with a bumper pack of nappies last night and I nearly had a coronary! 
I'm getting the hang of it slowly! I've got to move heaven and earth to prove that the Graco seat fits in the back, as SWMBO's condition for chopping the Chim for a Cerbie was that it was possible.
Under the thumb? Not me.... honest guv'nor! (still, at least I got the Cerb before she saw the size of the rear seats and prevented it!
I'm getting the hang of it slowly! I've got to move heaven and earth to prove that the Graco seat fits in the back, as SWMBO's condition for chopping the Chim for a Cerbie was that it was possible.
Under the thumb? Not me.... honest guv'nor! (still, at least I got the Cerb before she saw the size of the rear seats and prevented it!
redleicester said:
I'm getting the hang of it slowly! I've got to move heaven and earth to prove that the Graco seat fits in the back, as SWMBO's condition for chopping the Chim for a Cerbie was that it was possible.
Under the thumb? Not me.... honest guv'nor! (still, at least I got the Cerb before she saw the size of the rear seats and prevented it!
sounds like you're having lots of fun... You might perhaps be able to get the passenger seat runners moved or extended to give some more room?
But I think you'll be stuck with baby next to you and wife behind until you can use a front-facing seat I'm afraid.
gazzab said:
Dont put a rear facing seat anywhere nr a TVR !
It has to be squeezed into the front and is squashed up against the dash board. ie big accident will mean the baby takes all of the impact.
Maxi Cosi Citi fitted fine in the front of my Chim.
About 2 inches between the dash rail and the back of the chair, no bother.
Wot they all said. 
A rear-facing seat won't go in the back at all, you have to push the passenger seat as far back as it'll go and strap the baby seat in. It's best to roll up a towel and put that in front of the baby seat too (between the baby seat and the passenger seat, obviously...) otherwise the baby seat can move around.
Alternatively, you could just not use the Cerb until Junior is old enough to go in a front-facing seat... But don't try and put a rear-facing seat in the back, it won't fit. We used a Graco seat as well, and no amount of pushing and pulling will get it to fit safely in the back.
Sorry!
>> Edited by SGirl on Thursday 25th November 15:29
A rear-facing seat won't go in the back at all, you have to push the passenger seat as far back as it'll go and strap the baby seat in. It's best to roll up a towel and put that in front of the baby seat too (between the baby seat and the passenger seat, obviously...) otherwise the baby seat can move around.
Alternatively, you could just not use the Cerb until Junior is old enough to go in a front-facing seat... But don't try and put a rear-facing seat in the back, it won't fit. We used a Graco seat as well, and no amount of pushing and pulling will get it to fit safely in the back.
Sorry!
>> Edited by SGirl on Thursday 25th November 15:29
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