3 carseats in Santa Fe

[flutterbydreamz]

OKay, I've read most of these, but I still need help. We have a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe and a 2001 Chevy Silverado 1500.
We have 2 kids: 3 yr old, 33 lbs, 36 inches and a 1 yr old, 22 lbs, 30 inches. Both are currently in Cosco Alpha Omegas.
We are expecting our 3rd child in September 2008.
We have the graco snugride for the inew baby, but cannot fit this with the other two into our Santa fe. Please help!!
Any advice on what 3 seats DO fit in the santa fe, as well as configurations would be great. I keep reading the radions are the slimmest, but I can only find them online and I am hesitant to buy a carseat I can't try out first.

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[CarSeatKelly]

Hi there,

Not sure if I can be of much help here with your current seats and vehicles. I would say that 3 Radians accross either of your vehicles back seats should work but 2 plus a snugride, I'm not sure about.

The SafeGuard Go is always a good option for space saving and would work for the 3 year old but I wouldn't feel comfortable using it with a smaller 1 year old. It requires LATCH which you should have in the Santa Fe.

If you're concerned about ordering online, EliteCarSeats.com is offering Free Return Shipping insurance through mid July if you wanted to try them out. They currently don't have much in stock but are expecting more of the Radian 80s in early July and the Radian 65's in about a week.

I hope that helps a little.

Thanks!
Kelly
Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician

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	LATCH LATCH stands for Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren. It is a system mandated by the Federal government in an effort to standardize and simplify the installation of child restraints without using the vehicle's seat belt system. New vehicles and child safety seats manufactured on and after September 1, 2002 will be equipped with the LATCH system. Cars, minivans, and light trucks will be required to have anchor points between the vehicle's seat cushion and the seat back in at least two rear seating positions, and a top tether anchor (with the exception of convertibles). Child safety seats will have a lower set of attachments that fasten to the vehicle anchors. Most forward-facing child safety seats will also have a top strap (tether) that attaches to the top anchor in the vehicle.

[triciaunderwood]

We will have the same issue in Feb 09 with the 3 kids/ 3 car seats in the Santa Fe. We just bought 2 Graco Nautilus and already have one Graco carrier (for the new baby). I don't know if they fit yet but will post if they do.

Please post if you find something that you know fits in your Santa Fe!!! Thanks!

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