by Joyce Slaton posted in Products & Prizes

Few people want to buy a new car just because they had a third child. But once the number of children you have exceeds your total number of arms, trying to fit them all safely into your car or SUV starts to make a new minivan look pretty appealing.
But you're not out of options, parents of multi-kid families. There are car seats slim enough to fit 3-across in many vehicles.

Will they fit into yours" You knew I was going to say this: It depends! But trying out one of the following slimmer infant, convertible, or booster seats makes 3-across or 3-in-a-row a lot more likely.
By the way, when we say 3-across, we don?t necessarily mean that 3 of any one seat model will fit. Triplets are a lot less common than families with 3 different-aged kids, so most people are looking for an infant seat, a convertible, and a booster, say, that will work together. Trying out different combinations will turn up what works best for your vehicle and family. Some seats can ?puzzle? together ? an infant seat that?s narrow at the base but wider above can snuggle next to a seat without armrests, like one of the Radians. The Britax Marathon is known for puzzling well next to seats like the Graco SnugRide and the Radian RXT
Complicating matters: Different cars have back seats of different dimensions and configurations. Maybe you have a compact car that?s just 48 inches wide. Or a mid-sized sedan, with back seats that run approximately 52-56 inches wid...