V.olvos and Car Seats and Strollers, Oh My!

(14w6d)
Oh Happy Day!

I actually wrote this post a few days ago, but it has taken me this long to post.
I plead pregnancy.

But I have good news!

Matt and I have been hoping that (despite the skeptical looks of multiple baby store employees when I mentioned what we wanted...) we will be able to fit three infant car seats in the 2nd row of my V.olvo SUV. For a couple reasons. 1) I really like my car… it is a compact SUV… big enough to haul things around without being monstrous. 2) It is reportedly very safe "like a bank vault". One of the main reasons we bought it initially was for it’s safety record which was a real bonus since we were at the time expecting I would get knocked-up ANY DAY. 3) It is only 2.5 yrs old. We usually keep cars for much longer to get more value out of them. 4) I am REALLY waiting for a plug-in hybrid SUV to come out. That won’t be for another 2 yrs.

So I hauled myself to a local children’s store for a scheduled consultation with their car seat installer. He was mighty skeptical we could do three across in our car. But after some cajoling I convinced him that from my perspective it would be nice to at least TRY to fit the car seats in before heading out to trade in my car for a mom-mobile. So he measured to find the narrowest car seat in the store and we carried three of them out to the car.

What d’ya know… THEY FIT! In fact, we have room for another ½ inch for each seat… meaning I now have a choice of three different car seats! Wow!

Not very exciting news, I know. But for someone who has spent two weeks trying to get this sorted out… it is a breakthrough!

At least with all the decisions we have to make in the next few months… buying a new car won’t be one of them :-)

After several hours of reading reviews, perusing threads on high-order multiples forums and even pushing a few around… I have also come to a conclusion on the stroller I want to order (I had to wait until I knew which car seats were possible before I was able to decide on a stroller). For multiple reasons that I won’t be getting into right now, I have decided on a T.riple Decker. The highlights are that it will fit in the back of my car, and give me the flexibility to leave the house with the little buggers by myself if needed.

Ahhh.
So the big, complicated decisions are now out of the way.
I won’t order the stroller until they are actually born. Alive.
But I feel a bit more relaxed.
Because even if I get put on bedrest tomorrow, the rest of the decisions can be made from my couch.

(No, universe… that is not at all meant to be a hint).