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Traveling with a toddler and an infant

  • 17-09-2016 4:53pm
    #1
    murfilein
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    We need to go to Dublin next month, we have 2 kids. One is 2.5 years, the other is just 4 weeks now.

    Usually when we drive cork city both kids are on the back seats in their car seats. But driving to Dublin from cork takes its time - we were considering putting our 2.5 year old on the front passenger seat, so mom can sit in the back with the infant.

    Question: is it ok/allowed to put a toddler in the front seat? Does the car seat have to be mounted front facing out back facing?


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  • #2
    Sligo1
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    murfilein wrote: »
    We need to go to Dublin next month, we have 2 kids. One is 2.5 years, the other is just 4 weeks now.

    Usually when we drive cork city both kids are on the back seats in their car seats. But driving to Dublin from cork takes its time - we were considering putting our 2.5 year old on the front passenger seat, so mom can sit in the back with the infant.

    Question: is it ok/allowed to put a toddler in the front seat? Does the car seat have to be mounted front facing out back facing?

    I often drove Dublin to Sligo (3 hours so similar as cork to Dublin) when my youngest was only a few weeks old and my older was only 15 months. I would leave both in the back. Hopefully the baby will sleep the way anyway. Is there a reason you don't want them in the the back together?


  • #3
    jlm29
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    It's perfectly legal to have a child in the front seat, so long as they are using an appropriate restraint. If you are using a forward facing car seat, keep your airbag on, but put the front seat back as far as possible. If you are using a rear facing seat, leave the airbag off. It's very dangerous to use a rear facing seat where there's an active airbag. If you have a group one rear facing seat, make sure it doesn't restrict your view in the wing mirror.

    All that said, Dublin to cork isn't a particularly long journey, they'll probably both be grand in the back. Try to travel at nap time, and you should have great peace!


  • #4
    Moonbeam
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    We do the drive often and have done since #1 was a week old.
    It takes about 2 hours,I have never sat in the back with them as babies they usually just doze.
    They get used to it esp if they know no different and you do not make a fuss.


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