Living with a 2 Door Car

Both my husband and I have two door coupes. I have Honda Civic and he has a Honda Accord. When I first got pregnant, panic set in because we figured we were going to need a 4 door car. Neither of us wanted to spend the money to upgrade nor did we want to accept the fact that we were no longer 2 door car type of people.

We talked to various people to see what cars worked for them. One friend of mine had a 4 door car but it was a  small one. They had two children and both were very tall people. Her comments to me were to get used to the fact that your knees would be close to the dashboard no matter what size of car you got for the first year. She was right. Another friend had a 2 door Honda Accord and said it was great if the pacifier dropped it you could reach back and pop it back in. That trick came in handy a few times. 

People wonder how you get a child into a 2 door car. Its easy. The front seat moves forward and you are able to step inside a bit to strap them in. In the first year it was harder to get Master D out of my parents' car than my car because the front seat didn't move forward that much. You ended up having to lift straight up instead of up and to the side. Now Master D can crawl into the car himself. He can get up into the seat and all I have to do is turn him around. In the end we have survived living in a 2 door car. In fact, we rationalized that we could even have another one if we wanted and we would still be okay. 

In today's society it is easy to get caught up in the "bigger is better" mentality. You may have a little more room but you can make it work in something smaller. We saved money by keeping the cars that were fully paid for and Master D doesn't know any different.