Thanks for the replies. You got me to go check the back of my child seat. It turns out, I had it on the most reclined position in front and the back of the car seat isn't flush against the car's seat back. I unreclined it and pushed it all the way back. Now it looks like your car seats whereas before the bottom was sticking out from the seat bottom. I think mommy just gained 3 inches of legroom. that's a lot.