When my kids were still in car seats, I kept out the middle seat of our Odyssey so that I could still access the back row easily to help buckle if needed. Though it can do different configurations of the center row seats, I found having the space in the middle helped keep kids in the middle row from bothering each other. Come to think of it though, my oldest was in a booster, not carseat in back.

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Anonymous wrote:You could get rid of the au pair... more options then

Ha! Sadly, then I would have to get rid of my job and I couldn’t afford a new car!

Yes, what a difficult life you lead.

I'd get a minivan with 3 kids, but if you want to entertain an SUV, the Acura MDX has a model that has bucket seats in middle row. Makes it easier to access 3rs row