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MoM with 3+ kids all in carseats
What car do you have? With twins on the way and DD1 who will be 3yrs when they come...what car will work with three carseats? Hoping to stay away from the minivan.
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Re: MoM with 3+ kids all in carseats
minivan.
when you have to put three kids into a car, you want the seats to be easy to access and low to the ground. plus, you're going to want lots of storage space.
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We have a Ford Freestyle (which has since been transformed into the Ford Flex...which is the same on the inside but not on the outside).
It's got a similar set up on the inside as a minivan, 3 rows. The back has captains chairs (option to have a bench if you want, though I don't think a bench would work for getting to the back w/ car searts) and then the last row is a bench w/ 2 seats.
We got it b/c DH refused to get a minivan, so this was a compromise. but I think a minivan would be easier--the sliding door, lower down, etc. Even if the eat configuration is the same.
we hvae a minivan and i can't tell you how great it is to have one - forget the space (which you will need) but the auto opening doors are a God send! I can't imagine dealing with opening car doors while carrying babies and all their crap.
Griffin is in the 3rd row, forward facing. The twins are in the middle row, rear facing... though, Gray is still in the infant seat for about 2 more pounds... and then I'm not sure what we'll do- b/c his conv seat rear facing sticks out forward far and would make my driver's seat have to go forward, which i just can't do... so i might have to put him in the 3rd row and then put him into his seat from the back door ... until he's forward facing- then move him back to the 2nd row.
We were able to stay away from the minivan until #3 came along. We could have gotten three Radian car seats in the back seat of the Dodge Magnum but it would have been tight. We broke down and bought the minivan and I LOVE IT!
There is plenty of room for everyone and I don't have to worry about kids fighting, taking things from each other, crowding each other, etc. We have resigned ourselves to the fact that we will have a minivan as long as everyone is in car seats. We won't have to drive the minivan forever!
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You'll want a minivan. We have a GMC Envoy XL with 4 carseats and it's not easy to get all the kids in and out. We actually had to move our 3 yo into a seatbelt booster so that we could remove his carseat every time we need to get out of the car so that we can get the infant seats out of the 3rd row. We have our 1 yo in a convertible in the 2nd row and our 3 yo in the 2nd row. Twins are in the 3rd row but there's also no LATCH system back there so we have to use the seatbelts in the locked position.
ETA: I guess with 3 carseats you could go the 3rd SUV route and just have one of the 2nd row seats folded down. If you plan to have any more children though, it would probably be best to go with a minivan now : )
We have a suzuki XL7 currently, seats 7, a little lower like minivan but with doors and the back 2 rows of bench seats.
I agree - I think you might want to get over the distaste for minivans.
The automatic sliding doors are wonderful!
An SUV with a 3rd row seat would work, but a) how hard is it to access the 3rd row? and b) how much trunk space will that leave you?
Go for the minivan.
I also have a toddler and twins and I really don't want to get a minivan, even though I'm sure it's the easiest option day to day.
We looked into SUVs with third row seating and we are also consider wider SUVs that would allow us to put all three carseats in one row. I've heard that the Radian convertible carseats are the narrowest. The Acura MDX is set up to fit 3 Latch carseats across. I've also heard that the following SUVs fit 3 convertible carseats (I haven't tested them to see for sure): Volvo, Honda Pilot, Range Rover. I'm sure huge SUVs like Suburbans and Expeditions fit 3 and I'd also look into the crossover vehicles.