Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

so I start watching my nephews again so they are 3 yrs old and 3 months old and I have DD Brianna who is 20 mths (plus my 6 and 11 yr old but they are in school in the day)
so I will be having them all in my van but I am having trouble figuring out where to sit everyone
Brianna is behind me (carseat)
now I have an infant seatw/base and a high back booster to put in my van
so I thought I would put the babyseat in the middle row in the middle but it doesnt fit
and I cant put it behind the passenger seat because then you cant move it up so people can go in the 3rd row
so I guess I will have to put both boys in the 3rd row but I dont know how comfortable I am putting the baby all the way back there
I also carpool and pick up my 7th grader and another kid
I guess thats my only option right??

Re: Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

Wow, i tried to help you, fellow Odyssey owner , but I cant keep the kids straight. I am THAT tired. Can you give me ages?

Re: Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

its really where do I put the 3 carseats
kids ages are
3 mths (baby car seat and base)
20 mths (toddler car seat)
3 yrs old (high back booster)

then I pick up
two 12 yr olds

Re: Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

I would put the 3 yr old in the back with the older 2 and the smaller babies in the middle. My car (granted only 3 kids) I have Lukie behind the passanger, Emma behind him in a high back booster and Jeremy in his car seat. I leave the seat behind me folded down so I can easily buckle him in. I think a 3 yr old would know enough to get into their seat when told to. You can just reach over the seat and buckle him in. Does that work?

ETA: can you take the infant and put her behind you so you can remove the headrest on that seat to make it easier to get to the 3rd row for bucklage?

Message edited 9/14/2008 11:44:44 PM.

Re: Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

but I cant move the seat back and forth with the 2 car seats in the middle row kwim?? eh I will have to see tomorrow what works best I probably should have tested this out sooner
thanks

Re: Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

take out the middle faux seat. Make the middle captains chairs or move one of the seats over so there will be no "moving seat"

Message edited 9/14/2008 11:49:58 PM.

Re: Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

thats what I was thinking but where the hell would I keep it

Re: Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

mines in my garage in a contractor bag

Re: Moms with minvans....honda odysseys maybe you can help me figure something out

I have the twins in the two captial chairs pushed together towards the driver door( it does not go the other way) and my DD is in the back on the drivers side.. it gives you more room to get the other people in the back.. and you can still move the seat up a little if you have an infant base in it