I vowed I would never become a minivan mom. But, then we got pregnant with triplets. The more and more my husband and I explored our car choices, the better and better those minivans started to look. I didn't want to deal with anything inconvenient, especially while loading 3 babies into a car. A minivan holds everything and I decided I didn't want a cute car if it meant struggling with the stroller, car seats, changing diapers, etc.

We ultimately bought a used 2006 8-passenger Sienna. As someone already said above, 3 car seats can fit across the 2nd or 3rd row. A huge plus is that all 6 of the back seat have the latch system. My husband installed a hitch for the RunAbout stroller he plans to buy. But, the RunAbout company said that the triplet stroller will also fit inside most vans.

We test drove and almost bought an Odyssey. It felt more luxurious and had sun shades that could be left up while the windows were rolled down. It also drove nicely. But, the jump seat between the two 2nd row captain's seats is really small. There's only two latch systems in the 2nd row and one in the 3rd row. So, if we bought this particular Odyssey, we would have to split up the car seats.