[Hersbird]

My daughter is in some kind of car seat safety team. So grandkids is what we deal with and the smaller the kid, I swear the bigger the seat. Now latch those seats into a 3rd row and try and climb back there to buckle them in because the straps are tight and no way even a 4 year old can do it. So realistically that's why I was sitting in the 3rd row as a 50 year old fat guy because the 2nd row captain chairs makes for much better car seat land. Then you can also pull over and feed or change kids quickly which happens way to often.
All of this is why we've had one of these minivan (and now technically 2 at once) since our first a 2 year old Grand Caravan in 1991. I don't think I can count all the years, makes, and models at this point. We've tried things like a Buick Enclave, a GMC Envoy XL, a Mercury Sable wagon, a Suburban, a Ford Expedition, a Dodge Journey and probably a few other 3 rows but nothing comes close to the comfort of a minivan. The Suburban is roomy, but the van is still better getting in and out and driving around. We just had that to haul people and a big camper at the same time. The Buick had a beautiful interior and pretty good with in and out, even had AWD but you just can't beat sliding doors and the buick 3.6 early on was a timing chain failing beast that required motor removal to replace, no good.

Ps after looking at those kids I'm not sure they should even be forward facing yet. If so just barely and that's the best you ever get. Now let's see a 2 year old still reverse facing as most all will be with maybe a 5 or 6 year old forward facing. I bet their legs have to go up in the air and I bet the rear facing seat doesn't go in there with the 2nd row latched in place period.