LadyDeac03
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1- Our nearly 5 year old sleeps on the bottom bunk of her bunk beds (we bought them for her new room when the now 1.5 year old was born with the thought they might eventually share a room - or if nothing else they are good for sleepovers). One thing I would caution is that most bunk beds I think recommend not sleeping on the top until 6 years old. That said, we really like ours. It has stairs up to the top instead of a ladder, has storage in the stairs, and storage under the bed (could also have put a trundle there).
2 - We got an Odyssey just before #2 was born (2 kids plus good-sized dog plus lots of junk enticed us to move up from the CRV). We LOVE it. All our friends who had minivans before us basically said it was the best decision they ever made. The "magic" doors are amazing for getting kids in and out easily. We usually keep the back seats folded down for extra storage and leave our strollers and stuff in there. But for 3 kids I've also seen people remove one of the middle seats, put two kids in the back and one in the remaining middle seats, and you have easy access to everyone.
3 - Our 4 (almost 5) year old is in some sort of 3 in 1 (Britax Frontier maybe?). It is a 5-point harness now, but can transition to a booster later. I think you would get a lot of use out of something like that and it seems more comfortable for kids than the convertibles. When we did some booster research the recommendations seemed to be to stay in 5-point as long as possible. But really not to do boosters under 40 lbs. Even if you can get the shoulder strap to hit in the right place on a kid, a 5-point is just so much safer.
