How would you configure 3 in a van?

[Green Decals]

Help me avoid WWIII, please! I have a van with 2nd row captains chairs and a 3rd row bench. There isn't a ton of room to climb in between the captains chairs to the 3rd row, so I am thinking of collapsing one of the captains chairs.

Here's what I have:

6yo FF harnessed in Frontier, long belt path install
3yo FF in Boulevard, LATCH install
newbie due any time, RF in Peg Perego bucket

My 6yo is independent with buckling/unbuckling but my 3yo isn't, so I would have to easily reach him to buckle/unbuckle each time. I would like the 6yo to be able to "see" the baby so he can keep tabs on the baby (and eliminate my need for a mirror). I am hesitant to put the older 2 in the rear bench because they will practically be touching each other and will fight like dogs... Right now they are side by side in the captains chairs. Nobody can go in the middle of the 3rd bench seat because the top tethers are only on the outboard seats.

It shouldn't be that difficult, but how do you recommend I do it?

[JulieBeth]

The way I have it, bigs (I have two in HBB and my oldest is 11) are in the back. My newbie (Chaperone) is behind the passenger seat so I can see her in the rearview mirror (have a mirror attached to her seat to view her) when I am driving. My 3 year old (also in a Boulevard) is behind the drivers seat.

[Babybird4]

My oldest is FF in the back row with the other half of the bench folded down. To get her in and out we kneel in the back to reach her from the behind. She usually walks out through one of the side doors as I get her siblings out. DD2 is RF behind me and DS is in the infant seat behind the passenger bc I can see him easier in the mirror on that side.

April, mommy to Haylea (8/18/09), Hannah (5/22/11) and baby Hogan (12/12/12) *sent from my iPhone*

[luvsviola]

We have our almost 6 year old in the back in a Frontier, and youngest two outboard in the middle.