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I'm feeling very overwhelmed and need some help.
As I've mentioned before, we are foster parents and we also have my now-9-yo stepson.
We currently have a placement that's a newborn, but it's possible we will soon be getting more children to go with the newborn. I don't have sizes/height/weight, but all the kids are on the small side (except the uber tall 9 year old).
The kids will be (from oldest to youngest) 9,3,2,1,0. The 9 year old is in a Britax Parkway and the 0 year old (newborn) is in a Graco Snugride.
Now to the question:
What minivan would you recommend that we buy? Our budget is tiny due to buying a great "deal" and then it ended up needing salvaged (only after we sunk about half what we paid for the car into it for repairs on top of all the money we spent to get the van). We're going to have to sell our current car, salvage the crappy van and wipe out our emergency fund in order to get a decent van for us.
Our budget is around $3k. I know that means a mid 1990s van, so give it your best shot. I know, I know, no LATCH and we'll probably have to take it somewhere to get tethers installed.
Also, can you let me know what seats you have for kids that are 1,2,3?? I'm new so please refrain from using abbreviations until you have first identified the seat. Thanks
ETA: I've found a couple of 2000 Ford Windstars in our area that are very close to our price range. Someone on here raved about that vehicle and said that it had LATCH and tethers. Any ideas on that??
As I've mentioned before, we are foster parents and we also have my now-9-yo stepson.
We currently have a placement that's a newborn, but it's possible we will soon be getting more children to go with the newborn. I don't have sizes/height/weight, but all the kids are on the small side (except the uber tall 9 year old).
The kids will be (from oldest to youngest) 9,3,2,1,0. The 9 year old is in a Britax Parkway and the 0 year old (newborn) is in a Graco Snugride.
Now to the question:
What minivan would you recommend that we buy? Our budget is tiny due to buying a great "deal" and then it ended up needing salvaged (only after we sunk about half what we paid for the car into it for repairs on top of all the money we spent to get the van). We're going to have to sell our current car, salvage the crappy van and wipe out our emergency fund in order to get a decent van for us.
Our budget is around $3k. I know that means a mid 1990s van, so give it your best shot. I know, I know, no LATCH and we'll probably have to take it somewhere to get tethers installed.
Also, can you let me know what seats you have for kids that are 1,2,3?? I'm new so please refrain from using abbreviations until you have first identified the seat. Thanks
ETA: I've found a couple of 2000 Ford Windstars in our area that are very close to our price range. Someone on here raved about that vehicle and said that it had LATCH and tethers. Any ideas on that??
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