Free Car Seat Checks – Upcoming Events Sept/Oct

  All clinics are absolutely FREE of charge!  This is definitely something you want to check out, you will receive excellent info and advice from one of the trained Good Egg car seat fitter and it will only take a few minutes to make sure your child(ren) are riding safely in the car.       Read more

Child Passenger Safety Week (September 14-20, 2014)

In celebration of this year’s CPSW I have made a little collage in remembrance of my kids on their RF journey.  Sadly I do not have any photos of Caitlyn as a baby, but she used the same baby Graco Junior seat as Henry is pictured in. She transitioned to the BeSafe when she was aroundRead more

Silent Sunday #4

    ERFmama Therese has completed the ‘Advanced Child Car Seat Training Course’ at TRL (Transport Research Lab) and is a CPD accredited car seat expert. She blogs about in-car safety, car seats, tips, reviews, giveaways and advice. She’s a mum on a mission to change the law and raise awareness. She is also aRead more

Joie I-Anchor – The Review!

Not that long ago now I approached Joie Baby by email because I really really wanted to become one of their “Ambassadors”. I was super happy when I got an answer back stating they would be happy to work with me and let me review one of their car seats! The seat I was sentRead more

News! iSize from BeSafe themselves

I thought this was a good and at the same way cute way of explaining i-Size in a fast way. With new legislations it can be a bit confusing when all we know is the old ECE R44.04. BeSafe has made this to help all of us. Please remember that when you buy a seatRead more

The most common child seat errors! (Continued)

This post is a continuation on my other piece : <<  60% of car seats are installed incorrectly!! >> Last week ITV’s “Belt Up Britain” campaign was launched and with it the mission to make sure that all kids are travelling safely in the car. Everything from correct car seat use to correct car seats andRead more

Joie in the home! (Again)

We are super excited to give a small snack view of what we got in the post yesterday! If you are following my twitter and Facebook you should know what I am talking about! Hehe If your not, then you definitely shoukd as I update a lot there. My internet will arrive tomorrow (FINALLY doesn’tRead more

SAFETY ALERT!

This is an URGENT message that just popped up on my news feed on Facebook! Thank you to Child-Car Seat-Advice for making us all aware of this!!   IMPORTANT INFORMATION – THIS IS NOT A CHILD CAR SEAT     This harness (from Ebay) is ILLEGAL to use in the UK and Europe. This harness has passed NORead more

The BeSafe i-Size is here soon!

    It’s all most here! Due to be released in June! (May 15th in Scandinavia) The BeSafe iZi Kid i-Size! (Make note of the clothing the children are wearing in a typical Norwegian winter. And how they are undressed before being strapped in! And what they are wearing in the seats. This is *important*Read more

Axkid Minikid – A Toddler’s Point of View

Axkid Minikid

  Went to the ICSC today to try the Axkid Minikid and to make sure it actually fitted nicely in our Ford Mondeo 2004 model. Caitlyn Anabelle is 3,5 years old, 15kg and 104cm tall. I didn’t have a chance to measure her torso height again at this time, so I will add that later on. Being 104cm tallRead more

You’re in MY seat!

Going out with toddlers is always quite an experience…..hehe Yesterday I decided to change the cat litter tray, only to find out after I changed it that we were out of litter… And with nothing open… (Easter..yey) that wasn’t really ideal. :wacko: So  today I had to take the kids to Tesco and pick up someRead more

SHOCKING Study Finds 60% of Car Seats Are Installed Incorrectly!

Shocking Study

And 99% of parents think they are correctly fitted! According to Good Egg Safety, on a national level, 6 out of 10 car seats are installed incorrectly! That is scary!  “Figures released by Good Egg Safety indicate a 13% rise in badly fitted child car seats in the four year period 2010-2013. The figures – whichRead more

3 Stages of a Collision

When one vehicle collides with another, the damages go far beyond that of broken headlights and smashed glass. Every car crash has three stages!  The first stage is the car crashing into something. Then comes the second when the people inside the car crash into the car’s interior. Hopefully the seat belt and air-bags! Then comesRead more

The “Bottom Flooring Compartments” problem…

Some of the content of this post is taken with permission from http://addictedtobabystuff.com  I have thrown up a reblog of the whole post (found here), but I thought since it’s such a long post, I’ll just post the actual email in a separate post. The email is from Robert Bell who is considered an expert in this field. RobertRead more

Bottom Compartments and ERF Car seats (Reblogged)

Bottom Compartments and ERF Car seats (Reblogged) The short version: This is completely safe!!! ERFmama Therese has completed the ‘Advanced Child Car Seat Training Course’ at TRL (Transport Research Lab) and is a CPD accredited car seat expert. She blogs about in-car safety, car seats, tips, reviews, giveaways and advice. She’s a mum on aRead more