#Tipoftheday – Retrofitted ISOFIX!?

    You can find the whole #Tipoftheday series right here! Make sure you check it out often for useful tips & tricks that saves lives.   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-carRead more

How We Use Car Seats When Travelling – yes it is possible! [Guest Post]

Travelling with car seats

Hi! I’m Elizabeth from Dutch Dutch Goose. I’m an ex-pat mom of two littles and I recently moved my family from Colorado to the Netherlands. In addition to moving abroad, we do a lot of travelling! Ever since we added our first little, we’ve been travelling with the car seat in tow. Keeping kids safe whenRead more

FREE Child Car Seat Workshop Now Open!

free child car seat workshop

The Scottish Good Egg Child Seat Campaign is pleased to bring to you a FREE car seat workshop (normally £25!) – sponsored by Cosatto.   Come along and meet other Mums and Dads, and find out useful information for keeping your baby safe in the car! Learn lots of useful hints and tips to keepRead more

Back To School – 5 things you need to know about child safety on the school run

Back to school is advertised everywhere. But what isn’t advertised so highly is the safety aspect of it all, and how to make sure we still keep our little ones safe in the car at the school runs. Every year over 2,200 under 15s are killed or seriously injured, with a further 15,000 sustaining minorRead more

#Tipoftheday – The 5 Step Test

the 5 step test #tipoftheday

          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. SheRead more

New ERF seat from Graco? With extended FF harnessing?! (Updated)

Graco Milestone car seat

Browsing through Facebook I come across a post from a friend where she has discovered a mysterious car seat on Smyth’s Toys website. Looking at it my first thought is that …no way… this can’t be true! Is Graco really brining out a new car seat that actually covers ALL groups?!   UPDATE 1:  ItRead more

What You Need to Know: Car Seat Crash Testing [Part 1]

car seat crash testing

When out shopping for car seats you could be forgiven for thinking that “a car seat is a car seat, they have all passed the same testing, surely no one is better than the other one?”. Other than for cosmetic reasons, there is little difference between spending £25 on a car seat and spending sayRead more

#tipoftheday – The QR Code on car seats

QR code checker app

    I myself didn’t actually think about this until I was looking at car seats today and saw it, which inspired me to put it into my #tipoftheday series.  I hope it was a useful tip to you!!   ERFmama Therese has completed the ‘Advanced Child Car Seat Training Course’ at TRL (Transport ResearchRead more

#tipoftheday – BeSafe Belt Collector

BeSafe belt collector

        A good article with even more tips and info on children escaping the harness can be found ~HERE~ . Q:// After watching the crash test video, were you aware of the facts related to your child taking his or her arms out of the harness? Did you know how dangerous thatRead more

#tipoftheday – HBB beltpath

  One of the most common errors once the child is old enough to use a high back booster – is the belt path.  Above I have shown my daughter using the most common errors. Please please please always make sure that when you buckle in the child –  the seat belt is using theRead more

#tipoftheday – HBB Headrest

        Once our children are old enough to go into a ‘High back booster’ (also known as a HBB) at the age of 4, it’s important to know where the adult seat belt goes and where the correct position of the head rest goes.        ERFmama Therese has completed theRead more

A Look Into: Car seat testing -and what can change one’s life in seconds…

This is a resurrected post from a good ole while ago, happy reading. Earlier I posted on the blog’s Facebook page a video that shows us a deep look into the world of car seat’s, testing and real life experiences. It talks about testing, and especially the sort that you read about in magazines, the “Best Buys”, theRead more

That Frikki’n Twisted Car Seat Harness Problem!

Like many parents with kids in car seats, I come across this problem from time to time. It’s very annoying, but most importantly, it’s a very dangerous thing to not fix because for the harness to work properly in the event of a crash, it needs to be flat without twists and snug against theRead more

Is Your Child Escaping the Car Seat Harness?

  Any parent’s worst nightmare is an escape artist. But what most parent’s might not be aware of, is how dangerous it actually is when your child is not wearing their harness correctly, maybe not even wearing it at all – like in the picture above. So what is the big deal you might ask?Read more

Heroes of the City YouTube Review & Giveaway

  Some time ago now we were approached by ‘Ruta Ett DVD AB’ and was then introduced to a wonderful kids cartoon series called ‘Heroes of the City’. I had never heard of it before, but I jumped on the chance to review this “new” product as I thought they really went well with ourRead more