Eye-opening happenings at Kiddicare 18/10 !

        On Saturday I was desperate for a car seat “shopping” trip. If only I had won the lottery….ha ha I decided that a trip to Kiddicare was in order, it’s been a few months since I was there last. I wish I lived closer! Peterborough is about 30-40 minutes away dependingRead more

Silent Sunday #8

          * * Follow me [powr-social-media-icons label=”Enter a Label”] 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 missionRead more

The Twisted Harness – And How To Fix It! (Guide)

One of my biggest annoyances when buckling the kids up in their car seats – is when the car seat harness strap(s) twist themselves! I bet we’ve aaaaallll been there….. And it’s also got this sickening habit of happening when you really really…really… need to be somewhere… or when it’s raining cat’s and dogs…  Today itRead more

Joie Stages – ‘Too short seat-belt’ syndrome fixed (guide)

  The Joie Stages is a fab seat. It’s affordable, it has nice safety rating and it lasts from birth to about 7 years old (55 lb). It rear faces from birth to 18 kg (40 lb) which is around 4 years old and then after the child has outgrown it (by weight, because it’s quite tallRead more

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