WIN Hands On Magnets, by Mama Smartz!! The Ultimate Car Parking Safety Tool for Kids!

Hands on magnets

  Hands On Magnets are a parent’s best friend whenever you find yourself with your kids around moving cars. One of the best things about using Hands On Magnets, is that it teaches your kids a simple, consistent and safe way to get out of cars, and how to behave when there is other cars or traffic around.Read more

“You shouldn’t rear face because the kid’s legs are bent”

Look At Our Legs!

Working in the car seat industry – this is one of the most common misconceptions to rear facing. It’s also one of the most common reasons why parents or grandparents move a baby out of their infant car seat too early. Being a new mum or dad is hard work, and being a grandparent isRead more

Join Us For Road Safety Week 2017

Join us for Road Safety Wekk 2017

Road Safety Week 2017 is Here! Road crashes are the biggest single killer of young people in the UK. Every day, five people are killed and more than 60 people are seriously injured on UK roads.   We are joining #RoadSafetyWeek 🚗🛣🚲🚍🚸 with #giveaways 🎁& #articles 📜on the #blog ❗ 🤗👉#linkinbio 👍 * * #watchthisspaceRead more

Head Flop vs. Upper Body Disproportion – only one kills

Head Flop vs. upper body disproportion

  PDF File downloadable from here: CLICK ME     It goes under numerous names; head flop, head drop, head loll, head this and head that. And did you know that it’s an extremely common thing to happen to children in car seats? Did you also know that this is actually not a medical safetyRead more

Global Road Safety Week 2015- Tip #7

Global Road Safety Week 2015 is coming to an end. I had to have a giant think about what I should post as my final tip! There are just so so many things that are important, so very many things I could have posted. I hope that in this series I have helped you withRead more

Global Road Safety Week 2015- Tip #6

  Today’s tip is about the car seat harness! There are some very common mistakes made here, but don’t worry – it’s very simple to fix!  I’m sorry for the late post, that’s scheduled publishing settings for you… seems I put in the wrong time of day.    [inlinkz_linkup id=522922 mode=1]   ERFmama Therese hasRead more

Global Road Safety Week 2015- Tip #5

With so many car seat’s installed incorrectly, last year alone 71% of seats in England and Wales were incorrect and 64% in Scotland!  I thought I would quickly cover the difference between the forward facing colour and the rear facing colour, so  you can spot it instantly.         I’ve also got two greatRead more

I did a guest post #1 – Hot Weather, Children and Cars.

I wrote a guest post for Victoria over at Verily Victoria Vocalises !  Head on over and have a read and comment! I wrote about the heat  and how to keep the kids cool in the car among other things, so please do go have a read, especially as the weather is now getting warmer!!     Read more

Global Road Safety Week 2015 – Tip #4

It’s day 4 of Global Road Safety Week, and I hope you will find today’s tip as useful as you have hopefully found the last three.  Today we’ll be covering the first stage car seat, the same one you take baby home from the hospital in, that’s right – the infant “carrier”.       Read more

Global Road Safety Week 2015 – Tip #3

  For day 3 of this week’s Road Safety Tip I have chosen the high back booster. This especially because I see so many children in it that really do need to be harnessed because of age and also because there is a lot of misuse that you might thing of as small, but thatRead more

Global Road Safety Week 2015 – Tip #2

  Today’s tip is about a very common myth that doesn’t seem to want to die out….(which is very frustrating! ha ha)      [inlinkz_linkup id=522922 mode=1] 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

Global Road Safety Week 2015 – Tip #1

      In honour of Global Road Safety Week I will be posing one top tip from me and my family every day of the duration.  I hope you find them useful and I hope you also join us in the linky I have made for the occasion, it’s located at the bottom of theRead more