The Rear Facing Car Seat – Install Tips Video

Following on from my previous post about Forward Facing car seat install tips, here is the Rear Facing car seat install tips post. :) Fitting Errors As parents, there are so many things we hope he has done right, and among those things, the car seat is maybe one of the most important things, as it’sRead more

The Forward Facing Car Seat – Install Tips Video

    [tweetthis twitter_handles=”@GoodEggSafety”]Every child deserves to have a correctly installed car seat – no matter what way it faces! [/tweetthis]   That is a fact, and even though I am a huge promoter of ERF for it’s many important benefits, I think its well worth the time to give you a few of myRead more

Silent Sunday #13 & #MySundayPhoto

    Time flies so fast! Henry was about 3 months here I think, I remember it clearly. We were on our way  down to see my husbot’s mother in Slough, and on the way down we noticed that Henry was having difficulty breathing. The infant seat we were using (which I had also usedRead more

When The Unavoidable Happens

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When The Unavoidable Happens Like the title says it just happens sometimes. A couple of days ago I had just such a thing happen. I was ill, I couldn’t walk properly because my hip was acting up really bad and I had a lot of joint pain, BUT I had to get my daughter fromRead more

A Year Later – The Story of Anniston Jade

This is the story about a little girl called Anniston Jade. When she was 3 years old she was involved in a car accident. Her story shows us how quick our entire lives can change, in the blink of an eye… I can not begin to describe how such a thing is like, how itRead more

Axkid Minikid is here!

Sneak peak of our “new” car seat (that we are borrowing, thank you Cydney!) that we are lucky enough to have for a bit. Really happy with it!         Axkid UK retailers: Securatot Limited Rear Facing Car Seats For Toddlers My Precious Cargo Rear Facing Car Seats Mama Chic In Car SafetyRead more

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

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

Finally action is taken!!

Quite a while ago I posted about a “car seat” that was being sold on eBay etc and it was spread on Facebook. We got news that maybe several child minders had bought this product along with other parents who thought this was a good deal and ofc. action had to be taken!! The postRead more

Head on Over!

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!        Follow me [powr-social-media-icons label=”Enter a Label”] ERFmamaRead 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

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