Car Maintenance Tips for Safe Summer Travel

  Car Maintenance Tips for Safe Summer Travel Summer is a time for a lot of things. It is an opportunity to spend time with family in frolicking under the sun or a perfect time to travel and plan the perfect getaway or road trip. With lots of plans for the coming summer holiday, mostRead more

Top Tips: Things You Need For a Long Car Journey

Happy easter

]   It’s the easter holidays and the kids are off school! Maybe you are going on a trip? Holiday? If so – you might find this post very useful. Driving with children can sometimes be a battle. As a driver and passenger it can sometimes be hard to keep the back seat happy, especiallyRead more

Our HuggyBelt Review

We did a video review of this product, please see the video blow. A Little Bit of HuggyBelt Info: “The concept for the HuggyBelt was initially developed in 2009 and was primarily designed with child car protection and safety in mind. After the initial design stage a company was formed in 2011, KIDS Innovations DevelopmentRead more

UK Taxi Law Requires You To Use a Car Seat?

You need a car seat in a taxi by law

UK Taxi Law Requires You To Use a Car Seat Despite popular belief by the common man – a normal taxi is not exempt from car seat use.  The difference lies in the distinction between a licenced taxi and a public hire vehicle (PHV). Most taxis that pick us up at home when we order aRead more

5 Things You Need To Consider When Choosing a Campervan

campervan holiday 5 things to consider

When I was very little, my grandmother owned a small (and I mean tiny) adorable little caravan. It couldn’t really fit more than 3 people it was that small. Looking back now I have some very fond memories from summers spent there. I remember going for long walks up the mountainside, finding wild strawberries toRead more

Helmets Should Be Mandatory By Law!

Make wearing helmets mandatory!

Helmets Should Be Mandatory By Law Like any parent I want my kids to be safe and protected when we go out to play. In this instance, I’m talking about the safety of wearing helmets. Where I’m from in Norway this is not mandatory – but is hugely recommended and advised by all safety factions.Read 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

TÜV-approved Child Car Seats + Professional and Industry Recommendations

TÜV-approved car seats

Going on holiday? Bringing the kids? Then you definitely want to know what car seats are TÜV-approved. TÜV-approved means that the seat has been tested and approved by TUV Rheinland to be suitable for use on an aircraft. List of TÜV-approved car seats: I will keep this list up to date, but the list can also be foundRead more

Can’t live without it! The Car Seat Travel Bag review.

car seat travel bag review

If you are like me; likes to travel, has kids, probably a dog… right? Your car looks like a tip a lot of the time (yeh…you know what I mean! Biscuits!) the dog is in the back, hair everywhere!! I feel like pulling my hair already, haha. Then you might find this review very useful.Read 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

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

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

When The Unavoidable Happens

how to taxi

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

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