Disabled Airbag May Go Off – Debunking Myths #1

myth debunking 1 - airbags

A Disabled Airbag May Go Off It is perhaps the most common myth regarding front seat car seat safety. And it’s simply not true. It simply does not happen when you are able to disable the airbag in your vehicle either by a key or a button! NB! Always check your vehicle manual’s instructions regardingRead more

A Full List of ERF Seats & Prices

RF car seats and prices

  A nice table list of all ERF car seats on the UK market including their prices. Last updated: 3/12/2017 Seats are added once I hear about them. If you know of a seat that isn’t on the list – feel free to contact me and I’ll make sure to add it! Download the tableRead more

Happy Birthday Caitiebelle! :)

On the 13th of January 2012, it was decided that Caitlyn Anabelle had to come out with an emergency C-Section. She was then 34W gestation and we had been in the hospital for 12 days. The whole pregnancy with Caitiebelle was really hard. I was quite ill with a condition called ‘Hyperemesis Gravidarum’ (HG) whichRead more

Current EU Booster Seat Regulation Changes

New booster law

  Changes to Current EU Booster Seat Law Goes Live in March This is something that’s been discussed back and forth and it’s been circulating around the net for a little while now. However I have seen a lot of wrong info regarding this new amendment to the law – so I have taken itRead more

Product Recall – Mamas & Papas Group 123 Car Seats (2016)

PRODUCT RECALL – MAMAS & PAPAS GROUP 123 CAR SEATS The seats affected are: – Mamas & Papas Nembus – Mamas & Papas Aureus – Mamas & Papas Altair. All are Group 123 car seats. You can identify the seat by comparing the orange label on the back with the one shown above. The approvalRead more

There Is A New Car Seat Law On The Way?

A couple of weeks ago I opened my email and was pleasantly surprised to find a small article published on the Nursery Today website regarding the new car seat law confusion. What made me all giddy though was reading that there is going to be an open seminar discussing all this! And we will ofRead 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

ADAC Report For 2016

  It’s that time of the year again! It’s time to wreck my brain at Google Translate because my German is really really bad! But who cares right – because this is important stuff.  The results for 2016 ADAC child car seat crash testing are in and I must say I am actually very happyRead more

What happened when the blog went offline?

Today has NOT been a good day for me… but I am happy to at least say that the blog is back up again after a major fck up from my self, totally my own fault and it’s just one of those things where you just have to take the experience as a learned lessonRead more

It’s not your fault! You didn’t know…

What matters is this- What will you do now-

It’s not your fault you didn’t know. But now that you do know, what will you do about it? That’s the question I find myself asking a lot of parents, carers, childminders and more. What are you going to do with the information you have been given? You didn’t know some of it, maybe youRead 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

The Mug of Mugs! The Mightymug [Review]

Mighty Mug Review

Every year, about 500,000 children under the age of five go to hospital because of an accident at home. More accidents happen in the lounge than any other room in the house. A baby’s skin is 15x thinner than that of an adult. Imagine the damage a hot cup of tea or coffee can do knowing that.Read 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

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

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