This post is part of my #tipoftheday Series! That car seat manual… In 99.7% of cases – I will always ask you to follow the car seat manual. Why? Because its instructions are put together by the team that crash tested your car seat and also those who designed the car seat. But then it’s thatRead more
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
Did you ever have issues with your car seat harness either twisting or being in the way all the time when you tried to put baby in the car seat? If you are one of those people you should definitely check out this product from LulaKids! =) We were lucky enough to productRead more
Hello fellow parents! I am starting a blog series called; [Our ERF Journey], which will be about ERF (extended rear facing) but most importantly the parent’s/carer’s/childminder’s etc. journey to ERF. Would you like to take part in sharing your ERF story? Tell us of how you learned about ERF and decided to go for ERF, how you changed toRead more
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
Most companies now offer their manuals online for free download. Many seats also now come with a QR code on the side just over the instructions that are on the side of the seat – so worth having a look at your own car seat and see if yours have this. If it does theRead more
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
[affilinet_performance_ad size=468×60] Doctors and child safety experts worldwide agree rearward facing as long as possible is the safest way to go. When a child is riding rearward facing the car seat absorbs a frontal impact, better protecting the child’s head, neck and spine many times more than forward facing. – Joie Baby 2015 Read more
[affilinet_performance_ad size=300×250] There are a lot of misconceptions related to ‘ERF’ car seats being extremely expensive still and since Christmas is coming up I thought now was a perfect time to write a post introducing my readers to extended rear facing car seats that don’t break the bank. Obviously what “breaks the bank” canRead more
[affilinet_performance_ad size=728×90] Fisher Price have issued an urgent safety recall of these car seats (picture)! If you are using any of these car seats, you need to STOP using them this instant! Recall quote: Important safety notice – Product safety warning We have identified a potential safety issue with Three Fisher Price Car seats.Read more
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
There’s been a lot of media coverage recently on the baby who died while sleeping in a car seat. Unfortunately this is not new news and sadly this tragedy happens or almost happens far too often. Some people might be under the impression that it’s all just media. It’s all just scaremongering, so I wantedRead more
** If you would like to do a guest post on my blog, please have a look at this post with the information and contact details. :) ** California recently updated its car seat laws, making it mandatory for children to remain rear-facing until their second birthday. The new rules don’t take effect for moreRead more
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
I love how Joie never stops. There were some things about their Stages that people wanted changed, they took their consumer reports to hand and woilla, here we go! Meet the Joie Every Stage car seat! Suitable from birth all the way to approx 12 years old! That’s basically the only car seatRead more