Child Seat Safety: The 55cm Gap!

crash testing 55cm gap

[affilinet_performance_ad size=728×90]     Today’s addition to the #Tipoftheday Series shows us the importance of not having our front seats too far back in the car. I see far too many vehicles with the front seats almost in the lap of the children behind them and it’s really unsettling – because in the event ofRead more

Join our new ERF Campaign! #coolkidsridesafe

We have started a new #ERF car seat campaign! We have started a new #ERF #carseat #campaign! Join us all on #instagram and #Facebook by simply tagging your ERF car seat #photos with: #coolkidsridesafe We hope to see many many many new photos! A photo posted by Therese (@inniebin) on Oct 10, 2016 at 1:04pmRead more

The Best Way To Celebrate My Birthday

  What is a birthday? Apart from well-being that your now one year older – I mean younger! What else is it? To me it’s really just like any other day – I think I’m getting too old – I mean young! To even really “care” anymore. Well I say that but I bet thatRead more

8 Essential Safety Tips for Cribs

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    Infant crib safety is just as important as car safety for your baby. Your child spends more time in his or her crib than anywhere else, which means that it is important to make sure that the crib is a haven of safety for your little one. Unsafe cribs have been implicated inRead more

Car Seats – 3 Across In The Backseat [Part 2]

Welcome back to what I hope will be a useful guide for anyone looking to find cars which will let you put “3 across” in the backseat! This is Part 2 which covers ‘L-Z’ – click for Part 1 which covers ‘A-K’.   By ‘3 across’ we, of course, mean car seats. If you are likeRead more

Car Seats – 3 Across In The Backseat

3 across the back seat

Welcome to what I hope will be a useful guide for anyone looking to find cars which will let you put “3 across” in the backseat. By that, we, of course, mean car seats. If you are like me and have 3 children or maybe you have more children – getting them all in the carRead more

ISOfix vs. ISOfit? The mind boggles…

It’s one of those questions that we all ponder on from time to time, isn’t it? Why is it that a child can only use a regular car seat with a harness up to “18kg” (most commonly on ISOfix car seats) but she’s perfectly OK to go into a high back booster that also hasRead more

You get 20% OFF ALL High Back Boosters!

Halfords is participating in the #saferseat campaign! You get 20% OFF ALL HIGH BACK BOOSTERS when you turn in your Booster cushion! #binthebooster now! And make your child safer with a HBB which adds side impact protection for body and head as well as offering support while they are sleeping! NB! Please be aware that boosters areRead more

7 Tips for Driving Safely Through School Zones

      As a mother and a driver, I’m always mindful to pay extra attention when travelling through school zones. Whether there are elementary, middle or high schools around, knowing the importance of following the rules of the road in these zones is crucial. Far too often, I’ve witnessed other drivers speeding and simplyRead more

My ovaries can’t handle it…

  Yesterday was an emotional day for me! My youngest little boy, the baby of the family, the little rugrat who came like a rocket when he was born (1h 45min from start to finish! ) – has now turned 4 years old… I’m a mess!! he he I’ve been spending time reminiscing old photos, videoRead more

Diono Radian 5 – A Toddler’s Point of View

R5 car seat review

  Presenting to you our car seat review of the new car seat from Diono – the Radian 5. Or R5 as I like to just shorten it to. In this review, I will be going through both rear and forward facing – though the seat is currently being used in the rear facing mode.Read more

An Important Learning Tool: Puzzle Games

  When we look at puzzles we don’t give much thought as to why they are a very important learning tool for kids. At least I never really did. It wasn’t until I had a chance to review a new puzzle app for kids that I took some time to read about it. I haveRead more

[Our ERF Journey] – Louise’s Story…

My ERF Story - Louise

I didn’t always know about ERF and how much safer it was! When my eldest was born in April 2008 (1 month early the little monkey!) I knew little more than other first time parents. I had done a bit of research, chosen the Britax First Class SI and got the retailer to check theRead more

When your car seat manual does’nt agree with the expert…

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

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