The Facts of Extended Rear Facing Car Seats

FACTS OF ERF

Most people are aware of the infant car seats being rear facing, or facing backwards as some would say. This is the first car seat you buy when having a baby. But did you know that when it’s time to buy a new car seat for your baby – once they have outgrown their infantRead more

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

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

Infant Car Seat Safety – 2H Rule! (UPDATED)

remember 90 minutes!

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

Dear Mr. Derek Bavaird of Jan Stewart Prams…..you’re $h***ing me!

Earlier this week Facebook suddenly got interesting. The car seat world was popping my news feed up up and away! So much that I just had to find out what the fuss was all about…  And there it was…. I can’t say I’m majorly surprised, I mean.. here we are actually  fighting with claws grabbing onRead more

The “Bottom Flooring Compartments” problem…

Some of the content of this post is taken with permission from http://addictedtobabystuff.com  I have thrown up a reblog of the whole post (found here), but I thought since it’s such a long post, I’ll just post the actual email in a separate post. The email is from Robert Bell who is considered an expert in this field. RobertRead more

The Sun KILLS!

Summer has reached us for full force all around parts of the world, and in this time of sunshine and happiness, tragic things occur. Every year there is sadly at least one incident in the media of a parent leaving their child in the car. Luckily this doesn’t always end in tragedy, but far tooRead more

“How long does a 0+ car seat last?”

This is Henry in he’s Graco Junior. He’s 8,5 months old at the picture, he’s in a cloth nappy which does take up a bit more space then a disposable so keep that in mind. He’s a 98th percentile child of 76 CM (30inch) long and 10.5 KG. (approx. 21lb) He has a longish torsoRead more

Carsickness – NOT a reason to Forward Face!

Carsick…most of us have been there, and at some point, most parents will have a child who suffers from it. Maybe not on a regular basis, but sometimes it happens. So what do you do about it? Too often I hear (or read) that a parent chose to turn their child around FF (forward facing)Read more