car seat safety

I bring this story to you at our unfortunate expense. Last night, my family and I were involved in a semi-minor car accident. My husband accidentally merged onto another vehicle. It was a pure accident and there was, thankfully, no…

As the weather around here gets ickier the urge to prepare the care for emergency situations nags at my mind. You never know what can happen on icy roads and with kids often in the car I won’t chance it. Check your car seats: Double and…

As winter weather is approaching for some of our readers, I am once again reminded of the dangers of car seats. Yes, that’s right, dangerous car seats. Now I hear you going, wait a minute! Your car seat isn’t going to be safe if you’re…

My 15-month-old daughter Ava has been a Britax baby since she was born. We started out with the infant car seat, the Chaperone and recently upgraded to the Advocate because the infant seat had become too small. I chose to stay with…

I was watching Teen Mom last night and one of the scenes really bothered me. Maci's son Bentley was not in his car seat properly. His harness was way too loose and he could lean forward several inches. Now, I truly think Maci is a great…

In an earlier blog I wrote about choosing the proper car seat and some suggestions to help make it easier. In this blog I’m going to get a little mom crazy. I can’t tell you how many people I see using a car seat wrong! The worst part…