It’s the day of the big carseat check event. The traffic cones are out, the updated recall lists have been printed and the LATCH Manuals are ready for action. But wait! Before those parents and caregivers begin to arrive – it’s time for a quick staff meeting. This may be the most important 10 minutes of the whole event so [...]
We’ve recommended the Foogo line of Thermos products before. I reviewed a sippy cup last year. This year, it’s a food jar. They’ve added a few colors, including a sporty pink thermos that’s stylish enough for my 9-year old daughter to tote to school! It’s under $20 and great for school lunches. If I put near-boiling [...]
Our blogs have been a bit scarce lately, as we’ve all been busy with other things over the last week or two. We’ll pick it up a bit after Thanksgiving. In the mean time, here’s an easy way to donate to THE national, non-profit organization dedicated to child passenger safety. It won’t cost you anything [...]
Chances are you’ve come to the blog to read a carseat review at least once. Perhaps you’ve seen our dismissals of the Consumer Reports carseat ratings and the NHTSA Ease of Use ratings and thought to yourself, “Well, they’re biased. They want us to come read their reviews and clicky-click on their links. I’d rather [...]
Recently we lost yet another life on our roadways. A 29 year old mother with her 3 year old daughter in the backseat rolled her minivan on the Interstate in NY after swerving into the median and then overcorrecting. Mom didn’t survive. Her child was airlifted to a local hospital with head injuries after being ejected from the vehicle (no mention [...]
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As a tag onto Darren’s post the other day about CPS burnout, why do you do CPS? What brought you into the field?
It’s a question I get fairly often at checkup events from parents: what made you decide to do this? They find out that I’m not a police officer, I’m not a firefighter; nope, [...]
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I think we’re down to our last bag of ABC Kids Expo goodies. You may not have the good fortune of the premium stuff (!) that went into the first bags, but it’s still better than nothing (as far as you know!).
All you have to do to enter is to reply to this blog with a [...]
It’s like Déjà vu. All over again.
As we previously reported on CarseatBlog - Consumer Reports made some wild claims about the Orbit Baby infant carseat back in August. They claimed that the carseat detached from its base during testing and labeled the popular (and pricey) product a “Don’t Buy – Safety Risk”. Orbit Baby fought back and claimed that their own safety [...]
