Take Time to Make Time.

No breaking child passenger safety news today, so just a little public service announcement borrowing from the words of The Little River Band.  Do it in the name of holiday spirit, or maybe as a new year’s resolution.  Do it for a spouse, significant other, child, parent, sibling, friend or all of the above!  Today, put [...]

Santa’s Booster Bonanza Continues: A Cosco Pronto!

Dorel has generously agreed to sponsor today’s giveaway, a Cosco Pronto Booster in a random fabric pattern!  While we don’t have a review of the Cosco Pronto yet, it is another model that scored a “Best Bet” in the new IIHS Booster testing.  Shipping is to the USA and Canada only.  To enter, all you have to do is [...]

Some Responses to the new IIHS Booster Seat Test Ratings

Kecia has already covered the IIHS results in great detail.  Other organizations and manufacturers have also responded to these new ratings.  For example, the JPMA has released a response.  They make a number of reasonable points, many of which parallel some of Kecia’s comments.  I do find it a little disingenuous that they are, “not [...]

The Scoop on the IIHS Booster Seat Tests: From “Best Bet” to “Not Recommended”

Today the IIHS released the results of its second round of booster seat fit tests.  They tested 60 seats and grouped the results into 4 performance categories – Best Bets, Good Bets, (Questionable or Inconsistent) and Not Recommended.   All the tests were conducted using the 6-year-old Hybrid III dummy which weighs 51.6 lbs, has an overall height of almost 45″ tall, and a seated [...]

Santa Strikes Again! An Evenflo Big Kid Amp Backless Booster!

Evenflo has generously agreed to sponsor today’s giveaway, a Big Kid Amp Backless Booster in your choice of colors!  While we don’t have a review of the Evenflo Big Kid Amp yet, it did just score a “Best Bet” in the new IIHS Booster testing.  (Kecia will have more on the new IIHS Booster testing later [...]

Ho Ho Ho! Santa is Bringing a Britax Parkway SG!

Thanks to our sponsor, Kids-N-Cribs.com, we have the luxury of giving away a Britax Parkway SG in Sesame as our first booster giveaway of the week!  It will be shipped directly to the winner from Kids-N-Cribs (shipping is free in the 48 contiguous United States, but a charge will apply anywhere else they can ship).  You can also read our [...]