New Seatbelt Laws – Are You Ready?
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New Seatbelt Laws – Are You Ready?

Following years of campaigning by lobby groups. NSW and ACT have finally introduced tough new regulations around car seat restraints for children. The new laws are: * Children younger than six months must be secured in a rearward facing restraint. * Children aged six months to under four years must be secured in either a rear or forward facing...
Inflatable Seat Belts Soon To Be Available
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Inflatable Seat Belts Soon To Be Available

Despite being born and raised in Detroit, I am not what you’d call a “car person.” Give me a safe, fuel efficient car that holds all my crap and doesn’t break down every few months and I’m happy. So when my pal Jeanne passed along an invite to a Ford parenting blogger event they were having to promote an new safety...
Kids Worse Than Mobile Phones For Driver Distraction?
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Kids Worse Than Mobile Phones For Driver Distraction?

I can talk on the phone while I drive in my state - I just can’t touch the phone while I’m doing it. But no one ever said anything about taking the lid off my daughter’s bottle of water. Or retrieving her thrown Croc. Or, hello, scooching my butt forward in the seat so I can get a good angle in the rearview mirror to make sure she isn’t eat...
Use Proper Car Restraints, Pleads NSW Top Traffic Cop
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Use Proper Car Restraints, Pleads NSW Top Traffic Cop

It seems the basic message about the importance of using correct car restraints for children is not getting through to parents. In the first six months of 2009, provisional police data indicates that 28 people were not wearing seatbelts or using restraints when their vehicle was involved in a crash. In the same time frame, more than 7000 people...
Snuggin Go: The Name Says It All
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Snuggin Go: The Name Says It All

Snuggin Go is an infant positioner with real staying power. Made from foam that molds to the infant’s size, the positioner supports infant’s head, neck and shoulders, so they can breath properly and sit up straight. The removable cover is machine washable. Use it with your car seat, stroller and baby swing. A neonatal nurse practitioner...
Star Baby: The Dave Grohl Hangs Out With The Girls
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Star Baby: The Dave Grohl Hangs Out With The Girls

The Foo Fighter’s Dave Grohl is outnumbered. Here Dave strolls with wife Jordyn push daughters Violet (age three) and Harper (age 2-months) in their own personal strollers. While Violet gets to sit upright and check it all out, young Harper is nestled in her Graco infant car seat system. But this isn’t a boring gray or pink car seat, theyâ€...
Gotta Have It: CushyStraps
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Gotta Have It: CushyStraps

As a new parent, I remember HATING it when car seat straps or stroller straps would dig into my baby's neck. Back in the day, the strap covers were rather dull and ugly. Now they are really cute and very comfortable. Read more...
Car Seat Strap Covers
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Car Seat Strap Covers

The gorgeous Car Seat Strap Covers seen above are reversible. One side is the gorgeous number print and the other is the polka dot print. Car seat strap covers are such a relief. I never realised how great they were until I actually tried them for myself. Click on over to Amy Rose Designs Etsy shop to check them out....
Tummy Shield Is A Seatbelt For Pregnant Mums-To-Be
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Tummy Shield Is A Seatbelt For Pregnant Mums-To-Be

Here's something I came across for all of the Droolicious mums-to-be out there. The Tummy Shield is an Australian seat belt contraption for pregnant women that supposedly keeps the baby-to-be safely in-utero while mom is traveling in the car. Which, all things considered, seems like a pretty good idea to me. Read more...
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Did You Really Call That Kid A D-Bag?

1:30 PM While the mean girls are ruling the playground, some of their mamas seem to have a potty-mouth problem. Browsing through MomLogic the other day, my eye caught this gem of a head... read more

Parenting Teens: A Whole New Set Of Fears

12:30 PM SIDS. Autism. Learning disabilities. Anxiety is a constant throughout every phase of parenting. Worries about sickness and freak accidents dominate parents’ lives when their ki... read more

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Heidi Klum Loves To Be Pregnant!

10:44 AM You could have guessed at this fact…Heidi Klum loves to be knocked up. The super model and mum of four recently dished that, “I always love being pregnant,” the bu... read more

Celebrity Sighting: Hugh Jackman Takes Ava Out For Ice Cream

3:15 PM Yeah, no wonder Hugh Jackman’s kids seem to adore him. Not only is he a hands-on dad and always playing with them, he also treats them to ice cream! Hugh was spotted in New York... read more
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