Keeping Our Daughter Rear-Facing Made All The Difference
An ordinary highway journey turned into a nightmare when a family’s car was struck and sent hurtling into a tree. Amidst the smoke and chaos, their eight-month-old daughter remained safe – a miracle a first responder attributed to her being in a rear-facing car seat.
How to choose your first child car restraint for bub
Congrats! You’re expecting a new baby, got a bun in the oven, preggers, with child, eating for two, got a pea in the pod, expecting a visit from the stork. Whatever you choose to call it, it’s BIG – exciting, terrifying, overwhelming, spectacular – NEWS. There are a number of important items that you’ll need […]
How do I know when it is safe for my child to move to the next stage of child car restraint?
Sometimes it feels like you only blinked your eyes and your child just grew another centimetre – those pants are not fully covering their ankles, and the long sleeves on that top look more like a three-quarter sleeve! As signs appear that your child needs the next size up in clothes, it’s an important reminder […]
“I wasn’t sure if he would make it”
Zoe ten Broek, Mum to 1-year-old Jax, has warned parents and carers of the dangers of graduating children from their rear-facing child car restraint too early, after a serious car accident left Jax fighting for life. In early July, Zoe strapped Jax into his rearward facing child car restraint in preparation for the 20 minute […]