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GoGo Kidz Travelmate – A Must-Have If Traveling By Air

Tim — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:24:56 +0000

The GoGo Kidz Travelmate was the smartest purchase we have made in a long time. What this fine product does is turn your car seat into convenient rolling luggage, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a convertible car seat, infant car seat, or booster seat (although I think they might have a different model for the booster seat). We used it with the Britax Marathon convertible car seat (and you know how big those Britax convertible car seats can get) and we were never so thankful as we were while walking through 6 mile long airport terminals, on our way from Madison, WI. to San Diego, CA. for the holidays. It allows you to take your car seat (that I would’ve normally not taken because it’s such a hassle to lug around the airport) through the airport with ease. It works even better when your child is sitting in it – so it also turns your car seat into a temporary stroller (so you don’t need to bring that through the airport anymore, either)!

All you do is place the car seat on the back, thread the hard plastic strip through where the lapbelt would normally go, secure it to the other side by using it’s easy clipping mechanism (which is very easy to tighten and secure), and that’s it! Put your child in the car seat, and roll them through the airport with ease. The handle bar slides up and down just like your luggage handle does, so when it’s time to go into the airplane, you just disconnect the Travelmate and put it under your seat. It’s that easy. I’ll never travel without this product, ever again!

You can buy it through Amazon by clicking here. Trust me, you won’t regret it!

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New Safety Tips for Car Seats Series

Tim — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:44:32 +0000

We’ve finally released our new series for our subscribers of our newsletter – titled “Safety Tips for Car Seats”. It’s a ten day series that you will get for free via email if you subscribe to our newsletter (you can subscribe by clicking here). Just some useful tips for every day use of car seats – here’s a few subjects that are covered:

What to watch out for when looking for car seats
Which car seats for what age, height and weight
What not to do with the car seat
When do you switch to a booster seat
Common Mistakes with using car seats
Safety for children under two when using car seats
and much more!

You get ten days of safety tips, completely free and all you have to do is sign up for our newsletter. We will never spam you with endless emails, or ever sell your email address.

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Rear Facing Car Seats – Safer than forward facing?

Tim — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:10:41 +0000

I was sent a video showing the safety aspects/differences between forward facing car seats and rear facing car seats. The main idea is that you should always use rear facing car seats for as long as possible. As long as you are abiding by the regulation height and weight requirements of the car seat, you should continue using a rear facing car seat. The video is below -- it shows several quotes by various doctors, and safety organizations, as well as a few crash tests. I found it very interesting and thought you guys/gals would too!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRP7ynNI8mI

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