Keeping my toes toasty with @Vornado, it’s more than a space heater.

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This Vornado is more than your average space heater, it's a whole room air circulator! This is a very good thing. You see, when my husband and I bought out house in May, one of the first things we did was rip up a majority of our carpets to install hardwood floors. This also meant removing the  ducting that went into our living room since our intention is to install a new HVAC system. Best … [Read more...]

Why I am keeping Quincy rearfacing in her Britax Advocate and other car seat safety tips.

20 months and 18 pounds, happily rearfacing.

Quincy came home from the hospital in a Britax Chaperone at 5 weeks and 1 day old. She turned 1 year old last June. She's just a few months shy of her 2nd birthday and she still weighs under 20 pounds. It goes without saying she only fits half of the OLD guidelines of forward-facing at 1 year and 20 pounds. Actually the NEW recommendation from the American Association of Pediatrics is to leave … [Read more...]

Travel Made Easy with Britax

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Holiday Gift Guide Picks - For Travel The BRITAX TRAVEL CART is designed to carry a child car seat and features a compact fold for airplane storage. Engineered to ensure smooth, safe and simple travel for parents, the BRITAX TRAVEL CART attaches to the car seat with the LATCH connectors, using the same devices that secure the car seat to vehicles. Equipped with strong, durable steel frames the … [Read more...]

Cool mist humidifiers… the safer choice.

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Holiday Gift Guide Picks - For the Home Winter is here in Seattle, and while we may be in our rainy season, many of us still use cool mist humidifiers as a precaution or because our children are fighting colds and flus. Crane USA makes a line of adorable animal and character cool mist humidifiers. They are simply designed, which makes them super easy to clean. As a mom, that’s a real plus. … [Read more...]

NEW TOMMEE TIPPEE CLOSER TO NATURE DIGITAL VIDEO AND AUDIO MONITORS INCORPORATE SENSOR PAD TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP MOM CLOSER TO BABY

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Holiday Gift Guide Picks - For the Baby!   NEW YORK, November 3, 2011—Tommee Tippee®, the number-one brand of infant and toddler feeding products in Great Britain, today announced the North American introduction of the award-winning Closer to Nature® Digital Video and DECT Digital Audio Sensor Pad Baby Monitors. While many popular baby monitors require parents to keep an eye, or ear, … [Read more...]

Travel Smarter With Car Seat and Stroller Safety Tips

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Holiday Gift Guide Picks – For the Baby! BRITAX today announced new fashion choices for its best-selling convertible car seat line with Side Impact Protection and True Side Impact Protection®. Nine new prints are being added to the line, which also offers Superior 360 Degree Protection with Revolutionary Head Safety Technology to dramatically reduce the risk of head injury. Stay tuned in … [Read more...]

Have a Happy Halloween with these safety tips!!

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With Halloween just around the corner and it being a favorite of my 3 and it being a favorite of my 3 year old, I have been thinking a lot about how to keep my kiddos safe this year. I generally would just use my common sense BUT with 2 kids this time around there are some more logistics to think about. Pumpkin carving safety: This year my kiddo picked out a 51 lb pumpkin!!! Carving was going … [Read more...]

A big welcome to our safety writer!

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Melissa is a work at home mom to 2 fun, hilarious and spirited kids. Paxton is 3 1/2 and you really can never tell what he will say or do next and Marlee is 13 months and is just learning to walk, talk and get into everything in sight. Needless to say they keep Melissa on her toes. Melissa's kids have made safety a necessity in her home as well as out in the world. She has a passion for … [Read more...]