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5 Important Things I Wish I Had Known Before Choosing a Car Seat, or Everything You Need to Know About Car Seat Expiry Dates

June 17, 2016 by Deanna Tousignant 3 Comments

Expired carseats are garbage.

Did you know your kid's car seat has an expiry date on it? Car seat usage sure has changed over the years. Kids need to be in a car seat or a booster for eight to twelve years, a.k.a. approximately forever, now-a-days. When I was a kid car seats were strictly for infants, and once you moved out of the baby seat you were free to roam the vehicle, seat belts sometimes optional. … [Read more...]

Why You Should Keep Your Kids in a Harness Car Seat For As Long As Possible

May 31, 2016 by Deanna Tousignant 2 Comments

Why children should stay in a five-point harness until age six and older.

I probably should have addressed this post to my husband. The more accurate title might be: Dear Hubby, Here's why I refuse to swap our youngest over to a booster seat. See my youngest child is now six and over the past few months it's become increasingly obvious that her carseat was no longer the right fit for her. It had also expired, which is a big no no. However I … [Read more...]

{ Safety Recall Warning } TASSIMO Brewers and T DISCs

February 10, 2012 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

I felt obliged to share this, as I've given away TASSIMO machines on here in the past, and have many times publicly declared my love for their brewers. TASSIMO issued two huge product recalls yesterday, one for their brewer machines and one for some of the T DISCs as well. The brewer recall is for TAS100x, TAS451x, TAS46x, TAS200x and TAS651 machines with date codes FD … [Read more...]

Free Amber Alert Compliant Child I.D. Program Helps Keep Ontario Kids Safe

October 3, 2010 by Deanna Tousignant 2 Comments

We took the kids this morning to get IDed at the MasoniCh I. P. program at our local mall. It's a free service sponsored by the Masonic Grand Lodge of Canada, working alongside regional and national law enforcement agencies. CH I. P. stands for Child Information Program, and basically it's set up to help you get all the information you would need if your child were … [Read more...]

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