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How to Do a Long Family Road Trip with Kids and Not Go Insane

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If you are planning a cross-country road trip with kids, you will love these tips for long road trips with kids! I polled others who have done it and asked for their best advice for even month-long road trips with toddlers and children.Every three years or so, my family packed up and headed West to visit family in the summertime for a big ...

5 Things Big Families Need to Consider When Buying Car Seats

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When it comes to having a big family, one of the concerns you have is logistics. Where is everyone going to sleep, eat, and sit in the car? Putting more than two children in a vehicle, mean there are definitely something you have to some things to consider when buying car seats for large families. Things to Consider When Buying Car Seats When You ...

The Truth About the If and When to Move a Child to a Booster Seat

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There are so many questions about kids car seat safety. One of the biggest ones is when to move a child to a booster seat. Discover this answer and more in this helpful guide.There are So Many Car Seat Safety QuestionsWhen do you move a child up to a booster seat?When are they ready?What the suggested ages, weight, and ...

Is your child safe in his car seat? Car Seat Safety 101

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If you are a parent, then car seats are a part of your life. And poorly installed and used car seats are not safe, but many of us simply don't know all the do's and don'ts of car seat safety! Today I am welcoming my older sister Brittany Roberts to share her researched knowledge on car seat safety, even including where to get your seats, how to ...

Child Car Seat BeltLock – No more undone seatbelts!

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Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. Child car seats are one of those unspoken daily pains for a lot of parents. Kids don't like them, so subsequently, we, the parents, don't like them. Our twins have fought us getting buckled into them. They've taken their shoulders out of the straps, unbuckled the top clips, and protested ...

The World’s Largest Car Seat Check

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On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, we went to the Indy 500 Festival Community Day that we told you about in THIS post. We figured as it was a once a year event and we don't know how much longer we will be Indianapolis (at least one more year), we had to check it out!So, we took a lap around the track in our car!And then we made our way over to Safety ...

Indy 500 Festival Community Day – Car Seat Safety Check

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May is the BIG month of events in Indianapolis, due to the Indianapolis 500 being held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May each year. There's the country's largest half-marathon, community and family events (like the one we went to last year), parades, and of course the big race itself! This next Wednesday, May 22, 2013 is the American ...

New Car Seats – Using the Carseat Assistance Program

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Since the girls are now over 29" long, they are no longer under the height requirements for their infant car seats which means they need the bigger convertible seats. Unfortunately these seats are pretty expensive, starting at around $60, and we have two babies. Fortunately, since we are on government assistance (WIC, Medicaid(girls), and Food ...