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When Your Child Hates the Car

We have had exactly one peaceful car ride since Bug was born, and that was our ride home from the hospital. Maybe he was still in shock to find himself Earthside, but he made it through that 20 minute ride without a single whimper or cry. A very far tale from what would happen just […]

Convertible Car Seat Conundrum – Solved!

A few weeks ago I posted asking the Hellobee community for help solving my convertible car seat conundrum. To quickly recap, we have 2 convertible car seats for 3 year old Big P: (1) a Chicco NextFit Zip Convertible Car Seat, which we like but the straps always tangle, plus it’s expensive and heavy; and (2) a Britax […]

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Convertible Car Seat Conundrum

Mr. Peas and I are not what you would call super cautious parents. We let our kids try things when they seem comfortable to try them. We let our kids try whatever we were serving for meals as soon as they started solids (we did avoid honey until 1 year but that’s about it). When we take […]

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Movin’ on Up to Booster Seats!

As much as I’ve tried to stop it, my little boy is growing up and getting bigger. SOB! Our most recent venture into big boy territory has been with booster seats for the car. If it was up to me, Lil’ CB would be in a 5-point harness forever, and we were successful in keeping him […]

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An Alternative to Car Seats: The Ride Safer Vest

ed. note: Since this post was first published, we have found out that the car seat vest is not approved for use by kids under 4 years of age according to New York State law, so please check your local laws first. Before our trip to Woodstock a couple months ago, Mr. Bee heard about […]

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Choosing A Convertible Carseat

The last few weeks of gear research in our household has been on convertible car seats. I might be a little bit obsessed at this point – and I find myself slightly overwhelmed with balancing price, my ‘must-have’ list and ‘nice-to-have’ list. There are so many options and something our pediatrician said at Will’s six […]

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Babies & Car Accidents

I really wish I didn’t have the experience to write about this, but . . . Three weeks ago, my mom was in town, as were my two nieces.  We decided to go get lunch and maybe shop a little bit.  My VW Jetta couldn’t fit the whole crew, so my mom and oldest niece […]

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