When you embark on an adventure to the developing world with your three young children, there are things you're just gonna have to get over. Say, the variant level of cleanliness, lack of privacy from your children and chicken with gristle. But carseat safety?
Admittedly, I am anal when it comes to carseats. My almost-7-year-old is still in a 5-pt harness. But when you are lugging three kids and bags through 3 airports, 2 bus stations, 24 hours of flights, 21 hours of layovers, 5 hours of bus rides and 3 taxi rides (that's one way), you begin to reexamine your dedication to the carseat.
My research led me to the BubbleBum. Yes, that's the name of an inflatable booster seat that hit the States' market in July. Seriously? Why don't I just dig into the pool bag, secure a plastic innertube around my kids and call it good? But, don't let my initial skepticism fool you. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gives the BubbleBum it's highest rating. And reviewers are going gaga over it.
The good people of BubbleBum have agreed to send me one for our trip, so you will definitely get my full review. In the meantime, feel free to find them at bubblebum.us and drool over how small this thing gets when it deflates.
Oh that is so cool. You have to let me know how you feel about it. I hate lugging the carseat from NY to CA all the time, let alone three children to Africa (I know this doesn't replace infant carseat- but for the future). Hope you all are doing great!
ReplyDeleteHow interesting! And I'm SO GLAD you have a blog! I was hoping you would do something to help us all track your adventure across the world =). (This is Jeanine by the way)
ReplyDeleteSo good to hear from you, and best wishes on your adventures!
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