BubbleBum Inflatable Booster Seat to the Rescue!

 BubbleBum is a portable and foldable booster seat that is perfect for daily car rides or for keeping in Grandma’s car for the occassional trip to story time. Made for children who weigh between 40 and 80lbs, are older than 3 years old, and can refrain from sitting on their knees during a long car ride, the BubbleBum Booster Seat is a unique solution to a problem that’s been around for years.. ever since booster seats were introduced. The problem you ask? The lack of portability and foldability. Booster seats aren’t typically known for being foldable but once you try the BubbleBum Booster Seat, you’ll realize that it’s something you’ll use more often than you expected.

PORTABILITY

The school year is about to start and I bet not everyone on your child’s pickup list has a booster seat in their car. My sister-in-law is on my daughter’s ‘safe pick up’ list and she doesn’t have a booster seat in her car. Why would she.. she doesn’t have kids!? What will I do if I need her to pick my daughter up from school? When I know that she will be picking my daughter up, I’ll send the BubbleBum Booster Seat to school with my daughter.  It’s light enough for her to carry and it even fits in her backpack!  Let’s just hope I remember to give my SIL a car pool number!
This booster seat is great when you travel via airplane as it will conveniently fit inside your carry-on or checked luggage. When you arrive at your destination, simply inflate the BubbleBum booster seat and install it in the taxi or rental car.

The BubbleBum booster seat is compact. Three BubbleBum Booster Seats will easily fit across the backseat of a car, suv, or van. No more excuses for Grandma and Grandpa to not take all three of your kids to the beach without you next weekend. You need a breather.. grab a few BubbleBums and send the kids off with the Grandparents!

SAFETY

It has been proven that children in booster seats have approximately half the injury risk of children without the use of a booster seat, and in seatbelts alone. While head injuries are the most commonly injured body region for all restrained children, abdominal injuries are the second most common injury for belted children as a result of “seat-belt syndrome” injuries. Children who were restrained by booster seats showed a notable absence of abdominal injuries.

Every parent wants their child to be safe. Here are some reasons why you should use a booster seat on EVERY journey with your child:

BubbleBum is a Belt Positioning Booster seat for children who meet all of the following criteria:
1. Children between 40lbs and 80lbs in weight
2. Children are over the age of 3,
3. Children can sit for the entire journey without sitting on their knees
A booster seat must ONLY be used with a 3 point seat belt, this is a seat belt which goes across the lap and diagonally across the chest.

To learn more about what make the BubbleBum Booster seat safe, click here.

BubbleBum can fit easily with any combination of cars seat as long as there are enough 3 point seat belts to restrain each and every child.

My 5 year old loves the BubbleBum Booster Seat. She thinks it’s cool because (a) it blows up (b) it’s comfy and (c) it makes her feel like a big girl.

You can purchase a BubbleBum for $39.99 from BubbleBum.com. As mentioned above, your child must meet certain criteria to use the BubbleBum. You can connect with BubbleBum on Facebook BubbleBum on Facebook, and follow @BubbleBumUSA on Twitter.

No, it was not a typo.  This a review of Bubble Bum!

Bubble Bum is revolutionizing booster seats for kids!  I received one to review.  First off, the packaging?  It was so fun and original and the kids had fun just with the packaging alone!  I am not going to spoil the surprise though…if you want to find out, order one for yourself! LOL!   The Bubble Bum comes in a small bag (see photo).  You take it out of the bag, pull a button, it inflates and is ready to be your child’s booster seat! Our oldest daughter is now 8.  If your kids are like ours, she is starting to feel a little “old” for her regular booster.  Enter Bubble Bum to save the day!  This booster is so cool looking that she is proud to ride on it and we (her parents) are thrilled to know that she is still riding safely.

The Bubble Bum is easy to use, a cinch to install, fun and comfy (according to our daughter) and if you do a lot of traveling, you NEED a Bubble Bum!  No more lugging big boosters around, just deflate the Bubble Bum, place it in its tote bag and you are good to go.

Disclosure:  The product(s) provided for the review were sent to me free of charge from the company or PR agency.  Any opinions expressed are my own honest opinions and are not influenced by any form of compensation

Source: http://mommyandmegiveaways.com/?p=7228

BubbleBum: The Portable & Totable Travel Booster Seat For Kids

by Nadia

I was introduced to the most ingenious product a few weeks ago, one that literally had me clapping my hands when I heard of the concept. Bubble Bum is an award-winning booster seat that has had the press, parents and countless publications singing it’s praises. It was even a finalist for Kind and Jugend’s 2010 International Innovation Award!

Thanks to this neat little invention, you can now transport your child’s booster by easily carrying or toting it wherever you may be headed. Weighing just one pound, this nifty seat can be carried in a backpack, purse or trunk. It even fits in your glove box!

So how does it work? BubbleBum is a blow up booster seat that has been tested and approved to both the ECE R44.04 standards and crash tested to meet the USA FMVSS213 standards. It comes rolled up in a pull cord bag and one removed can be blown up after loosening the twistable air valve. You don’t have to worry about huffing and puffing for hours to fill up this seat – it inflates very quickly and took me about 1 minute to blow up.

Once inflated you close the air valve, position the seat in your vehicle and thread the seat belt through the attached red clips on either side of the seat before buckling in the belt. If the shoulder strap lies across your child’s shoulder in the ‘red zone’ as shown in the guidebook, you must use the Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip which also comes with the BubbleBum.

The seat is suitable for ages 4-10 years old weighing between 40 and 80 lbs and measuring between 40 and 52 inches. Since my 4 year old falls within these measurements I was able to test the seat out in our vehicle. She LOVED being in a ‘big kid’ seat and loved the ‘cushiness’. Although I won’t be replacing our Britax Booster with this portable seat, I most definitely will be taking this with us on our travels. It is ideal for playdates, taxis, rental cars, holidays, trips to Grandma and Grandpa’s or for school pick-ups.

BubbleBum is now available in 19 countries around the world including the United States and just received 1st place in the Tots to Travel, Just Go Awards 2011 in the “For The Journey” category. Please note, BubbleBum has not been cleared for use in Canada yet. We use ours on trips to the USA as we are very close to the border (handy when you have extra kids piling in the car!)

You can purchase it directly through BubbleBum or through our affiliate Amazon.com for $39.99.

*Thank you to BubbleBum for sending us a seat for review!*

Source: http://www.childmode.com/2011/07/06/bubblebum-the-portable-totable-travel-booster-seat-for-kids/