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With Mother’s Day approaching, at BubbleBum we’ve been discussing the usual Mother’s Day themes such as presents to buy, Mother’s Day card crafts etc but we decided it would be more useful to celebrate the momma’s who support other mothers in the UK and throughout the world. Mum bloggers! Mum bloggers/influencers have become a key support and information network for …
Winter Family Holiday. Am I Crazy?
Winter Family Holiday. Am I crazy? Laura is a marketing executive at BubbleBum, makers of the world’s first inflatable travel car booster seat. “Travelling with kids can be amazing, but also quite challenging; a lesson I learned harshly while on our first trip as a family of four, rather than 3! In September my family and I visited Portugal for …
Being a Mum is Awesome
Being a mum is awesome, and hard work! It comes with a world of responsibility and you are on-call 24-7. Some days you don’t have it together, some days you do, some days you feel guilty for hiding the good chocolate until your kids are in bed and some days the endless cycle of washing gobbles you up. Sometimes it’s …
Working Mother Guilt, They Should Create a Vaccine
If there is a vaccination for working mother guilt, they need to roll it out! Being a mum is hard, but what makes being a mum a little easier is the love of your littles, and knowing that most other mothers are in exactly the same boat as you. Being a working mum is challenging at the best of times, …
My Back to School Routine
The Back to school routine is actual madness after the blissful relaxation of the summer and the lack of routine. Can we claw things back to pre summer and get the routine back quickly without everyone losing their marbles? Just chilling-out and leaving things up to fate does not work with back to school. It is a military routine that …
How to save money on your car rental
How to save money on your car rental The first time you rent a car, you quickly realise that it will not be the hassle-free, reasonably priced experience you had expected. Car rental companies draw you in with alluring claims like “From just £6 per day”, and you think to yourself… how can I afford NOT to rent a car? …
Teaching My Child About Stranger Danger
Teaching my child about stranger danger With the summer upon us, we cast our child’s tablets and devices to one side and throw them outside to embrace nature, to play and have fun while the weather is a little better. For parents, its a time when our concerns about stranger danger reach their peak! My four year old daughter usually …
Hotel or Villa for a Family Holiday?
When you have children, your annual holiday changes forever… well until they are old enough go away on their own! The days of getting massaged by the pool sipping a cocktail in a couples-only luxury resort, are but a beautiful faded memory. One of the main questions you might ask yourself is hotel or villa? With a four year old …
Travelling without a booster seat, is your child ready?
How do you know when your child is ready to ride in the car without a booster seat ? Firstly, we need to understand what the purpose of a booster seat is. A booster seat, like the BubbleBum Travel Booster Seat, is used to position the vehicle seat belt correctly on the child’s body. This means that the lap belt …
Practise makes perfect, my parenting fails and hails
Being a parent is a blessing, but it’s also a rollercoaster of emotion. One minute you are laughing at your little angel, the next you are marching the little devil to the naughty step. Life is full of parenting fails and hails. As a parent of two children under three, I have learned a lot about little humans the last …
Watch out Easter Bunny, the Fairies are coming
The Easter Bunny has been used to bribe my three-year-old with increasing frequency since Christmas. I know I’m not the only parent who does this. I find myself saying things like ‘put on your clothes or the Easter Bunny won’t come’ or ‘lay down and go to sleep, the Easter Bunny is watching you!’. When I first began to say …
The Sleepless Life of a Mother
The sleepless life of a Mother Being a mother is one of the most amazing, beautiful, rewarding and challenging things a woman will ever experience in her life. Once you become a parent you will forever be a mother, whether your child is with you or not. Being a mother is more than bringing a child into the world and …
What Makes the BubbleBum Inflatable Booster Seat Safe?
What makes the BubbleBum inflatable booster seat safe? BubbleBum booster seats have been on the market for over 9 years, with millions of parents using them to safely transport their little ones from A to B. Many other parents are considering whether to purchase a BubbleBum, and they will likely have some common questions. Within this blog we will explain …
By law, does a child need to sit in the back or front?
Let’s take a look at where children should be sitting when travelling in a car. We know as parents and careers, we all want the best for our children and that means ensuring they are as safe as possible when travelling. Here we will give you and answer to the question “by law, does a child need to be in …
Are Blow Up Car Booster Seats Safe?
Are blow up car booster seats safe for children? In today’s blog post we shall be discussing the safety of blow up / inflatable car booster seats. As parents and carers, it’s only natural to want the best for our loved ones, so when it comes to something as important as a car booster seat, we need to be certain …
Happy childhood memories begin with safer journeys.
At the age of 28, I feel a bit underqualified to be wistfully reminiscing about the way life was back in my day. This was only the 90’s afterall; The Simpsons was entering its heyday, FRIENDS hadn’t even been heard of yet, and the kids were doing a new dance called the macarena. (Bonus points if you can remember …
Pack the perfect Picnic this Bank Holiday weekend
The May bank holiday weekend is a working family’s introduction to the summer, with a few days off work it’s time to pack the kids up in the family car and spend some quality time together. There is no better way to have fun, save money and spend time together than a family picnic! Here are BubbleBum Travel Car Booster …
When can my child start using a car booster seat?
In the UK the law states that your child must be seated in an approved children’s car seat until the age of twelve, or they reach a height of 135cms, whichever comes first. This is when your child’s proportions begin to closely resemble those of a small adult, meaning that the vehicle seat belt will be more likely to sit …