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Welcome to the World of Mum

Tips for first time Mums Becoming a Mum is amazing, overwhelming and often daunting. You don’t have to get everything right all of the time. Your baby won’t notice, and neither shoul...

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Elbows at the Ready!

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Surviving the January Sales
Stand by Mums – the biggest shopping spree of the year is imminent! Get baby wrapped up in suitable retail therapy attire, and word to the wise, leave...

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Child Safety at Christmas Time

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Are your little angels safe around the home? It’s that time of year again when festive fever is in the air and that familiar twinkle is in our little darlings’ eyes.  For them, Chr...

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Deal of the week - BabyDan BabyDen Playpen

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Deal of the week
  BabyDan BabyDen Playpen – Black


 
This week’s special offer is the BabyDan BabyDen Playpen. The BabyDan BabyD...

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Fire guards - are they necessary for my home?

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Fire guards - are they necessary for my home?
The children are back to school, the leaves are slowly falling off the trees and our nights are getting darker and shorter. This can only mea...

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Exciting Summer Sale

Exciting Summer Sale
As the summer soon reaches its end, this marks the beginning of an end of summer clearance for Simple Safety Solutions. For a short period of time, over 60 s...

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Deal of the week - The Lascal Maxi Buggy Board

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Deal of the week – The Lascal Maxi Buggy Board
The Lascal Maxi Buggy Board in black is a ride-on platform that attaches to your pram or buggy providing a safe and practical solutio...

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Is Your Television at RIsk?

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Is Your Television at Risk? In most modern homes, you will find at least one valuable LCD or plasma television set.  What most people are unaware of is just how fragile the surface of a Plasma...

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Deal of the week - Award Winning Product!

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This week’s deal of the week is an award winning child safety booster seat. The Bubble Bum Child Car Booster Seat.  The inflatable design of the product means that it is ideal for travelli...

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Protecting Your Little Ones From The Sun

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Holidays can be a parent’s nightmare. Sun, sand, sea and relaxation, four things that seem impossible to enjoy when taking your young children to the seaside for the first time. Wherever a smal...

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Baby proofing – it’s all about perspective

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Ready, set, go! 
Babies can transform into little ones-on-the-move overnight, so it’s important to be prepared and start thinking about baby proofing well in advance of their...

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Watering your Little Flowers: How Fluids Help in School and at Play

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A study by the University of East London in 2009 found that drinking 300ml of water helped seven- to nine-year olds’ performance in memory tests half an hour later. But drinking more water migh...

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Smacking: A Disciplinary Tool, or Violence against Children?

With the Daybreak programme the other week debating the issue of smacking, and the programme’s poll on whether it’s “ever acceptable” to smack your child resulting in a 81...

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Lessons from Power Cuts

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‘Home is where the heart is’, as the saying goes – and this is true regardless of age. Home and family are emotional and physical base camp for babies, children and grown-ups &ndash...

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The Name Game: Winners and Losers

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Hot on the heels of the Beckhams announcing their pregnancy, the bookies are already offering odds on the unborn baby’s name.  These range from the more pedestrian Sandra and Antony to the...

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Give an alternative gift this Christmas

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In light of a recent study showing that on average, grandparents spend £6,000 on their grandchildren, an article in the Telegraph is encouraging parents and grandparents alike to think ...

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Keep your kids warm this winter

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With the recent stint of sub-zero temperatures, our concerns are turning to keeping our kids warm this winter. Here are a few top tips to keep your little one as snug as a bug in a rug:
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What you’ve had to say about our products

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Here at Simple Safety Solutions your baby’s safety is our priority; we want to be sure that our products match your family’s lifestyle, making day-to-day chores as easy and safe as possib...

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An only child is a happy child

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A recent study in the Guardian newspaper has indicated that the fewer siblings a child has, the happier they are – with ‘only children’ topping the chart on the scale of content...

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The grand finale of our Facebook & Twitter competitions!

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If you’ve been following us on Facebook & Twitter you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been running a series of great competitions and giveaways, which some of you have ea...

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Fancy a vintage baby name?

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Picking a baby name is no mean feat, it’s a process that requires careful consideration as your pride and joy will be carrying it with them for the rest of their life. 
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Make your family’s Bonfire Night sparkle

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Bonfire night is an exciting time for people of all ages, wrapping up warm and watching spectacular fireworks, roaring bonfires and tucking into tasty parkin is always good fun!
However, all...

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Does maternity leave wreck women’s career prospects?

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Natasha Kaplinsky was criticised in the press recently for making it harder for working women by handing in her notice straight after returning from maternity leave from her £1 million-a-ye...

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How to make your young child’s Halloween ‘Spooktacular’

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Halloween can be a scary time for a little’un, so we’ve got some advice to help ensure that your Halloween is fun not fearful. 
* Halloween Costumes
A great co...

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The rise of the middle-aged mum

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A recent study has highlighted the growing trend towards older mothers with around 19% of women having a child over the age of 40 – a figure which has more than doubled since 1980.   <...

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Interview with Kelly Forsyth-Gibson – the inventor of Thudguard baby helmet

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Following on from our blog post on mumpreneurs  last week, Alex from the Simple Safety team chatted with a real-life mumpreneur – Kelly Forsyth-Gibson, the inventor of...

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Child benefit cuts for higher earners

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In a move which is aiming to save the new coalition government around £1 billion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne recently announced that child benefits are going to be axed for ...

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The rise of the mumpreneur

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Having a baby no longer means your career aspirations have to end. A new generation of mumpreneurs are proving it’s the best time to start a business.
 
While stereot...

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Prizes, freebies and fun!

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It’s well and truly the beginning of winter, the temperature is dropping and the nights are getting longer. The gloom and cold of the season is upon us, so Simple Safety Solutions have decided ...

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What’s in a name?

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It’s the dilemma all parents-to-be are faced with. How can you possibly name a person you have never even met? How are you going to agree on this momentous decision with your partner? And moreo...

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Kids say the funniest things…

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Children have such an honest outlook on life and have a habit of saying exactly what they think, often with hilarious results. Here’s some of our favourite anecdotes, ranging from the cute to t...

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Are you a ‘helicopter’ parent? Your parental fear could be curbing your child’s development

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In an article for the BBC , Tim Gill, a child care expert, claims youngsters are missing out on their childhood because we over-protect them. According to Gill, a reluctance to let...

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Top 5 cutest celebrity kids

Celebrity tots are out-shining their parents these days as they parade around in trendy fashions at the coolest spots. But who is the cutest of all the kiddies? An article by AllWomensTalk.com aimed ...

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The Happy Hands Door Stopper wins award

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We’re pleased to announce that a product created by one of our sister companies, Fingershield , has been awarded the prestigious Bizzie Baby Silver Award. The Happy Hand Door Stopper preve...

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Back to school: How mums can prepare for their child’s first day at school

 
It’s that time of the year again, time for ironing uniforms, packing backpacks and waving teary goodbyes. If you’re one of the thousands of mums who will see their little ...

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Going back to work? Weighing up the costs of childcare

This summer, 7.5 million grandparents took care of their grandchildren during the school holidays and almost four million grandparents even went on holiday with their adult children to help out wi...

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Simple Safety Solutions Car Seat Guide

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While we were developing the baby safety gates guide we thought we would produce one for child car seats – I was amazed to find out that so many You can download the guide here , we hope it ...

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Safety Gates Explained in Our New Guide!

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We get many calls from customers who are trying to figure out which safety gates and stair gates would be best for their home with many questions about the types of fittings, heights and widths of g...

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Facebook and Twitter linked to our Blog

Great News our Blog now updates our facebook and twitter feeds. You can follow our Twitter feed for all the latest deals and special buys @simplesafety and / or our facebook page http://www.fac...

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The Pourty – A Bit Potty Or A Great Idea?

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You might ask, what on earth is a Pourty? I know I did! The Pourty is a baby potty that was designed by parents who were sick of the mess created when using a conventional potty to potty train your ...

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Facebook linked to blog

Our blog will be linked to Facebook shortly ...

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Your FAVOURITE child safety product.....................

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Not suprisingly every day of the week, my colleagues and I at SimpleSafetySolutions trawl through our customer feedback and keep our eyes peeled for any additional child safety products that we...

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Simple Safety Solutions tackles Chelsea

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Key 103's Radio's breakfast show host, Chelsea Norris, kindly helped in a recent approach. One of the most common, yet easily prevented, domestic accidents recently befell her.

Ironica...

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Sunny protection

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Child safety adviser, Roger Cheetham, has posted some recently helpful advice to parents in this summer season (well....abroad, anyway!).

He is urging parents and carers to be m...

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Media instruction - through the eyes of children

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Just to let you know that Child's Eye Media was successful at the Royal Television Society Awards - and 'A child's eye view of people who help us' won the award for Best Educational Programme (0-5). <...

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More on seatbelts and carseats (part 2)

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Lately in the public domain, is further debate on car seats for children. Parents are advised to heed the warnings.

UK parents are relatively quick to switch their children to fron...

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Fire safety.......thinking of children

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A few simple steps to tie in with Child Safety Week. Did you know in the UK, fire still represents the biggest killer of children in the home:

1. Prepare a fire escape/evacuation plan<...

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Parents paranoia on child safety

The Daily Telegraph reports today, that parents are becoming more "paranoid" about child safety. Furthermore, in response they are more reluctant to allow children to play outside unsupervised.
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What is the current legislation for seatbelts? (part 1)

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After some high profile 'casualties', SimpleSafetySolutions.com wants to offer a reminder on legislation concerning this important matter.

As of 18 September 2006, the following laws re...

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Baby Bath-time Safety Tips

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The bathroom can be a dangerous place for a baby; therefore SimpleSafetySolutions.com has come up with 6 top tips to help prevent any accidents:

1. Firstly, NEVER leave your baby alone...

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Why is your baby crying............?

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How many parents can answer that question without guessing? Now parents don’t have to guess as there is a monitor out there that will work it out for you, with a 98% accuracy rate!

Simp...

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A Daddy's Perspective.........................

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Just thought I'd comment on the myriad of wonderful safety products that you have here at Simple Safety Solutions. For future or new parents I wanted to highlight a selection that my Wife and I have ...

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Worried when your baby sleeps?

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Many parents are worried about leaving their newborns on their own - one of the biggest fears is of your baby rolling over onto its tummy and suffocating. other accidents including babies getting jam...

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Simple Safety Solutions adopts Children's Charity

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The Children’s Safety Education Foundation (CSEF) today announced a partnership with us.

Fingershield UK and its sister Company, Simple Safety Solutions, is a leading provider of ch...

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Simple Safety Solutions stocks BabyDan safety products

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BabyDan is one of Europe’s leading baby safety products manufacturers with a high quality, range of products and uniquely patented safety designs and features. SimpleSafetySolutions.com is proud to be...

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Making Your Home Safe For Children (part 2)

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Following on from our recent article about making your home safe for children here are some more child safety hints and tips:

1. Fit child-resistant window locks, but make sure you can ...

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Count on your Fingers......

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Not every child can count on their fingers. There are some hard-hitting 'figures' that represent serious accidents, in the UK alone.

Did you know?

28,000.......
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Making Your Home Safe For Children (part 1)

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All parents worry about protecting their children from harm. There are some very simple steps that can be taken by parents to keep young children safe in the home.

Falls are reported t...

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Welcome to the Simple Safety Solutions Blog!

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At Simple Safety Solutions we are passionate about providing quality child safety products as we believe that all children have the right to live, learn and play in a safe environment.

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