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Bugaboo Neon Pop at Babies Galore

The great news is that the new Compaq, whilst retaining its narrow profile and reduced depth when rear facing, now has fantastic tall side wings which not only provide increased side impact protection, but means taller children can stay in the seat for longer. The tall harness slots also help to extend the time that a tall child can use this seat.

The new Safe-n-Sound Compaq comes in 6 brilliant colours and will retail for $499. It is expect in stores from the beginning of May.

Look out for our review of this seat in the near future!

Safe-n-Sound website

To enter you need to download the template and submit your design to Mima between the 1st and 31st of May. Votes will be collected from Facebook members and distributors and the winner announced on Friday 8th of June.

As some inspiration Mima have created a Flickr set featuring some designer Mimas.

More information on the Mima Kids website.

Maison-Bébé

Phil & Teds Promenade Review

Car restraints that use the Isofix attachment system click into rigid attachment points located at the base of the car's back seat. Whilst it has been argued that the Isofix system is no safer than the current Australian system which utilises the car's seat belt plus a top tether attachment, studies suggest that the Isofix system is considerably easier for parents to install correctly. With a 2004 RACV study suggesting that up to 70% of Australian car seats are incorrectly installed, the Isofix system is welcomed by many as a way of further improving the safety of Australian seats.

Those looking to buy an Isofix car restraint will need to wait a while yet before they come onto the Australian market. A revision of the Australian Standard for Child Restraints will need to occur before manufacturers can begin to design the new seats. Britax have estimated the revision could occur in 2013, with seats appearing on the market in 2014, however this could still be a conservative estimate.

Britax press release regarding instroduction of Isofix

All funds raised from the auction will go to the Life's Little Treasures Foundation, a wonderful organisation which provides support and information to parents of premature babies.

Please help support the valuable work of Life's Little Treasures, and pick yourself up a most wonderful pram while you're at it!

Mima Xari Ebay auction

UK brand Petite Star, in conjunction with Spanish company Njoy are trying fill this gap in the market. The Njoy Bubble is an umbrella stroller with seat that can face both forwards and back.

I have to admit I was skeptical when I first read about the concept. My two concerns were how many seat positions would be available rear facing, and how many steps it would take to reverse the seat.

I haven't had the pleasure of testing the Njoy Bubble in real life, but a look at the YouTube promo has me excited! The Njoy seat changes direction with the use of just one hand, and the hood changes direction just as easily. More good news - the Njoy Bubble weighs just 8kg, and will retail for £199.

The Njoy was launced at the Harrogate Nursery Fair last weekend. It will be available in purple and silver. No news yet on availability.

Petite Star Njoy Bubble YouTube Clip

The Zee Two weighs 13.5kg and has a RRP of $599 AUD.

Zee Two video on YouTube

If you're after a more modern look, you can attach the Sleepover pram body to the Linear frame which features swivel front wheels and a new improved compact fold. Or if you just can't decide which frame to purchase you could always get both - one to put in the car for shopping trips, and one to use on neighbourhood walks! The Sleepover Elegance comes in cream and black (pictured), black and navy, and comes complete with detachable magnetic rosette on the hood, footmuff, bassinet apron, and raincover. A matching change bag is available separately.

Sleepover Elegance on the Silver Cross website

Make sure you read through Ally's full review for all the details!

Steelcraft Agile Twin Review

St Kilda Mums is based in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda and is run entirely by volunteers. The goods that are donated are sorted, cleaned up and repaired if necessary, and are then passed on to mums who need them, via a network of not for profit organisations St Kilda Mums has linked in with.

Last week St Kilda Mums won a $10,000 community grant from the Bank of Melbourne and Herald Sun's Local Projects Community Grant. This will help them to cover the running costs of the organisation and free the volunteers up to to the work they do best.

St Kilda Mums could still do with more help though. If you live locally and have good quality baby goods that you could donate (prams and cots are particularly sought after), or could donate your time to help sort, wash or mend items, then please read through the St Kilda Mums website to see how you can help. Help with donations of money or expertise is also greatly appreciated.

St Kilda Mums website

The designs (which features plenty of Union Jacks), are made from either fleece or short haired fake fur, and have a zip all the way around so that the top can be removed and the bottom piece used as a liner if the weather turns warm.

All 5 limited edition Buggysnuggles retail for £49.95.

Buggy Snuggle Website

The City Stripe Duo has an abundance of pockets (11 in total!) to keep all those essential items a parent needs in their rightful places, and features the patented 'Shuttle Clips' which allow the bag to be quickly and easily converted from a shoulder bag to one that hangs off the back of a stroller.

The City Stripe Duo is selling for USD $59.99, but you'll need to organise a parcel forwarder for this one as Babies"R"Us won't ship it outside of the US.

Skip Hop City Stripe Duo at Babies'R'Us

The release is timed to celebrate the opening of 'Little Liberty', the new children's department which opened on the 3rd floor of London's Liberty store.

The fabric featured on the Cameleon is a new season abstract print from the Liberty Art Fabric collection called TV Ted and is based on an archive design.

If you're in the UK you can enter a competition running on the Liberty website. If not you better call up a friend to hot-foot it to the Liberty store as there are only 10 of these prams available.

Liberty Bugaboo competition page