Everyone wants the best for their new baby. That is why parents have been coming to TONY KEALY'S since the 1960’s. You will see the widest range of quality nursery products at our stores in Walkinstown Green, Northside Retail Park, Coolock and South Ring Business Park Cork.

With names such as Bugaboo, Phil and Ted, BabyBjorn, Chicco Cybex, Graco, Maclaren, Out and About,Quinny, Stokke and Storksak. It is essential to get the right equipment for your baby.

Parents know that at TONY KEALY'S they will be dealing with trained knowledgeable people who know what is on the market and actually enjoy demonstrating the products for parents to be.

03rd April 2011

The right fit - car seats

When you bear in mind that a baby’s chances of survival and avoiding being seriously injured are increased by 90–95pc if a car seat is fitted correctly, it really hammers home how important this aspect of family life is.

Paul Kealy, managing director of baby shop Tony Kealys, cites this statistic, noting that three out of four car seats are still fitted incorrectly, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA). “A car seat that is ill fitted will not work as it’s designed to in a crash and the risk to a child’s life is greatly increased,” he says.

RSA research shows that over half of all child car seats checked would have provided little or no protection to the child in the event of a crash.

In an effort to address this worrying problem and improve awareness of the need to fit child car restraints correctly, the RSA is running the ‘Check it Fits’ roadshow again, visiting Carlow, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Cavan and Monaghan between 4 May and 8 May.

Experts will be on hand at each venue to show people free of charge how to correctly install child restraints in cars as well as providing advice on whether the restraint you’re using is suitable for your child and your car.

“Over the past five years, experts at the roadshow have checked more than 4,000 child car seats across the country and there has been cause for concern, particularly in the number of major adjustments that were required,” says Noel Brett, RSA chief executive.

“If your child’s car restraint is not fitted correctly, it could lead to serious injury or even death in the event of a collision.”

UK child car seat installation expert Mark Bennet says the golden rule for selecting and installing a child car seat is to ensure it is not only appropriate for their age, height and weight, but that it also conforms to EU safety standards.

Since the introduction of the EU Directive in September 2006, it is now mandatory for all children up to 150cm in height (roughly 11/12 years of age) to have an appropriate child restraint. This means using a child car seat, booster seat or booster cushion (see panel on right for more detail on the regulations).

Rearward-facing: a safer option

Kealy says one of the most important messages he wants to get across is to try and ensure your child stays in a rearward-facing infant carrier as long as possible – he recommends until they are either over 13kg, aged around a year and a half or when their head crowns the top of the seat.

“Children are five times safer in a rearward-facing seat, however most Irish parents take them out of rearward-facing seats when they are six to nine months old. My two girls were in rearward-facing seats until they were 18 months and 20 months of age and my boy was out of his when his weight was over the recommended amount at 13 months,” says Kealy.

“Around 80pc of collisions are of the frontal type while 20pc involve a side impact. With a frontal collision, a car goes into the back of you, you go into the back of someone or it’s a head-on collision. In this case, your body is thrown forward, your chest is restrained by a harness or seatbelt and the crash force goes through your head and neck. Your head tries to go forward and you’re relying on your neck muscles to survive that impact.

“If a baby is reward facing with a frontal collision they are pushed into the back of the seat and the impact goes from their bottom to the top of their head.”

He points out that in Scandinavia children are in rearward-facing seats until they are three or four and the American Academy of Paediatritions’ advice is to keep them in this type of seat until they are two years old.

“Parents want to be able to see their baby and that’s why they tend to take them out of the rearward-facing seats, but you can buy special large mirrors for inside your car to get around this problem,” says Kealy.

Source: Independent.ie

22nd March 2011

Bugaboo Donkey being Launched In store on the 7th of April

The convertible stroller for kid(s) and goods

Please say hello to the Bugaboo Donkey: the first mono-duo–mono convertible stroller for kid(s) and goods that grows and flows with your family.

The Bugaboo Donkey can easily – in three clicks - be converted from a full-sized mono to a full-sized side-by-side duo and back again. With flexible and multiple storage space, the Bugaboo Donkey is suitable for your first child, your second child, both or twins. With its flexible luggage options, there’s plenty of room for your goods too. Going around town has never been this easy.

Thanks to an innovative adjustable mechanism, in just three simple clicks the Bugaboo Donkey transforms with ease from a mono to duo stroller. And back again. Click. Wooosh. Pop!

Whether you need it for your first kid, second kid or both -«or even your twins - the Bugaboo Donkey will convert in a snap to meet your needs.

Imagine leaving your home - in duo position - with your two kids. You drop one off at the daycare center then continue - in mono position - with your other kid.

It's that easy.

A laptop, football, handbag, diaper bag or an extra shopping bag? It all fits in…thanks to the Bugaboo Donkey's flexible and multiple luggage options.

Both the large underseat basket and removable side luggage basket expand as the stroller goes from mono to duo position, making it suitable for S, M, L or XL bags.

15th November 2010

Tony Kealys, Coolock - Top 50 stores in Ireland in retail excellence.

Well done to our Coolock team who came in within the top 50 stores from all over Ireland. They deserve so much credit for all the hard work and effort they put in to be selected as the 39th best store in Ireland from over 400 stores.Congratulations!!!!!

27th October 2010

16th September 2010

Coming spring 2011 the new Bugaboo Donkey!

Bugaboo will introduce the Bugaboo Donkey: the first mono-duo-mono convertible stroller for kids and goods. The Bugaboo Donkey can easily – in three clicks – be converted from a full-sized mono to a full-sized side by side duo and back again to a mono. All with flexible and multiple storage space. This makes it suitable for your first child, your second child, or both and for twins. And even in full duo position, the stroller is still compact.

• The Bugaboo Donkey has been designed to meet two key parental needs:  increased storage space and the option to convert from a mono to a side by side duo stroller for parents with two young children or twins.
• The greatly increased storage space - an expandable side luggage basket and under-seat basket - allows parents to carry all the goods they may need whilst on the go. The Bugaboo Donkey can be expanded and downsized again in only three clicks.
• In mono configuration the Bugaboo Donkey is 60 cm wide, which is the same width as the Bugaboo Cameleon.
• In duo configuration, with only 74 cm it’s the narrowest (luxury) side by side duo stroller.
• The Bugaboo Donkey will be available during the Spring of 2011 in the USA, UK, Netherlands and Spain. We expect further roll out in other countries later that year.
• The Bugaboo Donkey is the latest addition to Bugaboo’s portfolio which further includes the Bugaboo Frog, the Bugaboo Bee, and the Bugaboo Cameleon.

Rearward facing car seat

The Be Safe Izi Combi rearward facing isofix seat is now available to buy on our website and in store. We strongly recommend that this seat is tried and checked in your car!!

Britax Multi-tech 2 (Instore Purchase only)

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