This is just a quickie competition for you, because I need you to do something for a friend of mine. Have you ever ‘lost’ your child?
I did once. Ameli was eight months old and had just started walking by holding on to things. We were in Paris, sitting at the Arc de Triompf eating lunch and I was studying the map. She was sitting at my feet, playing. I looked down from the map, and she was gone. I lowered the map, and couldn’t see her, I looked around at where my brother and grandmother were sitting, having their lunch and she wasn’t with them. I launched off the chair and yelled “where’s my baby” so loudly, half the foot traffic – a few hundred people – stopped.
All this happened in less than three seconds, but they were the longest hours of my life.
And then a little head popped out from the other side of the bench. She’d crawled under it to get to my brother. I sobbed in relief.
Three seconds. Even now, 20 months later, the hair on the back of my neck stands up.
While I’m not one for too much stranger danger, and I don’t think there’s a predator around every corner, I know that public places with a toddler can be incredibly stressful. I also know that waddling after an over excited tot around a supermarket at 8 months pregnant can be exasperating, to say the least.
“KidsRSafer” created a product – Mommy I’m here – to help you find your child up to 150 feet away. It’s a teddy bear shaped wireless system which uses it’s own radio frequency, which attaches to a shoe, belt or wrist, with a simple key-ring beeper for the parent or carer.
COMPETITION
You can win one of two of these bears by simply completing this very short survey. It’s annonymous, so I’m going to have to trust that you have done so, and you’ll have to leave a comment below to tell me that you have.
Simple as that.
Competition runs for one week, ending at 23.59 on 23 January, and a winner will be selected using Random.org.
Thanks for your help!
Please read the competition rules.
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Delighted to have won!!!! Heathrow Airport was so much easier due to peace of mind regarding my 3 year old!!!!! thank you so much!!!!!
All done @RedRoseMummy
Done 🙂
Survey complete
Thank you for the comp. It was indeed a short survey, but guess it’ll provide some useful statistics
Survey done! 🙂 x
I have done the survey.
Would love to win one of these.
Survey Done!
@samanthawesley
completed the servey 🙂
Survey completed 🙂
Have completed the survey.
All done
done thanks
All done, fingers crossed
survey all done, very easy to complete, really hope i win this !!
Hi i have completed the survey, what a great idea, i once lost my little boy in while on a day out and it was the most horrible half an hour of my life, luckily he was found safe and sound!
I’ve completed the survey, such a great idea, you never know when you might need one of these xx
Survey Completed!
survey completed!
Done 🙂
Super quick!
Done – very easy and short survey! x
I’ve completed the survey.
Survery completed
Nice short survey and great prize ♥
What a nice short survey and great prize ♥
Survey completed, have tweeted (@01592_katie) and liked on facebook.
What a great and very practical giveaway. Thank you.
all done
Survey done xxx
Survey completed, fab idea!
Have just done the survey. The Child Locator is a brilliant idea!
x
Survey completed what a great idea!
Done the survey just now 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway
Survey completed
I follow you on Twitter (@chocolateonemse) and FB (Karen A Barrett)
ooh done survey as well
wow, what a great idea, kind of like a walkie talkie, super!
Survey all done! My little man is an escape artist, he is particularly good at wriggling his way out of the pushchair straps. Me and my husband spend every shopping trip worrying to death we are going to look round and hes gone. If he is walking, he will run away from us at any oppertunity, he thinks its a fun game and giggles as he is disappearing off into the distance but its so scary! we never had this with our daughter. xx
All 4 questions done! My little one’s a real monkey so I could really use one of these 🙂
I have done the survey
Done the survey
What a great Idea
Congratulations on your win! Please check your email! 🙂
Easy and quick. I am taking my 3 little ones on holiday in a few weeks…Heathrow and 3 kiddies…terrified they’re going to wander off!!!!
Congratulations on your win! Please check your email!
Did short survey. Took less than a minute! That is a great gadget by the way, i have two boys and one is very quick on his feet. If your friend is using the survey as market research an age question might be useful.
I’ve filled it in!
Shortest survey ever! – love it.
Need one of these for when I take girls on holiday, to their first festival!
have completed the survey 🙂
I did it x
I’ve just completed it now 🙂
Survey Done 🙂
Done your survey * following on twitter @HebeFlowers. Must say this is a brilliant idea, I spent an horrifying 20 minutes when I lost my son while out shopping – they locked the store down to search for him and after 20 terror filled, grief stricken minutes my son came swanning down an aisle saying, “Mummy where did you go, you lost me!”
Survey completed
@littleboo_21
Done
All done-very quick survey but got me thinking about my child’s safety.
@angiesandhu
I have done the survey. Please enter me in the draw.
xx Done xx
Great comp, as foster carer for under 5’s, the problem of a child slipping out of site is a constant problem
Done x
That was a quick survey! All done. Thanks
Done! What a great idea!
Its all done! x
This is a great idea. survey complete
I have completed the survey
Done!
Survey completed. Child locator is a great idea!
SURVEY COMPLETED
Survey complete. What a great product!
Survey completed
Done the survey
I have completed the survey – what a fab product, its just what I need for my fearless son.
Hi I have completed the survey
I have done the survey.
I have done the survey.
Survery completed – what a great product, a must for all Mums with toddlers that like to go wandering!
Completed survey.
I have completed the survey
Could really do with one of these for my son as he has ants in his pants!
Done the survey – very short!! Not sure how they’ll get anything out of it though:-)
survey all taken 🙂
Survey Complete!
all done 🙂
@emmav6
Survey completed.
Done, thanks.
All done. I’m always worrying about mine wandering off!
Ive completed the survey , very short but to the point.
Completed, indeed very short survey 🙂
survey completed
Survey completed 🙂
completed the survey so please count me in! x
Thanks for the comp, I have done the survey! Very quick and easy!
Completed survey – any parents worst nightmare I reckon!!
Hi. I have completed the survey and liked your page on Facebook.
Survey completed
Completed, would be interesting to see the result of this survey.
Completed survey
Completed survey
all done thanks
Whoa!! that was quick…all done
filled in your survey, i lost my son once at the zoo, had a total freak out – just glad he was found within minutes and hadnt noticed i had lost him lol great device!
An incredibly short survey! All done! @pandcands
I’m iiiiiinnnnn!!!!! *crosses fingers* 😉
All done, thanks!
@ashlallan
All completed 🙂 It was a VERY short survey! ;0)
Lol! I know – I did it about a week ago and couldn’t remember if it was three or four questions 🙂 Thanks for doing it!