Mini First Aid Exeter & South Devon

24/11/2025

‼‼‼‼ NEWS for Exmouth Parents!! (other parents welcome too)

🔏I've been organising a baby event behind the scenes, and it is finally time to share it with you all!!

🏪This is going to be a GREAT Event. We have a FAB line up of baby and children specialists coming along:

Mini First Aid, Clarks Shoes, Antenatal and breast feeding support, other specialists, loads of Exmouth's amazing baby classes, play cafes AND of course a coffee and a cake stand!! Check it out, it is all on the poster.......

📆Sunday 11th Jan 2026 at 2-4pm
LED leisure Centre, Exmouth

😄I cannot wait to be a part of this day.

🏠🏡Exmouth is my home and this is so important to share local businesses with local families and make sure everyone gets the support they need during their parental journey and also finds their village. 😍

✅✅✅SHARE SHARE SHARE this with people, TAG your friends and let's make this EVENT successful enough to return next year too. ✅

Annabel xx

24/11/2025

⚠️ Urgent recall: Matalan baby clothing

Matalan is recalling a number of baby rompers, dungarees and sweater sets due to a risk of injury. Some poppers may have rough edges, which could cause cuts or scrapes to infants.

🛍️ Sold between: 13 July and 17 October 2025
📋 Affected items include multiple styles

If you have one of these items, stop using it immediately and return it in-store for a full refund.

21/11/2025

Road Safety Week is always a great time to share this reminder about your child's roadside visibility in these darker winter months.

This image shows the difference in visibility between a child wearing a dark coat (bottom image) and the same child wearing a bright coat (top image), waiting to cross a road in the evening light.

If your child wears a dark winter coat, bear in mind that car drivers may not see them as clearly if they were to step out onto the road.

Of course, the main focus needs to be on driver awareness and reducing car speed, particularly around schools, but it doesn't hurt to think about small changes we can make that can perhaps add extra protection for our children, such as buying bright clothing!

Please share for awareness 💚

21/11/2025

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21/11/2025

19/11/2025

How to ensure your baby is safe in their car seat this winter👇🏻

🚗 Do not strap your child in while they are wearing a bulky coat or sleepsuit - the material of the coat and any air trapped in it will mean that the straps are not tight enough against the baby’s body to stop them being shifted around in an accident.

🚗 Do the “pinch test” - pull the harness straps to a snug tightness which means if you try to pinch the harness horizontally you cannot pinch the material together.

🚗 Make sure the car seat harness straps are not twisted, this may distribute the weight incorrectly and cause injury.

🚗 If your child is in a rear-facing car seat, the harness straps should be in the slots at or below your child’s shoulders.

🚗 If your child is in a forward-facing car seat, the harness straps should be in the slots at or above your child’s shoulders.

For lots more advice about the law around car seats and what type of seat is right for your child’s age/weight, please take a listen to episode 24 ofthe Family Health Podcast episode in which we chat with an expert from Graco UK about car seat safety 🎧 We’ll link to this in the comments.

15/11/2025

At Mini First Aid, where we’re all about bringing you trusted health advice in a friendly, no-fuss way. It's World Diabetes Day on 14th...

15/11/2025

11/11/2025

⚠️ Urgent recall: M&S baby sleepbag

M&S is recalling its Stripe 2.5 Tog Baby Sleepbag due to a strangulation risk. The neck opening is too wide and does not meet UK safety standards.

The product was sold online and in M&S Clothing and Home stores.