A baby carrier promotes bonding between parents and child while allowing you to easily manage everyday tasks in parallel. These two advantages are covered by all models. Some models have special functions, are produced from different materials, and also have a different structure.
Why shouldn’t I just use any baby carrier?
The increasing popularity unfortunately also promotes the trade of baby carriers from non-reputable manufacturers. Especially cheap imports can contain questionable ingredients that cause allergies and skin irritations. Another aspect is the non-ergonomic structure of these carriers, which can lead to incorrect positioning of the child.
What can I do to find the perfect carrier for my child and me?
Our goal is to enable parents and children to have a perfect carrying experience, and to achieve this, we have listed the following 5 tips for purchasing.
1. Buy Products from Reputable Baby Carrier Manufacturers: Professional Expertise
Those who don’t know enough themselves should rely on the many years of experience of reputable manufacturers. These manufacturers invest a lot of time and money in development and research. They also have specialists who are either themselves active in orthopedics or at least orthopedists are consulted during conception and production.
Disadvantage: No-name carriers are not necessarily bad. There are also small producers who pay attention to ergonomics during conception and production but are just starting out. These rarely have the financial means to make their brand known.
2. Ergonomics: Comfortable and Healthy
A carrier must be ergonomic, i.e., your child should sit in the M-position (spread-squat position) in the carrier to allow for healthy growth. But ergonomics doesn’t just mean healthy and comfortable carrying for the child, but also for you and your back.
Note: If you choose an unknown manufacturer, you should have the carrier checked again by a babywearing consultant. Experienced babywearing consultants can explain in detail whether a carrier is suitable or not.
3. Pay Attention to Safe Ingredients
Allergies and skin irritations can result from questionable ingredients. Especially with small children whose skin is still particularly sensitive, chemicals should be avoided as much as possible.
How do I recognize questionable ingredients?
- Smell test: If the product has a chemical smell, then there is often a questionable ingredient present.
- Ask the manufacturer: Most manufacturers respond to specific questions about ingredients. Especially the well-known manufacturers are particularly transparent, and the entire supply chain can be traced.
4. Find the Right Size
So that you don’t have to research for a long time, we have created a small table for you with the different sizes and age suitability for various carriers.
- Bondolino: 0-36 months
- Buzzidil: Baby size: 0-18 months
- Standard size: 0-36 months
- Emeibaby Carrier: Birth – 15kg
- Fräulein Hübsch Mei Tai: Baby size: Birth – 1.5 years
- Toddler: 7 months – 3 years
- Girasol Mysol Mei Tai: from birth
- Kokadi Carrier: Baby size: Birth – Size 80/86
- Toddler: Size 74/80 – 2.5 years
- Storchenwiege BabyCarrier: Birth – 3 years (15kg)
5. Visually Eye-Catching
Since you will be spending a lot of time with the baby carrier in the future, you should of course also feel comfortable with the baby carrier itself. Meanwhile, there are many different cuts, patterns and colors, so that the perfect carrying aid is available for every parent.