Baby Wraps Carrier, Baby Carrier Wrap Baby Wearing Wrap Newborn Wrap Carrier(7-30lbs), Baby Sling, Baby Carrier Sling for Newborn and Infant, Cream+Pink

Helps with baby carrying
Our daughter is still little, and my wife usually carries her a lot, which can get exhausting. I got this baby carrier to help her out, and after using it a few times, she’s really happy with it. The material feels soft like knit fabric and is breathable, so even if she wears it for a long time, neither she nor the baby gets too hot. The design is easy to adjust for different positions, either front or side carrying. The wide shoulder straps and waistband help spread the baby’s weight, which makes it feel more balanced and easier on her back. One small thing she mentioned is that the shoulder straps could use a bit more padding, because her shoulders sometimes feel tired after wearing it for a while. Still, this carrier has made it easier for her to take care of our daughter, and our baby seems to like being held close and secure in it.

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*****Update after a month of use: We originally gave this baby carrier 4 stars and have updated it to 5 stars because it’s so comfortable. Yeah, we cannot unbuckle the side buckles, but it turns out that once we assembled this, there has been no need to unbuckle the side buckles at all and it’s safe that they cannot be unbuckled.Also as our baby grows this carrier has accommodated her increasing size and the side straps do not seem to chafe or bother us or our baby – all in all this is really well made and is our go-to baby carrier because it is so easy and comfortable to use. We’ve washed this carrier and it just gets softer with use. Our baby loves sleeping in it.**** original 4 star review****This works better when our baby has full clothes on as the nylon straps on the side are not soft against our newborn’s skin. The baby carrier fits me (petite at 5’2″ and 118) and my 6’2″ 180 pounds equally well, so that is helpful.The two side straps are easy to adjust once they are buckled. The side straps crisscross in back and adjust how close you want to hold your baby to you and also adjust the shoulder tightness at the same time. The waist buckle is quite large and buckles in the back, so you have to have a certain level of flexibility to reach behind or on the side of you to unbuckle it.The shoulder strap buckles have a safety feature where you cannot simply unbuckle them by pressing the sides – while this is safer, it also means we are loosening the straps versus unbuckling to lift our baby out of the carrier – there are no instructions on how to unbuckle the strap – however it seems you need to stick a key into a small slot in the top of the buckle while unbuckling by pressing the sides. Even trying to stick a key into the small slot, the buckle is not detaching, so we are assuming it is meant to stay buckled forever, once it locks in. The straps do swivel and are easy to loosen. Deducted a star for the buckle design because it’s not as convenient as other designs, and there are no instructions regarding unbuckling the shoulder straps.In addition to the main carrier compartment for our baby, there is a large pocket in front to carry items – they need to be soft as whatever you carry in the front pouch only has about a t-shirt amount of fabric between you and your baby. Other carriers have pockets on the waist belt and they works better for us. I didn’t deduct a star for that because the description off this baby carrier is exactly what we received.The limit on this baby carrier is 30 pounds because of the very soft material that doesn’t have a lot of structure to it, other than the waist belt being quite wide, thick, and comfortable.The grey material is soft and there is no shoulder padding – not sure if you can tell that from the product photos. It’s more like the equivalent of a sweater on your shoulders, but even with 8 pounds of baby, the fabric doesn’t dig into our shoulders – there is a nylon crisscross of the straps across the back and that is where we feel the pressure if we are not wearing a sweater and it’s comfortable.Overall really like this baby carrier.

Easy on and off
My son is 20 pounds and over 33” long, and incredibly clingy. He fits securely in this carrier. It’s easy to get on and off. I appreciate that there are only three straps to adjust. The side straps are kind of awkwardly placed so his arms have to stay inside, which isn’t ideal. It’s super easy to get on and off. The fabric is comfortable against our skin.

A bit awkward compared to the big name carriers
I’ve tried out some fantastic carriers and some that were a real hazard. This one falls somewhere in between…The buckles on the front of the carrier are not the standard buckles and I did not find them intuitive to use. You squeeze both sides of the clip, and then slide the buckle forwards off a peg. I’ve never seen this on a carrier and am interested to see how it holds up.It’s also wide at the crotch for a newborn/small baby–but not as supportive as a regular soft structred carrier for an older baby or toddler. If you are an experienced carrier, you can use a recieving blanket or something to roll up for a younger baby but there’s really no way to make this a suitable carrier for an older/heavier baby.I appreciate the wide straps in terms of comfort, but they can also be limiting in shoulder movement, and they aren’t as padded as many other carriers. This is ok for a smaller baby, but not as baby grows.The buckles are sturdy enough, the material is decent. There’s no hood to support baby when they are little or when they’ve fallen asleep. That’s a real downer.It’s not a terrible carrier–but I feel like there are better options in this same price range ($35ish) with more versitility, so I would not recommend this one.