If your child can be carried in an ergonomic position in a baby carrier, this baby carrier is an ergonomic baby carrier. It is also important that a baby carrier is comfortable and ergonomic for the caregiver.
When is a baby carrier ergonomic?
Below we list all the points that a baby carrier must meet in order to be ergonomic.
Your child is in a squat-spread position in the baby carrier. We also call this position the frog position or the M position. Newborn babies naturally assume this position when they lie comfortably against you. In the Squat Spread Position, the knees are slightly tucked up and come out slightly higher than the butt.
Your child will receive support from the back of the knee to the back of the knee from the baby carrier. The fabric supports the legs from the back of the knee to the back of the knee while the legs can hang down freely. If a baby carrier is too small, you will see that the fabric no longer reaches the back of the knee and if the baby carrier is too large, the lower legs do not hang down relaxed, but are held up by the fabric.
The back of the baby carrier must be made of a flexible and soft fabric. A hard back forces a straight posture of your child’s back and can put too much pressure against the back of your child. A newborn child does not yet have an S-shaped spine like adults. Until then, you want support for a child in the natural convex position of the back. The back of the baby carrier fully supports the back of your child up to the neck.
You carry your child facing you. Wearing with the face away from you often gives a wrong position of the hips and the breasts of, for example, the mother, the back is pressed hollow. In addition, your child sees a lot coming towards him with the face forward. Your child cannot turn away from all stimuli. In some ergonomic baby carriers you can wear face forward for a very short time, this is recommended at most 15/20 minutes. Preferably choose a baby carrier where your child is carried facing you.
The shoulder straps and hip belt distribute the weight of your child well over your upper body. It is important that you can properly adjust the baby carrier to your posture, so that the weight is optimally distributed. Tighten the shoulder straps equally, so that the baby carrier is nicely straight.
Brands with ergonomic baby carriers
Now you are of course curious about which brands sell ergonomic baby carriers. Dragen in Schagen only sells ergonomic baby carriers, because we think it is important to carry a child in a safe and natural position. So you can choose a baby carrier from our range with confidence.
Examples of our ergonomic baby carriers: Tula baby carrier
– Tula Free to Grow
– Tula Toddler
– Tula Explore
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