Safety With Baby Sling Carriers

Over the past 10 years, there have been at least 22 reports of serious injury associated with the use of baby sling-type carriers. The injuries include skull fractures, head injuries, contusions and abrasions - Consumer Report

Even though the number is small but absolutely you don't your baby is part of that incident. Accident can happen anywhere if you didn’t take a safety precaution. Thus, it is important for baby sling carriers user to take necessary safety precaution to protect your baby from being injured. Successful use of baby sling carrier is first comes from the right fit.

1. When you choosing baby carrier make sure that the baby sling carrier fitting is suitable for your baby’s age. If it is too big, it will create an empty space inside the sling and baby will not sitting on solid position. Most accidents reported that the victim (baby) has shifted to one side, slipped through a leg opening and fallen to the ground. In addition to that, some baby sling carriers have weight limitation. So, make sure you read the manufacturer’s specifications and try-out yourself before you buy.

2. Another accidents reported involving baby wearing is due to the wearer imbalance posture such as tripping and falling. Thus, it is important to practice wearing baby sling carriers with dummy baby such as heavy bear doll or big water balloon before you begin. You can practice walking around and make routine to quickly reflex holding on something to protect your baby when something unexpected happens. Always remember practice makes perfect.

3. Furthermore, never leave baby unattended while in the baby sling carrier. The baby carrier’s frame may topple down and will cause head injury to your baby. If you are using sling type, never use the sling as a blanket while the baby is unattended. Your baby will face difficulty to breath when the blanket covers his face.

4. When you walk through an entrance, watch-out for entrance’s height so that it will not knock your baby’s head. In addition to that, watch-out also for space during turning around so that the entrance’s wall will not hit your baby

5. Always be cautious with what you put inside your baby sling carrier i.e keys, coin, pen, etc. Some baby carrier comes with pouch or pocket. These items can be hazardous to your baby.

6. Your baby may fell down when you bend over your knees, so try to continually support your baby with your arm. Learn to wear your baby sling carrier properly until you really feel comfortable and confident.

7. Do not wear baby sling carrier while cooking, riding a bike, or when you are near to any sharp or hot object.

8. Keep the tail of your sling or wraparound out of harm's way. Long tails can catch fire on gas stoves and fires. They can also get caught in doors.

9. If you are using baby sling, when the baby inside, the lower pouch should ride in line or above your hip bone and the sling should fit comfortably. If your baby sling is too small, you will not be able to get your baby inside the sling. If it is too big, your baby will ride to low and you will not feel your baby is secured inside the baby sling. Furthermore, the sling will slip-off from your shoulder and you still need to continue to support your baby with one hand.

10. If your baby is tiny and seem to be getting lost in the sling, you can roll a receiving blanket and place it under their body. This will help and last their body to stay straight. Fold the blanket flat and place the folded blanket flat directly under you baby spine. You can do this before they are placing it in the sling or after they already in the sling. Be sure that the blanket never covers their face.

As most of you are aware, above safety precautions are all about common sense. If you have any concerns on safety regarding what you are doing, do not gamble because it involves your baby’s life. Always priority on safety as your baby is priceless.

Baby Sling Carriers

Before You Buy Baby Sling Carriers!!!

Have you decided which baby sling carriers you want to buy? If yes, then please take a few minutes to read the article below, may be this information will help you a lot.

1) Try the baby sling carrier on in the shop before you decided to buy.
Don’t take this for granted. The condition may not suit to your body and make sure it fits firmly to your body. If both mum and dad plan to use baby sling carrier together, than size must be taken into consideration, since not all manufacturer design baby sling carriers "one-size-fits-all". For example, BabyBjorn makes an extra-large version for taller people and also offers custom made carriers. Furthermore, you can check whether there is any defect on the sling carrier. Even though you can replace later but it will cost you time and money to travel back to the shop. If you want to buy via online, you can try it first at the nearest shop. This will help you to select which style will suite you best.

2) Choose for baby sling carriers that have a broad of adjustable hip or waist strap and well-padded shoulder straps.
These features will take some weight off your shoulder and distribute the weight of your baby evenly across your body and limit sideways movement of the carrier. Try to limit assistance from other people when you are wearing baby sling carrier because sometimes they don’t want to be disturb. Thus, you need to look at sling carriers which have clips, buckles and straps that are fully and easily adjustable with one hand. If you plan to use baby sling carriers for a long period of time, this features also will help you because you can adjust the baby sling which suit your baby growth factor.

3) Make sure the fabric is washable.
As you are aware from the name itself, baby sling carriers, this product was created for baby and baby doesn’t care everything they do will dirty the sling carrier or not. So it is advisable to find a baby sling carrier with fabric tight weave as it will resist stretching after you wash it.

4) Don't discard a carrier because of price.
Cheap products are always not worthwhile. List down your requirement and look-out several brands for comparison. Give a grade for those brands which you have tried. If the highest mark is about 10%-15% higher than your budget, I would suggest that you go for it because you will be using it for a long period of time. If the price difference between first and second highest ranked is not much than go for the first one.

5) Find baby sling carrier products which provide you clear and concise instructions as it is important, especially if you haven’t used one before.
Pictures are helpful, as is a video, or instructions printed on the carrier itself. Then, take time with the guidelines. It may take sometimes to get used to until you find the right adjustments especially for slings and wraps.

6) It is recommended to find baby sling carrier which provide you useful features like ‘dribble-guard’ to protect your clothes, a pouch for your wallet or keys and a rain guard or sun cover.

Baby Sling Carrier Features

Selecting the best baby sling carriers for your love ones is not an easy task since there are literally hundreds of good products available in the market makes you feel overwhelmed when trying to select the perfect make and model especially if you are first timer parent. Knowing what are the important features will help you to select your new baby sling carrier. From research most parents would like to buy baby sling carrier that offer them:

The overall rating is made up of the trialists' ratings for:

1. Security - 50%
2. Ease of use - 25%
3. Comfort - 25%
   

Summary

Trialists rated how easy it is to:

• Fit the baby into the baby sling carrier and take them out.
• Do up, undo and adjust the straps, belts and buckles.
• Put the baby sling carrier on and take it off.
• Take a sleeping baby out of the baby sling carrier without waking them.

For comfort they rated:

• Overall comfort for the wearer and the baby when walking downstairs, upstairs and on level ground, and the comfort of straps, belts and buckles.

Finally, they rated the security the baby sling carrier offered their baby:

• While unsupported by hands.
• While bending down.
• By the head support.

Summary taken from consumer report

Finding The Right Baby Sling Carriers For Your Baby

Baby Sling Carrier

In the early days, baby sling carriers are very popular among women to carry their baby during travelling and bring their baby slept in a family bed. Nowadays with the technology and lifestyle keep on improving, baby sling carriers design is very ergonomically and attractive. Baby sling carriers are no more relates to the old-fashioned kind of thing but it has becoming stylish and fashionable attire. Even most of the Hollywood stars are wearing this product for their baby.

Since, baby sling carriers have evolved significantly i.e creative & ergonomic design, quality fabric; the price tag is not cheap. Thus, it is important for the parent to do a research which baby sling is suitable for you and your baby. Here are number of things to consider in your search for the baby sling carrier that will work best for you.

First, select your baby sling carrier based on where you want to wear your baby and the product quality. A good sling carrier should distribute your baby's weight evenly, without pulling hard on your shoulders.

Second, climate: Think about the weather. If you having a spring or summer season, and are outside often, a lightweight baby sling might be a good choice. If you are having a winter season, buy a baby sling carrier made from warm fabric.

Third, breastfeeding: Check the design, does it give you discretion. Proper positioning and time are the two most important factors in getting it right.

Forth, style: Styles and fabrics are rapidly changing with each season so if you don't see something you like this month, perhaps you may buy later.

Lastly, give yourself time to learn to use your baby sling carrier. When you have decided on and purchased a carrier, study the instructions that accompanied it. Practice putting on your carrier with a doll before wearing your baby in it.

Now, you can enjoy wonderful moment with your baby using baby sling carrier.