Hi it's Kylie here from Babywearing and You and today I'm going to be talking to
you about the Ergobaby Omni baby carrier! The Omni
can be used from 3.2 kilos all the way up to 20 kilos. You can use it without an
infant insert because it's adjustable in terms of its seat width and the back
panel height and it's a really great carrier because you can wear it in four
positions. You can wear bubs in front carry (inward-facing)
forward-facing, hip carry and back carry. It's also got some really great features
which we're going to go through now so you can know all about the Ergobaby
Omni. The first thing that is that you actually have a little
removable pouch which is super adorable that connects onto the waistband so you
can put your keys, your wallet, your phone. It is quite a good size so they all
come with this which is pretty exciting and then if you move up
you can adjust the width of your seat and you have three options here so
it's just a velcro adjustment. You would measure your baby to see which
option is their best fit. You just need to move the two velcro parts to matching colour sections. Red for
newborns/little babies, then to yellow and then finally to your blue option
I'm just going to reset it on the red because I'm going to put this on with a
three month old baby doll. That's a really great option for adjusting the
seat, it's super easy to do! And then as we come up you can see that we have this
slide section here and this is to change from forward-facing to inward facing
when you are inward facing, they're on the wider settings and then if you want to
forward face you're just going to move these down just by sliding them and now
you're in the forward-facing position. And it is really easy to use that as well
I'm just going to go back to inward facing and another Omni option (which I'm using)
is the Cool Air Mesh design. The Cool Air Mesh has mesh fabric on
the shoulder straps here and down in the back panel. This is going to keep your
baby a little cooler because they can get air flow to their backs. Next
you have the hood which can be kept in this nice little pouch or pulled out as you
need it and it just rolls back up in here and then
you've got the height adjustment which is a pillow flap and you've got three
options. For newborns or little babies you can fold it in for extra head/neck support
In either option, you have these button loops to attach it when it's in, up or down
Or out and down for little babies
And when your baby gets bigger you can have it up to make the back panel higher
For my doll, we are going to have it on the out, lower option. One of the other
great things is that with the Ergobaby Omni, you can actually cross
your straps or have straight straps. I find that with crossing your straps (if you do
find it a little bit bulky), as it goes across a bigger surface so you can
get a better, tighter fit. Crossing also helps if you're a petite wearer or you might find
it more comfortable because it's going to connect to the back panel at a different angle
And it's also great if you have narrow or sloping shoulders as well
and last but not least is the lumbar support . This is really helpful if you
have any lower back pains and it's just quite nice! It fits lovely, while it isn't removable
if you're doing back carry, it just kind of sits nicely on your
stomach so it is a pretty great option. I'm just gonna quickly show you how
easy it is to put on.
To put on the Omni, I'm going to put on my waistband first, swiveling it around and going through the safety
strap here and clipping it in, pulling tight both ways to make sure your lumbar support is centred
I have a I'm using a three month old doll I'm going to position it sitting on my
waist. Next I'm going to pick up my baby and
I'm going to hold them to me and I'm gonna position them down into the back
panel to get a really nice deep seat. Putting my shoulder straps on clipping it
up. You can always do the t-shirt method here as well if that works a bit better
for you and then we're just gonna pull the straps back to tighten. You can thread and grab
the excess fabric and then tighten rather than having to pull backwards which is hard
And I've done an adjustment (centring baby) and the pelvic tuck as well and you can see I've got baby in that
nice M position. And that's it!
If you have any questions about the ERGObaby Omni please let me know
Thank you so much for watching - bye!