Hi guys today we're gonna be talking about Happy Baby's soft structured
carrier that they just released so this is what it is it is actually really
fantastic and I'm excited to teach you a little bit about it so you can decide if
it's the right babywearing tool for you so this carrier again is a soft
structured carrier or an SSC what that means is that it's a full carrier that
you don't have to wrap around your body it just has buckles in it um so what
this the Happy Baby one is actually created from luxurious natural linen
which is good for a couple reasons number one it makes it really
lightweight it's actually thirty to fifty percent lighter than most soft
structured carrier on the market um it's really breathable so it's ideal for hot
weather and then as well the linen actually gets softer with use so it
starts out pretty soft anyway but as you use it it will get even softer as the
fabric gets kind of broken in this carrier is actually ideal for in from
infancy all the way up to forty five pounds you also don't need an infant
insert so you don't have any added bulk in there and then this carrier will
actually accommodate you to do a front inward facing position with your infant
and then a back carry face back carry position as well so and we'll show you
how to do those okay so another nice thing about this carrier is that because
it's created from linen it's actually super compact so it'll fit in most diaper
bags really easily you just need to kind of roll it up
And then we have our handy dandy Skip Hop diaper bag here
I'll just put it right in and as you can see there's actually lots of room still
in there so it's ideal for if you want something that you can carry around with
you maybe if you're going out on the town and you don't want to take a big
bulky stroller but you still want something that you can just put right in
your diaper bag and not have to worry about an extra thing but another cool
thing about this is that these straps are actually nice and wide so they won't
ever cut into you and you're carrying your baby because sometimes it can hurt
after a while trust me like I've had some carriers where after like even 15
minutes I'm just like I'm done carrying this baby but because it has wide straps
it'll place a lot of the weight in between your shoulder blades and on your
hips which will be best for you and then as well it has high impact foam in here
so it should keep everything nice and comfortable for you
Okay guys so now I'm gonna go ahead and show you how to use it with a baby this
is our handy little baby doll, Charlie so all you do you go ahead and measure
out where the strap needs to be I'm a little wider so I need my strap a little
wider don't worry so go ahead and always put it with this
facing out as well and you kind of want to put it not at your natural waist so
not way up here but just a little bit above like your hips um kind of where
you put a hiking backpack because you want the weight to be on your hips but
usually when you put it like directly on your hips it's usually not in the right
place so there is a safety elastic right here that you knew do need to put the
clip through and because the clip is really wide it can take a little
convincing to get it through but what this is for is that if for some reason
this buckle ever comes undone do you have rowdy teenagers that are plays
pranks or whatever if this comes undone it'll keep this holding on for you so it
won't come off and your baby won't fall out you'll just need to reclip it so now
you'll go ahead and tighten it and you want it to be pretty snug a good rule of
thumb is that this tag right here should be at your belly button that way it will
be in the right position then you're gonna go ahead and take your baby and
good rule of thumb with baby wearing you always want their legs to be in an
M position so this is real baby his knees would be bent a little bit but
basically you want their knees above their hips so that they're with their
knees and their bum they kind of form an M like that
so go ahead and hold their bum make sure their legs are out and then we're gonna
take the back of this carrier hold it hold at the top like this and I'm gonna
pull it up and then I'm gonna take my hand and really tuck his bottom into
this carrier so that will make sure that he's in the his bum is nice and low to
get that M position that we're looking for so then you just go ahead and put
these straps on and then you'll just kind of reach back like this and tuck it
or clip this together and usually this needs to be down in between your
shoulder blades so if you have a partner or something someone that can help you
the first time so can get in the right position that'll be
best that way everything will be across your shoulder blades and on your hips so
you'll be super comfortable the entire time
Charlie's actually too small for this position so you can see here that his
legs are like straight out and his butt like everything doesn't look great his
legs don't look supported they looked kind of up. He actually needs to be in
what's called the froggy leg position or a newborn position with newborns they
naturally go into a frog leg position so if you see how a newborn lays down they
always kind of lay with their feet together and their knees kind of spread
apart like that that's how you're gonna put them in this carrier so you're gonna
go ahead put them at your at your shoulder like you're burping them put
theirs feet together kind of bend them up so they're like this and then we're
gonna go ahead and put them in this pocket go ahead and put them in tuck him
in there just like we did before put your straps up
and again the first time you do this you should have a partner to come help you
adjust it I'm gonna have my handy-dandy camera person come help me adjust these
real fast right in between the shoulder blades so
she helped me go ahead and adjust these and like I said it should just be in
between your shoulder blades this one can even be a little bit lower so now
you're just gonna check for TICKS which is T I C K S that is for like safe
babywearing check just every time you baby wear so t is for tight when you
lean over your baby should not fall away from you hardly at all
obviously they'll fall away a little bit just because we all most women have
things but um they shouldn't fall away very much at all I as for in view when
you look down you should be able to see their face um c is for close enough to
kiss should be able lean down and kiss the top of their head k is for keep chin
off chest so this is so that they're not going like this because if they do that
then it can block their airway um so you always want to make sure you can put two
fingers in between their chin in their chest when your baby wearing and then S
is for a straight up-and-down back or straight back so they should always be
in an upright position babies should never be in a horizontal
position can block their airway and it's also bad for their spinal development
and then this position is also really good for colic and for helping with
colic so just wear your babies upright promise it's better for you and them
Okay like I said before this carrier also accommodates a back carry position
basically you wear this like a backpack and then your baby faces the back of you
Charlie's not big enough so I'm not gonna be able to show you that position
today but it's suitable for infants who can't who can hold their head up all by
themselves who are like taller than the carrier height you want to make sure
that they can see over it so they're not getting buried down in there and who can
obviously like have their legs out so in that M position usually it's like at six
months is when you can start using that position so just be aware of that that
you can do it
Lastly I just want to go over some of the features of this so it does carry
feature a little pocket up here and this pocket actually has a sunshade which is
ideal for like if you're nursing and you want to be able to nurse in your carrier
if you have a button-down shirt or even should regularly shirt you can just pull
it up you'll kind of loosen this carrier a little bit so they'll sit down a
little bit lower and then you can go ahead and nurse either with this
sunshade on or without so you go just go ahead and take it out of pocket and then
it goes ahead and snaps back here and so your baby can stay covered while you
nurse or again just to protect them from inclement weather or the Sun the pocket
is actually pretty deep as well so go ahead and put my hand in here you can
see right there where it's where my hand is at. So you can go ahead and put
your cellphone in there or a wallet so it's super nice to just kind of keep
everything compact and ready to go um lastly there is another cool thing that
we haven't seen on other carriers that we really like about the Happy Baby
carrier and that's this purse strap that's on my shoulders so it's on either
side and all you do um when you kinda baby wear it's kind of hard to like
handle a purse while you're walking too - so what this strap will do is it'll keep
your purse in place so we'll just unsnap that take our first strap go ahead and
snap it back and now my purse is not going to fall off and it's being carried
just fine it's still easily accessible if you need to go ahead and get your
binky or anything else
Okay just a couple other things to note with this carrier um in terms of care
you can machine wash it cold tumble dry low with light colors there will be a
little bit of shrinkage but make sure you don't ever dry clean it because that
will ruin the linen
Okay the Happy Baby Carrier sells for $148 we carry it in both the gray and
the Marigold colors marigold is great for fall the gray is a great neutral all
year round if you would like to shop it we do free shipping all day every day on
every purchase so make sure you go ahead and take a look at that if you enjoyed
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