Hi everybody, I’m Melissa. Welcome to Cloudmom. In this video I’m going to be walking you
guys through the Ergobaby Carrier, a very popular baby carrier. And I’m going to show
you how to put your newborn into the Ergo. First, just a couple things about this carrier:
this is a buckle carrier. It’s going to be sitting on your hip area. You’re going
to have the tag in, and I’m going to show you guys how to do that. It has an extra safety
strap here that you need to wind around your buckle, once you’ve buckled in in the waist
area. It has these really terrific padded shoulder straps. And the way these work is
they also have a little safety, um, strap here. And you’re going to snap them into place
here. And when you want to loosen these, these are going around your shoulders. All you need
to do is lift up on this with your finger and pull. And then you’re going to be pulling
like this. You’ll have the carrier on, and I’m going to show you guys this. You’re going
to be pulling forward to tighten those. A couple other things: it’s got this great
hood, which is terrific if it’s a really sunny day, or for privacy if your baby’s
nursing. That attaches and adjusts. And I think that’s about it. So let’s get going
now. I’m going to put this around my hip area, and because I have a small baby I’m
carrying in the front. And the most important thing with doing this is tightness. You want
to make sure it’s very, very tight, just like with any baby carrier. My tag is in.
Okay, I’m going to start in the front and then shimmy it around to the back so you guys
can see. There’s my little safety, um, strap there. And I’m going to tighten, tighten,
tighten. Let me get this nice and tight. Pull, pull, pull, moving to the front on my hips,
nice and tight. Okay? And I’m going to make sure my safety strap is in a good, I like
to once I get it tight enough, I like to pull this safety strap over the other strap which
is where it should be. So there I am. So now I’m ready for my baby. Now with a newborn,
I can use the Ergo newborn insert. So what I’m going to do is I’m going to take my
baby out of his crib. He’s been napping very soundly. Put the baby in the insert,
and then show you guys how to put on the rest of the Ergo. Okay, here goes. So I have to
do this on the floor, because for demonstration purposes. So here’s my little baby. Here’s
my insert. I want to make sure my baby is in the spread squat position. Okay? Ideally
his legs are like this and his bum is slightly below his knees. He’s probably going to
be sucking on his thumbs. And then I just take my newborn insert and I snap it here.
You can tighten it a bit if you need to. It’s just like a little pouch for the baby really.
It makes positioning the baby in the Ergo easier. I lift the baby, supporting the neck
area. I place my baby on my chest. And then just like with any other buckle carrier, I’m
smoothing that carrier over my baby. Smoothing the carrier over my baby. The shoulder straps
are coming over my shoulders. So my shoulder straps are on. My next step is to look for
this latch here, which is positioned at the top of the back, because my baby’s in the
front. And I snap that together like this, duck. And then I tighten it to the most extent
that I can. It should be very, very tight. Now I’m pushing my straps up like this.
And the reason I’m doing this is I’m going to tighten them from here. And I want to make
sure that my baby is nice and high and tight. Look how easy this is to tighten. All I have
to do is pull forward like this. Pull forward and adjust. I’m going to go to the other
side and show you guys this other side, making sure my ponytail is not in the way. Super
easy. Now fold down this piece here to give your baby proper neck support. And now a couple
notes about safety with the Ergo: you want your baby to be high and tight. My running
joke is like a pair of Seventies jeans. And you want to make sure that the baby is upright,
not too slumped over. And in no event is the chin ever touching the chest. The general
rule is two fingers off the chest, but really it could be more. You want to make sure that
chin is up. And second, there is something with carriers called the "kissing test." So
you can lean down and easily kiss the head of your baby to make sure your baby is high
enough. So that, those are the basics of carrying your newborn baby in the Ergo carrier. This
is a terrific carrier. It retails for about, generally, around 115 to 200 dollars, very
popular carrier. I’ve got some other videos on back carrying, nursing in the Ergo. Check
those out as well. And please share your experiences with this carrier on my site. I would love
to hear about them. Thank you so much for watching Cloudmom, and I will see you next
time.