Babywearing is an extraordinary experience that's both emotional and practical. We choose to wear our babies not just out of convenience, but also because it's one of the best ways to bond with our little ones and be closer to them. That's why it's important to have the perfect baby carrier - one that's complete in every way - from comfort and functionality, to safety and style. And it's what LILLEbaby's creators set out to do when they decided to create the best baby carrier in the world. The result of that is the LILLEbaby COMPLETE carrier - the only baby carrier with six unique carrying positions, each one designed for maximum comfort for you and your baby.
Here's your complete guide to wearing your baby in six different ways, with your very own COMPLETE baby carrier.
FETAL POSITION
Age
- Newborn to 3 months (minimum 7 lbs/3.2 kg)
- Use wide seat setting
- No extra insert needed
Benefits
- Baby is face-to-face with you and is protected from the surroundings. You can see and hear him, and attend to his comfort.
- Natural Comfort: Baby is positioned in the natural newborn frog-legged position
- Neck support adjusts to fully support baby’s head and neck
- Comfortably nurse baby with easy-reach adjustment buckles on the sides
- Privacy hood for nursing or sheltering from the sun and wind
- Lumbar support for your added comfort
INFANT FACE-IN POSITION
Age
- Newborn and up (minimum 7 lbs/3.2 kg)
- Discontinue use when baby is ready to sit with legs around your waist
- Use narrow seat setting
Benefits
- Allows for wearing your baby during the babywearing gap (when baby has grown out of the fetal position, yet is too little to sit in a wide-seat carrier with legs around parent).
- Offers a carrying position that other wide-seat carriers don’t
- Is a carrying alternative to the fetal position
- Ergonomic: the patented cupped seat keeps baby ergonomically seated in a broad seating position with good support of back, buttocks and thighs, and with a natural rounded back
- Baby is face-to-face with you and is protected from the surroundings. You can see and hear him, and attend to his comfort
- Neck support adjusts to fully support baby’s head and neck
- Comfortably nurse baby with easy-reach adjustment buckles on sides
- Privacy hood for nursing or sheltering from the sun and wind
- Lumbar support for your added comfort
FRONT FACE-OUT POSITION
Age
- 6 months and up
- Use when baby can strongly and independently support his head
- Use narrow seat setting
- Neck support folds down and buttons to front of carrier
- Baby’s arms may lie above the neck support or rest through the sides of the carrier
Benefits
- Ideal for learning as baby can see and participate with the surroundings while being safe and content, close to you
- Increases interaction and bonding due to the face-to-face proximity with siblings and family members
- Speech development and communication enhanced: baby is able to see and mimic facial expressions to communicate
- Helps satisfy baby's natural curiosity
- Ergonomic: the patented cupped seat keeps baby ergonomically seated in a broad seating position with good support of back, buttocks and thighs, and with a natural seat feel
- Lumbar support for your added comfort
TODDLER FRONT FACE-IN POSITION
Age
- 6 months and up
- Use when baby can comfortably sit with his legs around your waist
- Use wide seat setting
Benefits
- Baby is face-to-face with you, protected from the surroundings
- Ideal for carrying tired or sleeping babies
- Wide, deep seat ensures a natural sitting position
- Tall torso facilitates baby's weight leaning into you and keeps baby’s center of gravity inside the carrier. This is much more comfortable compared with other brands where baby appears to be “hanging” out of the carrier.
- The wide seat helps improves weight distribution between hip and shoulders so you can comfortably carry for longer periods of time.
- Baby is face-to-face with you and protected from the surroundings. You can see and hear baby and attend to his comfort.
- Neck support adjusts to fully support baby’s head and neck
- Comfortably nurse baby with easy-reach adjustment buckles on sides
- Privacy hood for nursing or sheltering from the sun and wind
- Lumbar support for your added comfort
HIP POSITION
Age
- 6 months and up
- Use when baby can comfortably sit with his legs around your waist
- Use wide seat setting
Benefits
- Hip carrying feels natural for many parents
- Allows baby’s weight to rest on your hip, with less pressure on your lower back
- Ideal for communicating, learning and for exploring together
- Baby can see your face and read your cues
- Simplifies doing tasks that would otherwise be difficult with a baby in front
- Wide, deep seat ensures a natural sitting position for baby
- The wide seat helps improves weight distributed between hip and shoulders so you can comfortably carry for longer periods of time
BACK POSITION
Age
- 6 months and up
- Use when baby can comfortably sit with his legs around your waist
- Use wide seat setting
Benefits
- Ideal for carrying heavier weight
- Ideal for carrying baby for longer periods of time
- Puts less pressure on your lower back
- The wide seat helps improves weight distributed between hip and shoulders so you can comfortably carry for longer periods of time.
- Simplifies doing tasks that would otherwise be difficult with a baby in front
- Wide, deep seat ensures a natural sitting position for baby
- Tall torso facilitates baby's weight leaning into you and keeps baby’s center of gravity inside the carrier. This is much more comfortable compared with other brands where baby appears to be “hanging” out of the carrier.
- Easy to put on: the carrier design allows you to use the back position without assistance through an easy and safe technique.
- Neck support adjusts to fully supporting baby’s head and neck
- Hood provides extra support and shelters from the sun and wind
Enjoy bonding with your babies, moms and dads! Have fun being #COMPLETEtogether! :)