Baby Carrier Safety Standards

Baby carriers including infant slings are a great way to bond with your baby and keep him close.

Baby carrier safety standards.

Soft infant and toddler carriers like all products that are designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger must be tested by a cpsc accepted third party laboratory for compliance with the soft infant and toddler carrier standard and all other applicable children s product safety rules. For safety the brand or model of sling you use actually matters far less than how well it is. But in recent years the brand and its carriers have come under fire from parents and some paediatricians for not being safe. Australian safety standards for prams and strollers can be found here.

If you use a baby sling or are planning to use one after the birth of your baby you should know about some new federal standards that have recently been released by the u s. Standards for other baby transport and walkers. There is no australian standard for baby carriers slings and backpacks. Please insert link to baby carriers vertical when available.

Link not yet available at time of writing wed 1 july 2015. Look for a baby carrier with the european standard en 13209 2 2005 or the us standard astm f2236 08. If the baby carrier is used properly the newborn baby should maintain natural safety position. But the following tips can help you choose a safe baby carrier.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Hips and knees bent knees higher than the bottom or at least at the hip level m liked shape bent at 110 120 angle. Baby carrier safety is the most important aspect of choosing the best baby carriers for your infant. When a laboratory meets the requirements as a cpsc accepted third party conformity assessment body the laboratory can apply to the cpsc to have 16 cfr part 1226 safety standard for soft infant and toddler carriers included in the laboratory s scope of accreditation of cpsc safety rules listed for the laboratory on the cpsc web site at.

Last march the brisbane times stated that one in 20 babies carried in a sling suffered injury. Making baby products since 1961 it launched europe s first baby carrier back in 1973 and has been synonymous with babywearing ever since.