Babybjorn Baby Carriers offer an ideal leg position for newborns and infants. The combination of the leg to body angle and the legs’ outward rotation promotes the maturing process by the hip joints.
A built-in head support is ideal for infants because the child’s muscles are insufficiently strong at this age to enable it to stabilise its own head and trunk. The head support prevents the head movements that would be deleterious to the development of the spinal cord.
For older children, the outwards rotation of the legs can be adjusted as the child grows, and the baby carrier also allows older children to be carried in a forward-facing position when the head and neck no longer require extra support.
In addition to the above-mentioned benefits for the child, the baby carrier is also beneficial from an orthopaedic viewpoint for mothers, fathers, grandparents and other adults using the baby carrier.
When the baby carrier is used correctly (with the child’s head close to the adult’s chin), it offers high comfort levels for both back and trunk, guaranteeing a physiologically correct position for the adult’s spinal column. The child can be carried safely while leaving arms and hands free for other activities.
Babybjorn Baby Carriers offer advantages for both mother and child and are strongly recommended from an orthopaedic viewpoint.
Prof Klaus Parsch, MD – Former Director of Medicine, Orthopaedic Clinic, Paediatric Centre, Olgahospital, Stuttgart, Former Chairman of the German Paediatric Orthopaedic Society and the European Society for Orthopaedic Paediatrics