Wilkinet Organic Cotton Baby Carrier in Chocolate Brown

No rings, zips, clips or buckles!

The Wilkinet Baby Carrier is extremely versatile, the newborn can be snuggled up against your body, the three-month plus baby can face outwards, and the heavier or older baby can be worn on your hip, or back.

The Wilkinet holds your baby onto and against your upper body, it works like a wraparound shawl but without the parent being engulfed in wide bands of cloth!
 
- Wide well-padded shoulder straps and unique wraparound method of tying.
- Ensures evenly distributed weight with no dragging on your neck, shoulders or back.
- Cushioned head, back and leg support for your baby.
In the early weeks when you carry your baby facing in on the front the Wilkinet will cuddle your new baby snugly and firmly, supporting under its bottom and thighs, and providing support for his/her back and head as if being held in your arms.
- No rings, zips, clips or buckles.
- Nothing to break and render your Wilkinet useless (one happy user reported using the Wilkinet for herself, friends and family for 10 babies over 12 years!).

This fairtrade organic Wilkinet is eco-friendly:

- Certified fairtrade and organic cotton grown in India. Our supplier offers the farmer a price that more than covers the cost of production, but beyond that, they work towards reducing production costs, and increasing profits for the farmers.

- Dyed at an environmentally friendly facility in Pondicherry (India), which has a municipal effluent plant for all waste water. The main byproduct is salt - this is pumped back into the sea - not onto farmlands or into rivers. The dyes are non-azo reactive dyes and do not contain any heavy metals.

- The cotton is woven in a village co-operative in rural Southern India. All weavers are guaranteed above average wages, consistent work and positive working conditions (no sweat shops or child labour) - many farmers in the area are able to supplement their diminishing incomes with textile work to stay out of debt.

- Shipped, by boat, to the UK with fewer emissions.

- The Wilkinet is made in the UK - in a low-employment area of England, offering well-paid, skilled work for people who might otherwise be unemployed.

- Packaged in a natural cotton, drawstring bag - no plastic or cardboard to throw away - and the bag is a great way to keep your carrier clean when not in use.

The carrier lasts and lasts!

Click here to see videos on how to use these carriers

"I am a huge fan - as both an osteopath and a parent. 

 Sally’s genius was in devising a "contraption" that:

• is good for the baby - weight carried on the thighs and buttocks instead of the perineum;
• is good for the parent - the shoulder straps only stop the baby falling forward and all the weight is transferred directly to the pelvis, while, providing the waist straps are fitted low enough, it also acts as a sacro-iliac belt, helping to stabilise the sacro-iliac joints (especially important for a nursing mother, whose ligaments will tend to be lax);
• has NO moving parts - an engineering tour-de-force. (I was an engineer before I became an osteopath) That means guaranteed 100% reliability with NO maintenance! The terrible thing about many clip fastening type carriers is that the baby’s weight is all taken on your shoulders, which means it is all transmitted down your entire spine. In addition, the weight is in front of you so your shoulders are pulled forward and your back muscles have to work overtime keeping you upright. I managed less than 10 minutes using a clip fastening baby carrier before getting backache.

The Wilkinet transfers the weight directly onto the pelvic bones (your hips) and from there to the legs, so none of the baby’s weight has to be carried through the spine, so there is hardly any load placed on the spinal column at all." 

Martin Grundy - Osteopath (specialist in pregnancy and postnatal treatments)

"As a physiotherapist working in Women’s Health and a relatively new Mum, I have tried out several slings/baby carriers and I can say without doubt that the Wilkinet was the one that I felt provided the best support and comfort for both mother and baby." Katie Peters - Physiotherapist