The baby carrier is Finnish-designed and hand-made from high quality, durable materials. The buckles and straps are high quality and designed to withstand stresses. Please follow the using instructions and how to take care of your carrier properly. Even if the fabrics are thick and durable, they do not withstand any sharp objects. Please make sure that your child can not chew the carrier with his teeth.

The baby size Wompat is suitable from the age of about 4 months and it can be usable up to about 18 months of age. The medium size is meant for about 1-2 year olds and the toddler size is designed for toddlers from about 1,5 yeas of age. The toddler size can be usable up to about 4 year old children.

Check the condition of the baby carrier and the fastenings of buckles carefully before the use and after each wash. Never use a broken baby carrier because it can endanger your child's safety! Please contact Wearababy, if you need any spare parts for your carrier.

With the Wompat baby carrier you can carry your baby at your front and on the back. You will discover what is best for you and your child, so do not be discouraged if the first experiment does not work that well. You might find it helpful to ask another adult to help putting the baby carrier on. When you have become familiar with the baby carrier, you will also be able to put it on to the front and back without any help. Use a mirror or mirroring surfaces (for example car windows or shop windows) as help!

The Wompat baby carrier can be washed in a machine. We recommend a cool  water ( 30 °C) wash and an unbleached detergent for delicates. Use only a small amount of washing powder and do not use any fabric softeners. The remaining washing detergents can make the  webbings sticky. Shape the baby carrier wile damp and dry it on the clothesline or lie it flat. The body part of the carrier can be ironed.

Never open a buckle on the waist belt when the child is in the carrier!

Please contact Wearababy, if you need any help with your Wompat!

1. Put on the waist belt of the baby carrier. The baby's bottom should settle on the height of your belly button. When carrying a bigger child, you can lower the waist belt to your hip so that the child's head will not come in front of your face. Usually the weight may feel lighter if you position the child as high as possible. Tighten the straps of the belt.

2. Fasten the buckles of shoulder straps to the straps at the each side of the body part and tighten them to suitable length for you. Adjust the straps so that the buckles do not settle under your armpit. Notice that the buckles can be adjusted in both directions. The chest strap is narrower than the shoulder straps and should sit across your upper back between the shoulders. Open the buckle of the chest strap and move both strap pieces to a suitable height (it's advisable to place the strap so up that you reach to fasten it). Tighten both slide buckles so that both strap pieces stay in place.

3. Pick up the baby and hold her facing you, with the child's legs on both sides of your waist and her legs apart. Support the child with one hand and lift the body part of the baby carrier all the way up to the child's upper back with your other hand.

4. Put the shoulder straps over your shoulders. You can change the hand so that you will get another shoulder strap more easily to its place. Hold your baby with one hand until both shoulder straps are secure.

5. Fasten the chest strap at your upper back and tighten as needed. The  shoulder straps can be repositioned by adjusting the chest strap. For instance, if the edges of shoulder straps press under the armpit, tightening the chest strap can help.

6. Make sure that your child sits in the middle of the carrier body and adjust as needed. Make sure that the child sits in the pouch formed by the baby carrier. Pull the top of the carrier body or shoulder straps up and hop a couple of times so that the child's bottom settles naturally into the pouch. However, do not draw the carrier body too tight because this could place an uncomfortable strain on your shoulders. You can also lift the child's legs upwards from under the knees. This will help her to settle in the frog-leg position: the knees higher than the bottom.

7.Tighten both shoulder straps finally by pulling the strap ends forward and downwards. The baby carrier is fitted tightly enough when the child is close to your chest and does not swing sideways or fall forward. However, leave enough room for your child to move her hands inside the baby carrier. The baby carrier will feel more comfortable if it is tightly fitted than if it is too loose. The baby carrier is too tight if breathing is difficult for you or the child. If the straps must be loosened, it is simply a case of pushing the strap back inside the buckle.

8. Taking the child off: unfasten the chest strap first in your neck and take off the shoulder straps one at a time. Hold your baby with your free hand. Open the buckle of the waist belt only when the child is out of the baby carrier! If you use the baby carrier a lot in this position, you don't have to loosen or open the shoulder straps at all, and it is always ready to use next time.

1. Put on the waist belt of the baby carrier. The baby's bottom should settle on the height of your belly button.

2. Pull the shoulder straps as long as you can. It will be easier to put the child into the baby carrier if the shoulder straps are loose.

3. Bring one of the shoulder straps over your shoulder, behind your back and fasten it to the buckleof the opposite side of the carrier body. Make sure that the strap is not twisted in the back.

4. Hold the child towards your chest at the side of your free shoulder. Put the child inside the baby carrier and ease her feet into place. Notice that the other foot must be brought from under the already fastened strap at one side of the baby carrier body.

5. Lift the other shoulder strap, cross it behind your back..

..and fasten, as before, to the opposite side of the carrier body. It is easier to do this, if you work behind your back so that you don't have to reach over your child's body.

6. Make sure that your child sits in the middle of the carrier body and adjust as needed. Make sure that the child sits in the pouch formed by the baby carrier. Pull the top of the carrier body or shoulder straps up and hop a couple of times so that the child's bottom settles naturally into the pouch. However, do not draw the carrier body too tight because this could place an uncomfortable strain on your shoulders. You can also lift the child's legs upwards from under the knees. This will help her to settle in the frog-leg position: the knees higher than the bottom.

7. Fit the shoulder straps comfortably on your shoulders and tighten them by pulling from strap ends forward and downwards. The shoulder straps will sit better when they are as far as possible from the base of your neck. The chest strap does not need to be fastened.

8.Taking the child off: open the other shoulder strap and lift the child out of the carrier. Open the buckle of the waist belt only when the child is out of the baby carrier!

1. Put on the waist belt on your back. The baby's bottom should settle approximately on the height of your belly button. When the baby carrier has been placed to a suitable height the weight of the child will be divided evenly between your back and the shoulders. Fasten the buckles of shoulder straps to the straps at each side of the carrier body and tighten them to a suitable length. Make sure that the buckles do not sit under your armpit.

2. The child can be lifted to the back in several different ways. Stay forward bent so long that the baby carrier body fabric is over the back of the child and the shoulder straps are on your shoulders.

2a) Lift the child to your hip and move her under your arm..

.. and to your back. This can also be done so that the child will be transferred to the back, feet first. At the same time bend forward so that the child will stay in the back. Always hold onto your child with a free hand.

2b) Lie the child on her back on a bed or set her to sit facing towards you. Grasp the child by her upper arms with your hands crossed: with your left hand from the child's left upper arm and with your right hand from the child's right upper arm. Raise her over your right shoulder and to your back (or over your left shoulder if you prefer). Bend forward and slide the child to a suitable position in your back. Always hold onto your child with a free hand.

2c) Set the baby carrier, for instance over a sofa, with the inside of the carrier body upwards. Seat your child on the carrier body. Sit in front of the child, on the edge of the sofa, and attach the waist belt to your hip. Take hold of the shoulder straps with both hands and pull the child to your back. It helps, if you bend backwards while doing this. Stand up, bring the shoulder straps on your shoulders and settle the child in a better place in your back. If necessary, move the waist belt higher from your hip to your waist but do not open the buckle!

3. If you used methods (a) or (b) above, lift the carrier body over the child's back and bring the shoulder straps to your shoulders. Now you can stand up.

4. Hold on to the shoulder straps, pull them directly upwards and at the same time hop a couple of times so that the child settles deeper into the baby carrier. However, do not have the carrier body too tight because this could place an uncomfortable strain on your shoulders. You can also lift the child's legs upwards from under the knees. This will help her to settle in the frog-leg position.

5. Tighten the shoulder straps by pulling the strap ends towards the front; you can also tighten them in the opposite direction (ends backwards) if you prefer. Hop a little at the same time when you tighten, so that the child's weight is not on the strap; this can also make it easier to slide the strap through the buckle.

6.Fasten the narrow chest strap over your chest and tighten it. The chest strap keeps the shoulder straps in place and distributes the weight on your upper body more evenly. By adjusting the strap, you can change where the shoulder straps sit on your shoulders.

7. Check finally, by feel (or with a mirror), that the child is well in your back: her feet come out at the right places, comfortably positioned, the hands are free (sometimes the hands can stick under the side straps) and the clothes are not badly wrinkled. Now you are ready to go!

8. Taking the child off: open the chest strap, bend forward, take off the shoulder straps and draw the carrier body down. Always hold onto your child with a free hand.  Make sure that baby's feet are not tangled in any part of the carrier or the straps. Slowly move the child from your back, under your arm and to your hip. If you prefer, you can remove the baby carrier next to a bed and can lie the child down. Another way is to sit on the edge of the bed, open the chest strap, put down the shoulder straps and lie the child down with the baby carrier on the bed. Lean backwards while doing this. Open the buckle of the waist belt only when the child is out of the baby carrier!

Put on the baby carrier the same way as in "front carry with crossed shoulder straps" but move the carrier body part to your hip. When you use the “hip carry” method, the child is able to see forward better and does not interfere with your field of view.

Lift the hood over the child's head and fasten the strings to the links on the shoulders.

You may just twist the string and swing it around itself or make a simple link knot.

With a small baby the upper edge of the carrier body will provide sufficient support while the baby is asleep provided if it reaches above the neck and to the back of the baby's head. In the front carry the baby's head usually rests more steadily against your chest and the sleep hood may not be needed at all.

The hood can also be worn to give better neck support for your child. Pull from the strings so that the upper edge of the hood comes tightly against the baby's neck and fasten the strings to the shoulder straps. On a small baby this method may be better than wearing the whole hood over the head.

String the shoulder straps through the two fabric links and place the fabric links to the base of each shoulder strap. The small buckle should be placed at the inside of the carrier body and the buckle is facing down. Attach the buckles from the baby insert to the counterparts at the links. The free ending of the webbing should be placed between the carrier body and the baby insert (not against the baby's back).

The baby insert works like a second smaller baby carrier inside the Wompat carrier.

Lay the baby down on the baby insert and twist the waist strap the same way as in the picture. This the way the baby insert should be worn when you put it on later.

Find the proper place for the baby insert by adjusting the webbings of the baby insert. A small baby should be placed at the level where the upper edge of the Wompat carrier reaches to the half way of the baby's back of the head. If the baby is old enough to hold her head up, the upper edge can be set lower - behind her neck.

Kiristä remmit vetämällä hihnasta. Pienellä noin 50 cm pituisella vauvalla remmit saa kiristää lähes tiukimmilleen.

Kiinnitä repun vyötäröhihna lantiollesi - siis alemmaksi kuin tavallisesti.

Aseta vauvapaneeli mahdollisimman ylös vyötäröllesi tai rintojen alle. Aseta vauvapaneeli kuten kuvassa.

Sido vauvapaneelin hihna selkäsi taakse kaksinkertaisella solmulla.

Nosta vauva rintaasi vasten ja aseta hänen jalkansa sammakkoasentoon. Vauvapaneeli tulee vauvan jalkojen väliin. Pikkuisella vauvalla jalat eivät leviä vielä kovin paljon, joten voit joutua rutistamaan paneelia hiukan kapeammaksi vauvan jalkojen välistä.

Tue toisella käsivarrellasi vauvaa ja nosta toisella kädelläsi vauvapaneeli ylös vauvan selkää pitkin.

Varmista, että vauvan jalat asettuvat luontevasti kippuralle isomman paneelin sisälle.

Nosta olkaimet yksi kerrallaan hartioillesi. Tue vapaalla kädellä vauvaa selän takaa.

Kiinnitä kapea rintaremmi niskasi taakse.

Kiristä olkaimet vetämällä hihnoista etuviistoon. Kiristä reppu napakaksi, jotta vauva on hyvin tuettuna rintaasi vasten.

Tarkista vielä, että vauvan jalat ovat mukavasti paneelin sisällä.

Valmista!

Voit nostaa hupun nukkuvan vauvan pään yli unitueksi tai näkösuojaa antamaan.

Your muscles may tire quickly, particularly if the baby has not been regularly carried from the birth. Your muscles will strengthen with a growing child. If you start the babywearing later when the baby is already bigger, it can seem heavy at first. Take your time and use the baby carrier for short periods, building up gradually over time, so that your muscles will not get sore.

Sometimes carrying the baby can seem heavy even with the best baby carriers. If babywearing does not feel good some days, allow yourself a rest day or two. It will be wonderful to get your little one close to you after a small break.

If your shoulders become tired when carrying your child, you can move the shoulder straps.  Loosening the shoulder straps can also help because it redistributes the load. If you carry your child a lot, it is good to change the carrying position every now and then: in the front on straight shoulder straps, in the front shoulder straps crossed and on the back. Regular exercise also helps. Try swinging your hands and roll your shoulders while the child is in the carrier. The Nordic style of walking is a very effective way to increase the circulation in the region of shoulders. Stick gymnastic exercises after a long carrying session is also a really efficient way to recover muscles.

Sometimes carrying the baby in front causes a sore lower back. This is usually because of poor posture: you bend the back to a curve without noticing it or push your hips and tummy forwards. Pay attention to your back posture and try to keep it as straight as possible. If a problem doesn't work it migh be better for you to carry the baby on the back. Most people can carry a heavier burden on the back than in the front.

Some babywearing parents may encounter situations when the baby does not agree with any kind of baby carrier.  This is quite common age around 2 months of age: the baby becomes more and more interested in her surroundings and wants to see the world but she is still too weak to support her head. Fortunately, this situation is usually temporary. It is good to try babywearing in different situations: when the baby begins to become tired or when she is active and just eaten. A baby may feel less reluctant, and usually feels happier in the baby carrier or wrap, when you are moving. It is worthwhile to start walking at a brisk pace as soon as the baby is in the baby carrier. It is also good to try different carrying positions. If a baby does not feel happy being carried in front, face to face, then she may get excited by travelling on your back or hip. You should not keep a reluctant baby in a carrier against her will. Babywearing should be enjoyable for both of you. You can gradually increase the carrying time, little by little, as things improve.

Sometimes, with small-sized parents, in particular, the shoulder straps can be too long: the shoulder straps can not be tightened enough. When carrying in the front, try crossing the shoulder straps on your back. On a back carry you might want to try to lower the waist belt to your hip. This way you will allow more adjustment of the shoulder straps. When the child becomes bigger, you can try to carry the baby higher because a bigger child also increases the ability to adjust  the shoulder straps.

If you do not get the waist belt tight enough, try to lower the baby carrier closer to your hips.

If you are not able to tighten a chest strap enough, you can adjust it also by moving the place of the slide buckles.