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The Best Baby Carrier

We parsed review data from sources like Consumer Reports and The Nightlight to identify 6 highly-rated baby carriers and explain the pros and cons of each.

by Fatherly
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Your personal feelings about “baby wearing” and baby carriers are kind of irrelevant – a lot of parents find it’s the one thing that definitively soothes a fussy baby, and after a few hours of colic you’ll be willing to wear clown shoes if it shuts your baby up. We parsed data from expert review sites like Baby Gear Lab and The Nightlight, plus Amazon user reviews, to determine 6 highly-rated options and the strengths and weaknesses for each.

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