To MaKe your ChIld SaFe, CoMForTaBle and SeCure
how To pICK up your BuShBaBy CarrIer
First loosen the shoulder straps
with someone –
Get them to pick up the carrier with both hands about half-way down the carrier, holding
on to the side of the main back-system frame. Put your arm through one shoulder strap then the other,
click the main buckle & then tighten the hip belt and shoulder straps as described before, and do up the
sternum strap.
on your own -
If you are on your own the best way to pick up your carrier is to take it to a ‘half-way
station’, such as a settee, park bench, back seat of the car. Holding the top grab handle crouch down
and put your other arm through a loosened shoulder strap (DO NOT LET GO). Then put your other arm
through the other shoulder strap. Stand up, click the main buckle & then adjust the hip belt as normal.
If you have to lift the carrier from the floor, kneel down and place one hand under the edge of the base
and lift it on to your knee. Put your arm through one shoulder strap then the other.
To take off the carrier reverse the above.
1 how to load your child safely
The easiest position to load the child is by standing at the side of the
carrier, so that one of your feet can stand on the bar that creates the
base of the frame. This helps to keep the carrier steady.
i. Loosen the side straps and make the child seat area as wide
as possible.
ii. Unclip the child harness buckles.
iii. Lower the child into the seat area (see figure 1 & 2).
iv. Support the weight of the child using the grab handle found
in front of the child’s seat.
v. Raise or lower the child’s seat to suit your child (see adjusting
the seat height).
2 adjusting the seat height
The anatomically designed child seat can be raised and lowered to ensure
a comfortable ride for your child, as they grow. The seat height adjuster
is located below the comfort pad, it connects the child seat to the back
system, to adjust the height use the labelled webbing strap.
6-12 months
to give the child back and side support, it is best to have
the seat at its lowest so their arms are inside the child seat area.
1 year +
raise the seat so the child’s armpits are level with the side wings
(see figure 3).
3 how to secure your child
i. Pass the webbing harness straps over the child’s shoulders and
re-clip the harness buckles.
ii. Tighten the child’s harness, by lengthening / shortening the
webbing under the fleece straps. Never use a carrier without the
harness fitted snuggly.
iii. Pull evenly on both the side wing straps to draw the child seat
in towards the back system (as close as possible), ensuring that
the child is not constricted and uncomfortable.
Always make sure that the child is correctly harnessed in and that the harness
has been adjusted correctly every time you use the carrier.
neVer leaVe a ChIld unaTTended In a ChIld CarrIer.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
S-clips for
sun canopy
(both sides)
D-rings for foot
loops (both sides)
Top grab handle
Shoulder tension
straps (A)
Sternum strap (B)
Shoulder strap (C)
Hip belt buckle (D)
great, you’ve chosen a bushbaby carrier; we hope you will have many years of use and enjoyment!
These instructions are a guide to help you get the most out of it, as well as covering the important
safety information you need to know when using a carrier.
geTTIng The MoST CoMForTaBle FIT For you
(Do this at home - before you take the carrier out with your child).
Loosen the shoulder straps and hip belt first.
1 Fitting the hip belt (all carriers)
First position the hip belt correctly, with the centre of the hip belt covering your hip-bone, so the hips
can help support the load. Position and tighten the hip belt
‘d’
as tightly as possible.
2 adjusting the shoulder straps
Pull down and backwards on the two webbing straps
‘C’
, this will transfer some of the weight
from the hips to your shoulders.
The weight distribution should be 70% hips / 30% shoulders.
The shoulder tension straps
‘a’
need to be pulled down and forward to pull the top of the carrier
in towards your back.
The shoulder straps must fit closely. At most you should be able to only get a single finger between
shoulder straps and you, then take a deep breath in & lift your arms.
The hip belt MuST stay in position on your hips.
3 Sternum strap
Slide the 2 adjusters
‘B’
to the required position and click the two parts of the buckle together and
pull the webbing strap so that the elastic starts to take the strain.
By using the sternum strap it will
greatly reduce the strain on your shoulders.
Please note the sternum straps are removeable and can be taken off and repositioned if necessary.
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