Hoping to get some insight from another pair of eyes.
I have the Beluga Baby Cove carrier. Purchased in July 2025 when my son was just under 2m old. I LOVE this carrier. I wear him every single day for sometimes hours (naps).
In December 2025 I noticed the waistband was completely folded in half and I just felt the integrity of the carrier wouldn’t hold up into toddler years, as I have a bit of a barnacle baby and am anticipating I will be wearing him for a long time.
I reached out to the owner and she offered to have me send my carrier back to the to have the waistband replaced and the Velcro replaced and reinforced. She also set me up with an OT for a free fit consultation and they gave me the green light on my fit for front and back carry. She even sent me a loaner carrier to borrow while mine was being fixed.
I had my repaired carrier , and it’s literally been 2 weeks and the waistband is folding in half AGAIN. I’m so frustrated I don’t know what to adjust to prevent this from happening!!
Any insight?? This carrier was so expensive I really don’t want to ruin it…
Pics attached - I know he’s a bit cocky-eyed but it’s because he’s leaning.
Welp, I guess that occupational therapist wasn’t very well experienced with carriers because she gave me the OK for this fit check 😖😖 thank you guys so much for the quick correction
Eek. I’m glad you asked here. I don’t think OTs are generally experts in babywearing, but this is particularly egregious. I’d pass along the info you got here so she can disseminate better advice for others.
I would be very concerned about someone OK’ing this fit 😬 not your fault at all - you went to someone for advice that was supposedly in the know. Well done for posting here!
Just a side FYI - the head cover over baby’s head in a back carry like this is also dangerous. I know you’ve probably done it as baby was flopping, and it will improve with a safe fit! You want baby up towards shoulder height x
Holy shit I can’t believe they told you that’s ok! Wow glad you came here and got better advice, I worry for all the other babies and moms who won’t get a second check from this person.
That is really bad! That’s worth messaging Beluga Baby about directly. I don’t want to make you feel bad and am so glad you asked here because of how bad this fit is. I can’t believe they are training people so poorly that you could walk away from a fit check with someone associated with the brand looking like this.
Totally. I need to emphasize that the owner of Beluga never did a fit check for me, so I don’t want this post to become a shit post/critique of her knowledge or abilities. She was really wonderful to deal with.
I will definitely pass the feedback along to her ♥️
Your straps are so loose baby is practically dragging on the floor. Waterfall waistband carriers are typically meant for baby to sit fully above the waistband, not sag inches below it. That's why this is pulling to this degree.
Tighten up the straps, and shorten the panel. Your baby is extremely slumped in all of your photos. You should be seeing visible waistband below your baby. In a back carry the top of their head should be level with your shoulders, if not higher with a larger baby.
You've gotten great advice. I just want to add a comment that hopefully will make you laugh: all the 90s kids that wore their eastpack that way raise your hands. 🙋
Thank you guys for the kind advice. I’ve posted in other threads for different topics and the responses/corrections sometimes are not very nice. I really appreciate 🙏♥️
There is plenty of motherhood that we all learn as we go, even those of us with previous babies, and only because someone else kindly points it out or tells us. That is the village.
It is bloody hard enough trying to do our best - I’m always really disappointed when I see particularly other parents tearing someone down for something they simply didn’t know.
Please don’t be put off by this (especially due to someone else’s poor advice!). Back carries are awesome once you get the hang of them, and you’ll feel the difference once you get baby in a better position (and have great knowledge you can pass on too!) x
You’ve gotta wear those shoulder straps WAY tighter. The waistband is folding in half because the weight of the baby is pushing down on the top of the waistband and folding it over.
The way you are wearing baby now is not safe. You will want to buckle the waistband at your natural waist and tighten it so that it is parallel to the ground (no sagging), hip scoot baby to your back, hold one shoulder strap in each hand and lift straight up (doing a little cheerleader bounce while pulling up the straps to help settle baby into the seat), and then pull over the tops of your shoulders and straight down, keeping tension as you buckle the straps.
I am an OT. I feel confident helping people with their carriers because I was OBSESSED with babywearing from the time my eldest was born, have used every type of carrier AND I took training on safety back when bwi still existed. Nothing in my OT training qualified me to say that a carrier was safe or not or a correct fit. This is kind of stupid that they are shilling an OT as being qualified just because they are an OT.
You've already gotten good feedback on fixing the fit in the carrier... But I'd like to mention one more thing.
Footie pajamas are generally not good for baby wearing. The tension on the pajamas can put a lot of pressure on baby's toes and feet. The general rule is to either go with footless outfits and add socks if needed, or size way up on the footie pajamas so they're "too long" and don't risk cramping baby's feet when in the carrier.
Footless clothing often do my absolute tree in when I baby wear as they ride up and I can never pull them down to keep him warm, also there's a serious lack of thick socks for babies! My go to has been footed baby suits and now I'm going to be extra cautious because this should have been so obvious to me.
Tights are generally more stretchy in my experience than the footed baby suits against the exposed legs and I've gotten some long knee-socks for the baby too a second layer does a lot. If it's really cold we use these snow suit "boots" outside. Otherwise now baby is older wool lined leather slippers start to stay on well enough.
Not quite, keep going. You need to bounce baby higher and tighten things more. Lift and tighten. You're aiming for the top of their head to at least be at the top of your shoulders. You want them above the waistband. If needed you can lower the waistband a bit.
I can still see slack in the carrier straps here, you can tighten this more.
Did you lean forward and boost baby upwards while you tighten? Or bounce them? If you just tighten you will smoosh kiddo and it’ll feel tight on you. If you need to you can back into a counter so baby is sitting on top of that to take their weight off of the straps and boost them while you adjust the carrier.
It's hard to tighten against gravity. Loosen the waistband. You need one arm under the baby's bum, then you jump a bit and push upwards with the arm. With the other you pull up the waistband, too. Repeat. Then tighten the shoulder straps.
Or put the waistband around your waist under your bust. Then do a superman toss. Swing the baby around, lean forward, grab the straps, pull up the panel. Lift the straps above your head to let baby settle onto the carrier (and prevent them to sag under the waistband) put on straps, tighten straps.
You want your kiddo above the waistband, not in front of it or under.
Before the straps are tightened (all loose) can you hold up babe by the bottom to a position that is comfortable? If you can do that then tighten straps with the opposite hand you might be able to get into a better position.
I just wanted to say, don’t get discouraged! Back wearing amazing and you are so awesome for putting yourself out there to learn something new. Take a break for a bit if you need to and come back to it. You’ll get it and it will be a parenting game changer!
Omg I’m having a panic attack looking at this! Yah the straps gotta get a lot tighter!
I have a Hope & Plum carrier and I’ve had it for nearly 3 years and the band is also fabric similar to this but I’ve never had an issue like this. But I gotta make the straps pretty tight to carry my son’s weight.
I agree with others, this seems extremely loose. Baby should be easy to kiss when in front and for the back baby should be much more inline with your shoulders, with baby’s shoulders not too far lower than yours. Maybe wearing the waist band higher, tightening the shoulders a lot more.
Hi Haley, thank you for the resources and info. I am very committed to getting this corrected - I stand behind what I said about loving this carrier and wanting it to last forever!
I apologize for my comment above that says Jordan might not be well experienced. I think your comment about how I wore the carrier in the video call vs now is probably right. I actually really enjoyed my call with Jordan.
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u/itsmillertime_10 Feb 24 '26
Welp, I guess that occupational therapist wasn’t very well experienced with carriers because she gave me the OK for this fit check 😖😖 thank you guys so much for the quick correction