Mei Tai Carriers

A Mei Tai is an extremely versatile baby carrier of Chinese origin. This ancient design It is composed of a rectangular body with four straps. While traditional Mei Tais typically have four narrow straps of equal length, Western versions of this baby carrier usually have shorter straps for the waist and longer, wider, and sometimes padded straps for the shoulders, to allow for more variation in wearing them. Many modern versions of this baby carrier have a headrest or even a sleeping hood to hold up the head of the sleeping child, particularly useful when they are positioned on your back.

What remains of the traditional Mei Tai is their decorative aspect and their enduring practicality. Mothers and fathers alike enjoy wearing this workhorse of a baby carrier. Most are reversible from a decorative side to a plain solid coloured one, allowing for more wearability.

Children can comfortably be worn in a Mei Tai from birth to about 40lbs. The Evymamas have found that wearing a tired-out 4 year-old on your back in this carrier is also quite possible, meaning that a Mei Tai is one of the few carriers that can truly be said to take your child from birth until they no longer wish to be carried. 

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