Baby Tula Toddler Carrier Review: Older Children Love Being Worn Too!

Older Children Love Being Worn Too!

I love wearing my daughter. Ever since she was born, I have worn her in a wrap to keep her close, and to do skin to skin. As she has grown, I have continued to wear her so I can be hands-free, and of course, keep her close to get our snuggles in. I am now pregnant with our second and my growing baby belly has made it difficult to continue to wear her on my front in certain carriers. So, I have switched to carrying her in back carries. This helps her to see the world around her, and she loves it. I was finding though I was having some issues with my daughter in our current soft structured carrier. Being a 2-year-old, my daughter is very active and LOVES to touch things. Haha!

She also likes to lean back when in back carries which scares me sometimes. (You know what I am talking about. I see it A LOT with older children in back carries. I try really hard to correct her and tell her calmly why she shouldn’t lean back while I am carrying her, but you can only do so much with toddlers.) so, I came to the hard decision our current carrier, which I love, just wasn’t working very well for us in a back carry. We needed a different carrier for a larger child. So, I did some research and decided on Baby Tula’s Toddler Carrier.

The Carrier

The Tula Toddler Carrier is a soft structured carrier designed for carrying children, in a front or back carry, who weigh 25 lbs. to 60 lbs. (They also have other soft structured carriers such as their Standard Tula for children 15- 45 lbs., and their new Free to Grow for children 7 – 45 lbs.) The Tula Toddler Carrier is a lightweight carrier with a larger panel helping to keep your child more secure, padding on the sides of the carrier where your child’s legs go to keep them more comfortable, a pouch in front to hold small objects,wide shoulder straps and waistband with padding, and comes with a matching hood.

The carrier also allows you to adjust the waistband and shoulder straps to fit your body. This allows individuals of many body types to be able to use this carrier. (My husband also uses this carrier. He just ends up having to adjust the waist and shoulder straps to fit his body after I have worn it.) Other perks of the Tula carrier are they come in so many prints and colors, and some prints come with a mesh panel, their Mesh Coast Tula’s, to help keep baby and wearer cooler in the heat. (The Tula Toddler Carrier I am using in this review is named Olive.)

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My Experience

My husband and I both love the Tula Toddler Carrier for our daughter. She weighs 25 lbs. and is at the beginning weight for the carrier. We feel she is more secure in the Tula carrier, due to the larger panel, than our current carrier. I laid the Tula carrier on the floor and placed our current soft structured carrier on top and there was a HUGE difference. The Tula panel was several inches wider and longer than our current carrier. The Tula waistband and shoulder straps were also wider by almost an inch. While the padding on the Tula shoulder straps is not as thick as our current carrier I have found out I prefer a wider padded strap to a thinner more padded strap. (More weight distribution across my shoulders.)

Another plus of the larger panel on the Tula Toddler Carrier is my daughter’s lean is contained. Even when she has her arms out of the carrier and tries to lean back she really can’t. I have also found, due to being pregnant, comfort-wise I prefer there to be no added extra support around the waist since I position the waist strap under my baby belly. (My current carrier has extra lumbar support that causes my belly discomfort now that I am pregnant.)

The differences in the Tula Toddler carrier have made it so I can wear my daughter longer and more comfortably. My daughter also seems to enjoy the Tula carrier more than our current carrier. Every time I have put her up in the Tula carrier she starts stroking my back and arms, and she leans her head against my back. All the things she didn’t do in our other carrier.

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Price

A Baby Tula Toddler Carrier retails for $169.00 on Baby Tula’s website, but that doesn’t mean you need to spend that much. They do run sales throughout the year, and you can also purchase Baby Tula carriers at many natural parenting stores as well as Target, and Buy Buy Baby. I personally, after using the Tula Toddler carrier, feel it’s worth every penny, but I am also aware not everyone can spend that amount on a baby carrier. That is why it is awesome Baby Tula sells their carriers at so many different stores. Giving us the consumer the ability to purchase a carrier from a small business store or a big box store we might have gift cards to.

Overall Impression

I am excited we got this carrier since I feel I will be able to carry my daughter for a couple more years in it. I want my daughter to get all of the attention and snuggles she needs when her new baby sister gets here. Once the new baby does come though I can’t wait to front carry my oldest daughter again while Dad wears the little one. (Or vice versa.) I also look forward to learning how to tandem babywear my daughter, in the Tula Toddler Carrier, and our new little one as well. Always remember older children love been worn and snuggled too. Wear all the babies!

Giveaway – Closed

I want to thank Baby Tula so much for sending me a Tula Toddler Carrier to review. Baby Tula has been so kind and has sponsored a giveaway in conjunction with this review. Click the link below to enter to win a Tula Toddler Carrier in Olive!

Click here to enter to win a Tula Toddler Carrier in Olive!

Open to residents of the US and Canada. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Winner to be randomly selected on October 10, 2017

Disclosure Statement

Even though I received a free product in exchange for this review all opinions are my own. I am a parent myself and would never recommend a product I wouldn’t be comfortable using on or giving to my own child. If you are looking for a carrier that can be worn in water make sure you check out my Holiday Gift guide to learn more about Beachfront Baby Water Carriers.