Key Features:
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- Weight tested from 3.2 kg (7 lb) to 11 kg (24 lb)
- Realistically fits babies from birth until around 3 to 4 months.
- Offers 2 carrying positions (front parent facing and front outwards facing).
- Width of carrier can not be adjusted so only provides babies legs with enough support until around 3-4 months (although you can extend use of this carrier using a scarf as shown here).
- Internal harness, so you fit parent first and then baby slots in after via slide and release buckles
- There is no waist support for the adult. Which means this is a very top heavy carrier, and another reason it works well for newborns but doesn't last well as baby grows.
- Fit wise, will fit most average sized parents but doesn't work well for petite parents or plus sized parents.
- Made from soft, mouldable jersery
- All the fastenings are at the front which makes it very simple and intuitive to do up.
Designed as a newborn specalist carrier, the Baby Bjorn Mini is a super soft, supremely intuitive, lightweight carrier that does indeed fit newborns well. But on the flip side, it simply doesn’t last well. As baby grows they will very rapidly grow out of this carrier. Consequently, this isn't a carrier that I can in all good faith ever recommend someone purchases. It is very expensive for something that will last only 3 months! If you are looking to invest in a newborn specalist carrier then I recommend looking at the Izmi Baby Carrier or the Ergobaby Embrace instead. Or if you really like the idea of a carrier with an internal harness and all the buckles at the front, then I recommend renting it for 12 weeks to cover the whole 4th trimester, before moving onto a next step option - saving you and the enviroment from buying something that only lasts a few months.
You can read my full review of this carrier here and see it compared with the Ergobaby Embrace and the Izmi Baby Carrier here.