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This tutorial is showing the Soul Onbuhimo. Onbuhimo means back carry and long wide
strap in Japanese. They are a waistless carrier that typically has a panel behind the child
and rings, loops, webbing, buckles or back straps. This particular carrier it uses
webbing and a chest clip. The Soul Onbuhimo is meant for children between 15
and 40 pounds and is a back carry only, although some other Onbuhumos do allow
for a front to carry. This is meant for children who have sufficient torso
control to support their heads, they're sitting up independently, and this is
really meant to be used as an arms out carry meaning that the child's arms will
be above the top of the panel. If you're used to wearing a soft structured
carrier or wrapping with a lower carry that has a belt, this will feel different
since most of the child's weight is now being held by the caregivers shoulders
but it does give the child a view in front of the caregiver while they're
still facing in. These fold up relatively small and the lack of a waist belt can
make it very nice in some situations, like pregnancy. To prep the carrier we're
going to lay it on a flat surface with the inside of the panel facing up which
on this carrier is where the warning label is. We're going to extend our
straps all the way on both sides and the Pefect Fit Adjusters at the top. Then I'm going to
set the child on the panel. Put the legs through the arm straps.
I'm going to pull up on the top of the panel behind him to remove any slack and
make sure that the leg padding falls behind his knees. Then with my back to
the child, I'm going to take the straps under his arms, and put them on me like a
backpack.
And then buckle the chest clip.
Then I'm going to bounce him up and tighten the arm straps removing any slack as
I bounce him up. I can also take the shoulder straps and move them forward to
move him up. Make sure my chest strap is tight. If I need to adjust I can move the
chest strap up or down right here. I'm then going to take the panel that's
under him and make sure it's laying smoothly
between my back and his body and that the leg padding falls under his knees. I find
this to be the easiest way to get him up but you can also do the Superman toss or
the hip scoot once their legs are through the straps when they're sitting
down. To get him down I am going to lean forward, undo the chest strap, and
with my hand on him, loosen the arm straps, take the carrier down by keeping my hand on him, take my
arm out of the other strap, and then I can slide him around. That is how we use
the Soul Onbuhimo.