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By Best for 12 months+: Lenny Lamb Preschool Carrier
Best for Compact & Lightweight: Izmi Toddler Carrier and Izmi Breeze Toddler Carrier
Best on a Budget: Izmi Toddler Carrier and Izmi Breeze Toddler Carrier
Best for 2-3 years+: Tula Toddler Carrier and Lenny Lamb Preschool Carrier
Best for Plus Size Mums: Easy Feel Extend Plus and Lenny Lamb Preschool Carrier
Best for Petite Mums: Izmi Toddler Carrier and Lenny Lamb Preschool Carrier
Can you carry a 2 year old in a carrier? Is there a toddler carrier for a 3 year old? Can you put a 4 year old in a carrier? Yes, Yes, and Yes
So what are the best toddler carriers and preschool carriers for 2024? Which is the right one for your family? Well, as I explained in Do I Need A Toddler Carrier? the most important thing is that your carrier fits both your toddler – and you.
Top 10 Best Toddler Carriers and Preschool Carriers
1. Lenny Lamb Preschool Carrier from £139
Lenny Lamb Preschool carriers are the most adjustable toddler carriers on the market. They fit children from 15 months to 7 years, and mums from a UK size 6 to 24. They’re buttery soft and come in a wide range of exquisite designs, colours and fabrics, and work for front and back carrying.
They’re less bulky than most preschool carriers, thanks to light padding on the waistband and shoulder straps. When front carrying, shoulder straps can be worn rucksack (‘H’) style, or crossed in an X position for total versatility – meaning you’re guaranteed to be able to do this one up easily on your own.
The Lenny Lamb Preschool gives a great, high back carry too. Max weight for this one is 30kg/66lbs.
2. Izmi Toddler Carrier and 3. Izmi Breeze Toddler Carrier £95
The larger version of the super-easy and lightweight Izmi Baby Carrier. With a wider and taller body panel and a lightly padded waistband, it’s ideal from around 9 months to 3 years. This one works brilliantly for front carrying, and it’s great as a back and hip carrier too.
It’s THE lightest and most compact toddler carrier on the market, and incredibly good value at just £95. With zero bulk and minimal padding, it’s the perfect toddler carrier to keep in your bag or under the buggy just in case those little legs get tired. With less padding, you’ll stay MUCH cooler!
The soft cotton and lack of bulk make it the perfect travel companion for trains and airports. It’s also ideal for wearing around the house, as it’s comfy to sit down in and you won’t get too hot.
Live somewhere hot, or looking for an extra breathable toddler carrier? The Breeze version features a super soft mesh panel for extra ventilation. More airflow means a cooler and happier toddler.
4. Tula Toddler and 5. Tula Preschool Carriers £149.90
This popular toddler carrier – and the sized-up Preschool version – are real classics; simple to use rucksack-style carriers for front and back carries from around 2-4 years (Toddler) and 4-8 years (Preschool), they do what it says on the tin – and do it really well.
They offer a sensible level of padding to the shoulders and waistbands and they fit a wide range of adults – not ideal for Very petite mums, who are likely to find the waistband too deep and bulky.
We love how simple and supportive they are- and the huge range of gorgeous prints it comes in. Superb as back carriers, really nice as front carriers too.
6. Manduca XT from £149 – use code WEARMYBABY10 with Manduca for 10% off.
I adore the Manduca for 1month-olds up to 3-year-olds, making it ideal if you’re looking to carry a baby and a toddler! With very similar features, function and fit as the Lenny Lamb Preschool Carrier, the Manduca XT will easily fit Dads, and Mums from a UK size 6 to 24.
The body panel is neatly height adjustable with its nifty zips, so your toddler can either snuggle in or ride with their arms out. Just like the Lenny Lamb Preschool, it’s an all-around, brilliantly universal toddler carrier for front and back carrying.
Can’t choose between the two? Then pick the one you like the look of best: after all, you’re going to be wearing it!
7. Easy Feel Extend Plus Carrier £160
THE most long-lasting carrier on the market, this ingenious carrier adjusts to fit 1.5-year-olds up to age 7, 8, or 9 yrs and beyond! Whilst most families won’t need to carry for this long, the Easy Feel Extend Plus is deliberately designed to consider families of children with additional needs.
Made from strong-yet-soft woven Ikat cotton fabrics, this really is the ultimate carrier for comfort and longevity. This is a fairly bulky carrier with wide shoulders straps and waistband, so it’s best for average to plus size parents. Max weight is 29kg (54lbs).
8. Cococho Carrier £179
This one is unlike anything else on the market – and it’s brilliant. Unlike most soft structured carriers, you load and secure baby into the carrier first, before putting the carrier on your chest or back.
This gives you loads of reassurance when you’re getting to grips with back carrying and it’s a brilliant, lightweight alternative to more cumbersome framed back and shoulder carriers.
The Cococho is great for front carrying, too. You can use it from newborn, but it’s ideal from 3-4 months to at least 3 years.
9. Lenny Lamb Ring Sling from £44.95
The ideal solution for little ones who want to come up for a quick cuddle – then down again! These beautiful slings are perfect for quick trips out and for around the house, and are adjustable from birth to around 3 years old.
10. LittleLife Traveller S4 Carrier from £129.00
This is a superb back carrier, ideal for babies from 6 months old to 24 months. It’s mega practical: essentially a rucksack with two big compartments – one for your stuff and one for your baby. Perfect for long walks when you have lots of things to carry.
Your toddler will sit high on your back so they get a good view, but not so high that you feel unbalanced. Unlike big heavy framed hiking carriers, this truly fits mums and dads comfortably.
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Updated December 2023
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