Maya Wrap Safety Considerations

Maya Wrap Baby Sling

Safety while using your baby sling or carrier
Please remember that with all brands of sling and pouch type carriers, your child is not tied in. Always use good judgment and pay attention to your child’s security and movements. Do not use your baby carrier with an uncooperative child.

Do not use your baby carrier in situations that could harm your child such as while jogging, preparing foods, or holding a hot beverage. Put an arm around your child when you bend over.

Pay attention to airflow. This is particularly true for very young, very small babies, or if you have large breasts. As with all brands of carriers, if your baby falls asleep while breastfeeding, assure that he or she has adaquate airflow for normal breathing. Do not use a nipple shield while breastfeeding your child in your baby carrier.

Maya Wrap Sling Safety Features
Maya Wrap Sling rings are very strong. Our tests indicate that more than 500 pounds of force are needed to deform a ring and more than 1000 pounds to break one.

More than 900 pounds of force were applied before failure occurred in a pull test of the Maya Wrap sling.

Guatamala and Fair Trade

It is Maya Wrap company policy that all those involved in the production of Maya Wraps are paid a fair wage in the local context, have healthy and safe working conditions, and are at least 16 years of age.

To verify this, the president of Maya Wrap, Susan, visits Guatemala every year and goes to the places where our fabrics are weaved, laundered, and products sewn.

The children of all those involved with making Maya Wraps are in school. Some of the artisan's children help their fathers but it is in the context of doing chores and not child labor.

The artisans who prepare the yarns and set up the looms support their families well by local standards. The weavers make less but are still fairly compensated.

Maya Wraps are not sewn in a maquiladora. The youngest employee at the sewing facility is in his 20s.

Susan would be happy to try to answer any other questions and she is open to suggestions / information, etc., that would be helpful in ensuring this is the case.