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Whether you are a parent, caregiver, healthcare professional, or babywearing business owner, we have resources tailored for you.

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BCIA + Registria: Product Registration Program

This is our most popular program for members who sell within the US. We have been very lucky to negotiate an easy, affordable way to meet product registration requirements with a turnkey service.

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Cubes with the numbers 2-0-2-4 are lined up the the last cube also showing the number 5, implying the year turning over and the new regulations for baby slings and carriers to be prepared for as the year changes.

2024 review: Global changes to regulations for baby slings and carriers

A closeup of someone in a white shirt with hands measuring fabric is meant to imply they are testing for the EU baby sling standard

Guidance for testing transition to the new EU baby sling standard

A photo of a person with their head down on a table behind a stack of books illustrates the complexities of baby carrier regulations.

Hidden complexities in baby carrier regulations

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Amazon is a product distributor, rules CPSC

a cup of coffee, blue notebook with a pen, and a laptop sit on a desk.

Confused about the CPSIA, CPSC, ASTM, FTC, and the complexities of US baby carrier regulations?

A closeup of the words "safety recall" tinted blue is not an actual image of children's product safety recalls in europe

Baby Carrier Manufacturers Should Prepare for Increased Children’s Product Recalls in Europe

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Regulatory Compliance

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A calendar with a pencil evokes creating a schedule for testing baby carriers and slings

US Rules for Testing Baby Carriers and Slings

The complexity of GPSR compliance for baby carriers is implied by a stack of papers grouped by colored paper clips.

Webinar recording: GPSR compliance for baby carriers

An image of a shopping basket with the European flag and the text "Changes to European Babywearing Standards"

Webinar: New European Babywearing Standards

To illustrate this article about changes to the f2236 soft infant carrier standard, there is a picture of a parent holding a toddler in a brown soft carrier, standing outdoors in front of autumn trees

Prepare for upcoming changes to the F2236 soft infant carrier standard

This photo illustrates compliance for baby carriers in the US by showing a caregiver with a baby on their back demonstrating a wrap to a pregnant person

Compliance for Baby Carriers in the US: 3 Key Enforcement Entities

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BCIA Members not among the 20 EU baby carrier recalls in 2023

Safety Brochures

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BCIA Safety Brochure

This brochure contains easy-to-understand information about how to use a baby carrier safely

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BCIA Safety Brochure (en Español)

Este folleto contiene información fácil de entender sobre cómo usar un portabebés de forma segura.

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BCIA Safety Brochure (en Français)

Cette brochure contient des informations faciles à comprendre sur la façon d’utiliser un porte-bébé en toute sécurité

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Babywearing-Related Research

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Infant Carrying and Breastfeeding Duration

To access this page, you must purchase Babywearing Friend and Champion (non-voting member), Individual Practitioner Membership or Juvenile Products Membership.

Database of collected research related to babywearing

To access this page, you must purchase Babywearing Friend and Champion (non-voting member), Individual Practitioner Membership or Juvenile Products Membership.

Cross-species studies suggest innate physiological effects of infant carrying

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