As part of the Get Your Hands Back review panel I was asked to try out a Lifft Sling with Zara.

You can find out more about Lifft slings on their website here Lifft Website

The lift sling costs £49.99 and so is cheaper than some slings that are on the market and when it arrived it looked extremely simple to use. It is basically one large loop of fabric with a stretchy panel in it. No buckles or ties to fasten, just fold it, put it over your shoulder and insert baby. Great!

As Zara is now a 20lb 7 month old baby, we were limited in the carry positions that we could use with the Lifft. It has 3 main carries that you can use; a Front Lifft (suitable for newborns and smaller babies where the baby is carried in a lying down cradled postion), a Little Buddha Lifft (for babies from 2 months old that can’t support themselves yet but want to see what is going on) and the Side Lifft (suitable from 6 months old). With Zara I could only use the Side Lifft which was a bit disappointing as I would have loved to be able to try this sling out with a newborn baby as the Front Lifft looks like a lovely position.

As you can see from the photo, Zara enjoyed being carried in the Lifft. I was initially a bit concerned that if she wriggled too much she may slip through the bottom of it but despite her best wriggles she still felt nice and secure. I did find that after carrying Zara for around 20 minutes that I could start to feel the weight on my shoulder and I don’t think I could use this sling for long days out but for short trips it would be very useful and quick to use. It also looks good to, I particularly liked the colour options.

One downside to this sling which disappoints me is that you buy the Lifft to fit yourself (I used a Size 1 Sling which fits UK Size 8/10) and whereas this is good in that it gives you a nice secure fit, it meant that my husband was unable to use the sling. In our family we like to share carrying Zara on days out and it would mean buying two of these slings for us to do that.

Overall a lovely looking and easy to use sling, just a shame my husband can’t use it and a shame I haven’t got a newborn baby handy to try it out with. :)