noun
front baby carrier; baby sling
A soft carrier worn on the front to hold a baby or toddler close to the caregiver's body.
抱っこひもで赤ちゃんを抱っこする。
I carry the baby in a front baby carrier.
この抱っこひもは肩が楽だ。
This baby carrier is easy on the shoulders.
A carrier worn on the back for carrying a child piggyback, while 抱っこひも is worn on the front.
Compound of 抱っこ (dakko, 'carrying in one's arms', from 抱く daku 'to hold' + diminutive suffix っこ) and ひも (himo, 'strap, cord').