A carrier for transporting a child by a transporting individual. The carrier includes a belt, a seat, a torso support, and one or more couplers. The belt is configured for securing about the waste and/or hips of the transporting individual; the seat is coupled to the belt, is configured for at least partially supporting the child if the child is seated in the carrier, and has a surface configured for at least partially supporting at least part of the posterior of the child; the torso support is coupled to the seat by one or more couplers and is configured for supporting at least part of the torso of the child; and the one or more couplers are configured to enable adjustment of a distance between one or more coupling locations for each of the one or more couplers and a selected reference point.