http://www.growingyourbaby.com/2006/07/27/the-goods-on-the-baby-walker/ Parenthood from Pregnancy to Pre-school Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:24:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.growingyourbaby.com/2006/07/27/the-goods-on-the-baby-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Anonymous Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:44:00 +0000 http://growingyourbaby.com/?p=23#comment-143 Isn't that something about baby walkers? My son is 26 years old now and my daughter, almost 25.<br/>There certainly wasn't much in the way of publicity about the dangers of baby walkers back then.<br/>My kids used them, and loved them. Of course I kept a VERY close eye on those children.<br/>My daughter absolutely disliked crawling, and seemingly wanted to go straight from the floor to walking at 9 months of age. <br/>Now a nine month old baby is a top heavy baby, and an accident just waiting to happen. I couldn't well tie her to the floor, so I let her use her walker, which in my opinion, was a great deal safer.<br/>Her pediatrician told me that she HAD to crawl or she'd have motor skill and depth perception deficiencies later in life...so I took away the walker.<br/>In spite of my constant hovering, she STILL managed to fall at age 10 months, hitting a low table. She got her first stitches that night.<br/>I am not saying that all babies should or shouldn't use walkers.<br/>I just happen to believe that in some cases they might be appropriate.<br/>A lot of people have swimming pools and young children, but as far as I know, swimming pools have not been banned. Isn’t that something about baby walkers? My son is 26 years old now and my daughter, almost 25.
There certainly wasn’t much in the way of publicity about the dangers of baby walkers back then.
My kids used them, and loved them. Of course I kept a VERY close eye on those children.
My daughter absolutely disliked crawling, and seemingly wanted to go straight from the floor to walking at 9 months of age.
Now a nine month old baby is a top heavy baby, and an accident just waiting to happen. I couldn’t well tie her to the floor, so I let her use her walker, which in my opinion, was a great deal safer.
Her pediatrician told me that she HAD to crawl or she’d have motor skill and depth perception deficiencies later in life…so I took away the walker.
In spite of my constant hovering, she STILL managed to fall at age 10 months, hitting a low table. She got her first stitches that night.
I am not saying that all babies should or shouldn’t use walkers.
I just happen to believe that in some cases they might be appropriate.
A lot of people have swimming pools and young children, but as far as I know, swimming pools have not been banned.

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