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Research : Are Baby Walkers Effective For The Baby?

by: babybob | last updated: June 05, 2009
Category: Activity: Walkers & Jumpers | Tags: baby walker, baby care, walkers
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Research : Are Baby Walkers Effective For The Baby?

In general walkers are used to use by the parents to increase baby’s ability to move and coordinate legs and hands properly. Nowadays, there is a huge debate going across on walkers. Recent researches show that the walker hampers the physical and mental growth of babies leading to deformity. This article summarizes few pro and cons of baby walkers.

Are the baby walkers good or bad for babies? Leave us your comments and share your expert thoughts on baby walkers.

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Research of Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics in 1999 stated that babies with walker usage have 12 % less scores on physical and mental development than the babies without walkers usage.
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Walkers restrict the baby from discovering and grasping things from his/her surroundings thus are dangerous for their early stage mental development.
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It has been observed that the babies are more prone to accidents in walkers which is contradictory to the impression of parents. Parents in general feel that the baby is much safer in walker while they are busy in house hold activities.
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The baby in walker develops a habit of getting support, they find it really difficult to get sprawled against the hard floor without any support.
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Parents believe that walkers serve them with time and energy is untrue to some extent. Babies require more attention and care when they are in walker.

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