llso Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 I was aware of this problem also but there was no stopping the wife in getting and using one. Our daugther used one for a few monts but was getting stuck on the small ledges around our house. It wasn't that big of a problem because she quickly outgrew it and was able to climb out of the damned thing. She is now 15 months old and really walking around and running everywhere. The scary part is when she was climbing the stairs and one day climbed all of the way to the top. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jai-dee Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 The Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs says of baby walkers: There is growing concern, both in Australia and overseas, about the dangers associated with baby walkers, and calls for them to be banned because they have been involved in a high number of injuries. For this reason, consumer affairs / fair trading offices consistently review the sale of baby walkers and recommend that they not be used. Most of the injuries are suffered by children under 12 months of age and are to the head. The problem, however, is not so much with the baby walkers themselves. Baby walkers make children mobile much earlier than normal. In a baby walker they can be across a room in seconds. Consequently, they face dangers they would not otherwise experience until a later age - they can pull boiling kettles down onto themselves, they can access open fires and heaters and they can fall down stairs. For this reason it is vital that children are closely supervised at all times when they are in baby walkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted November 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Hi Jai Dee, Thanks for your input. It makes sense, our toddler is as fast as lightning in this walker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lembeh Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Indeed they are. There was a study a while ago (US study IIRC, but can't be arsed to track it down) that these "walkers" are the leading cause of hospitalizations for head injuries amongst babies/toddlers. The "developmental" side is also a concern, as noted elsewhere. -j- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatbastard Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 The other consideration is that, a study result was that children using these things were slower to gain walking skills than childen who hadn't used them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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