First,
of all baby walkers was introduced in as early as 1851 which was a
patented version previously it was used to hold the child in place and
away from cocking area, also the use of walkers in preventing him from
falling when he is learning to walk was the prima foci. Eventually these
walkers have undergone numerous changes to accommodate it with changing
technology and needs. These Baby Walkers are made up of hard plastic
frames which can be mounted atop wheels and there exists a padded and
suspended fabric in between with two holes to place the infant. baby walker
They
may be defined as the "Devices which improve the efforts of infants
that are learning to walk and are helpful so they can move from one
place o another without help and without falling". These units are
helpful in babies in between the age range 4-16 months. The targeted use
of these devices is to teach a child to walk faster, although some of
the pediatricians do not comment on this subject as they think this is
not true and walking is a adaptive process which is completed with the
increasing age of the child and they also state that this is false
publicity spread by the producers of these devices to boost their sales.
To support this statement some reviews and study have shown that this
is true since the walkers do not help in learning the babies just to
walk nevertheless they have resulted in many injuries during these
infants. American Academy of Pediatrics and a few other organizations
are issuing warnings and discouraging parents for the use of walkers. evenflo car seat
Even
though there are such tremendous contraindications against this single
product then also, parents who are prepared to help their babies to
learn walking always prefer Baby walkers. There are some precautions to
become taken while purchasing a baby walker; the baby walker should
always be lightweight and easy to make use of. The size of the walker
should be suitable to babies body must not be too big or not big enough
as both factors are harmful for babies health and increases the options
of injury. These walkers ought to be attractive and concurrently simple
because babies should be attracted to it and too toddy designs may
create fear in their mind. If they get jammed chances of injury
increases again, the wheels should be well bared and move freely as.
While selecting the design always select the design where the lower ring
diameter is bigger than usual walkers since this prevents baby's body
in going even closer to certain harmful objects.
The role of
parent actually starts and turns in to care taker once the baby is in
the walker because always keep in mind these 'walkers don't have
brakes'. Never leave baby in the walker roam around because there are
chances they can go to something attractive which could cause accidents
followed by injuries. If there is swimming pool in the house keep the
babies and the walker at safe distance from pool, never leave baby in a
walker in kitchen or near toilets.
More recently after concluding
on this mayhem regarding the walkers one new type of walkers have
already been introduced in the market which are parent assisted baby
walkers having long strings thus suspending the child in upright
position. The design is fairly comparable to previously used leading
string walkers. So anyone not interested to but the traditional design
can always go for this parent assisted baby walkers.