Exersaucer??

Thanks, I sometimes feel people get so pissed at another opinion on OB but I only wanted to point out some basic facts. Some mums and dads just don't know that its not good for them - hell I wouldn't have 10 yrs ago!

Why are people so defensive and assume that having common sense is common?

And in my experience - there are many, many people from all cultures that have no clue about this sort of thing, even if there are warnings and advice on a box. You guys must be really lucky to have educated friends.


Edited by skp

Actually I don't think I would be too far off the mark to say that most of my friend's children have spent way more than 5-10 mins at a time in exersaucers. The warnings on these products are open to interpretation and I would honestly not have thought twice about my child spending 20-30 mins in one while I did the vacuuming. I think I'm a reasonably sensible person..
I also wonder about child seats like Bumbo seats and bouncers (is that what you call those little baby recliners??). How can they learn to roll if they are often sitting in one?

Well at risk of being labelled an ignorant bad parent all of my children have used an exersaucer, definitely for more than an hour a day. It says clearly on label they shouldn't use it til they can sit unsupported, which is about 6-7mths old. None of them were slow to walk or crawl, never have I seen an exersaucer tip over, and none of them have had developmental problems. What problems exactly are we supposed to be worried about?   

Off topic a bit but I have a friend who when her son was little refused to put him in anything except in a cot or carseat (& frequently told me I was ruining my son's development by using bouncer etc), anyway so after this little chap spent most of his time playing (& crying) on the floor (the "natural" way) he never crawled, only bumshuffled then went straight to walking. Some people can be a bit too precious I think! If baby's happy and mummy's sane I'm all for it.