Baby walkers/exersaucers
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Topic: Baby walkers/exersaucers
Posted By: squoggs
Subject: Baby walkers/exersaucers
Date Posted: 02 June 2010 at 5:05pm
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Hi, when I popped into the local plunket rooms recently I noticed they had a blurb pinned on the all saying these are dangerous and shouldn't be used...I'm just curious, anyone know why? We haven't bought one yet, so would like to hear your opinions ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 02 June 2010 at 5:42pm
| They might mean the ones that are able to walk around the room vs ones that just stay in the same place |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 02 June 2010 at 5:42pm
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I had a lady from PAFT come over and tell me they were bad too. If they can't stand, they aren't ready to use their feet, so they can get deformed feet, walking on the side of their feet, bent toes, etc.
She said even when they are walking they are bad news as they are sitting and pulling themselves long iygwim so can have walking problems. I know our neighbour is pigeon toed (sp) as a result of them and she is having surgery in a few months to try correct it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 02 June 2010 at 10:15pm
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the ones with wheels can tip over easily and are very dangerous if the baby can get to stairs and tip. and yeah its one of those things that i hate because they seem to be used for babies who really arent developmentally ready to stand or sit or whatever the activity is. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: luvmylittlies
Date Posted: 03 June 2010 at 9:59am
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Yeah it's not just the physical thing either (with the walkers). Apparently their little brains need to "work out" how to walk so they miss out on an important neurodevelopmental step if they can move around using a walker. ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |
Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 5:01pm
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So exersaucers are bad too? ------------- 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 5:18pm
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talip in my book they are...
or maybe not bad as such, just unnecessary but could be bad if over used. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Anonymous55
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 7:04pm
Just wondering if that means the Jolly Jumper is bad too? It's called an excersaucer, so I guess it's bad??  
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 7:38pm
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I don't know about JJ as person I speak to never mentioned it, it does say 3 months on the box, although I know some people put their babies in really early, but they need to be able to support their heads...
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 9:37pm
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I think JJ can be bad in the sense that they can teach bubs to tippy toe, rather than stand flat footed?
Is it bad though if bubs learns to walk using your hands as a balance?? The girls have ALWAYS stood - they love their feet (and are flat footed), and Jade loves to walk around holding onto your hands. So her balance isn't the greatest LOL but she is so proud of herself! |
Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 10:13pm
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In my opinion I think walkers aren't that great for the baby as they are learning to walk more on their tippy toes than proper steps.
Exersaucers are different as the child isn't moving so therefore not using leg muscles as such to propel along so not "walking" if that makes sense. All up to their own i guess - but people tell you things all the time like my nana always says that baby will end up with bandy legs if shes allowed to stand up for ages I don't really think thats true, do you see many people with bandy legs around?------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: luvmylittlies
Date Posted: 06 June 2010 at 7:31am
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I don't know about the exersaucers and jolly jumpers. I only know about the walkers because the paediatric physios I work with always go on about how bad they are but they've never mentioned the other things. Although this personally has made me hesitant to use a JJ. I don't think that letting them walk holding onto your hands is a problem though because it's so intermittant. I think Bizzy has the right idea - they're probably all okay if they're not overused. ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |
Posted By: monkey33
Date Posted: 06 June 2010 at 9:37am
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We have both - Jolly Jumper & Exersaucer. I don't see a problem with either of them as long as they are used in moderation.
I'm told the walkers are dangerous - as Bizzy said they can apparantley tip easily. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 06 June 2010 at 2:25pm
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I wouldnt use a walker for safety reasons but am keen on an exersaucer. DS just LOVES his jolly jumper and has an absolute ball in it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jessiesmum
Date Posted: 06 June 2010 at 4:24pm
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You might be interested in this thread
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 11:33pm
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re exersaucers I think long as you aren't putting baby in it for 8 hours a day they are fine..our son probably spends less than 30 minutes in it a day (and not all at once) on average.
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 08 June 2010 at 4:47pm
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I read an interesting article on this the other day, I'll try and find it and put in a link. It was basically saying that babies shouldn't be put in JJ's, exersaucers, walkers at all as you are putting them in a position that they are not suposed to be in developmentally yet. In essence, if they can't sit they shouldn't be in an exersaucer and if they can't stand/walk they shouldn't be in a JJ or walker. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jennifer265726
Date Posted: 31 December 2020 at 6:40am
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