So nice of you. Thank you :)

Occupational therapists usually appreciate toys attached to these devices, which are certainly attractive and may have developing qualities for the child. We, as physiotherapists, pay more attention to motor skills, which, unfortunately, are disturbed by such devices. There is nothing wrong with using toys placed on these products, it is just wrong teaching children to walk in them. In addition, almost always, especially on the Internet, if someone recommends something, they profit from it. If you criticize something that someone else benefits from, you are under attack (and I've experienced it already). Fortunately, we have research studies that manufacturers just can't argue with. I hope your baby has already learned to walk! Have a great day :)

@@katephysiotherapistwithbraid Thanks! I appreciate this perspective. My little guy isn't walking yet and prefers to cruise against furniture and stronger structures. Most of the time, his push walker is propped against a wall so I think I'll just keep it that way

You are so welcome! :) God bless you too!

Glad I could help!

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Glad I could help. Have a nice day! :)

So nice of you

Glad it was helpful!

It's my pleasure

Thank you very much! Links to important sites: - Kanadian baby-walkers ban: www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/reports-publications/industry-professionals/canada-consumer-product-safety-act-guide.html#a12 - Infant Walker-Related Injuries in the United States: publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/142/4/e20174332/37420/Infant-Walker-Related-Injuries-in-the-United?redirectedFrom=fulltext Baby walkers DO NOT SPEED the moment your baby starts walking: - Effect of Baby Walker Use on Developmental Status based on Ages and Stages Questionnaire Score (ASQ) Omid Yaghini, Mehrdad Goodarzi et al. Iran J Child Neurol Winter 2020;14(1):105-111. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32021634/ - Effects of baby walker use on the development of gait by typically developing toddlers. Paula S.C. Chagasa, Sergio T Fonseca et al. Gait & Posture Vol 76, February 2020, p 231-237 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31874455/ - The effects of babywalkers on early locomotor development. Crouchman M. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1986;28:757-761 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3817314/ - Influence of an infant walker on onset and quality of walking pattern of locomotion: an electromyographic investigation. Kauffman IB, Ridenour M. Percept Mot Skills.1977;45(3 Pt 2):1323-9. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/564503/ - Infant walkers: developmental tool or inherent danger. Ridenour MV. Percept Mot Skills.1982;55(3 Pt 2):1201-2. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7167311/ - Beliefs about the use of baby walkers. Chagas PS, Mancini MC et al. Rev Bras Fisioter. 2011;15(4):303-9. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21877062/ All links are also in the movie description. Have a great day! :D

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Hello! What you are describing is absolutely normal behavior for a child. Antigravity reactions are activated and the child wants to stand, because it is "programmed" like that. Therefore, don't worry. If you do it once in a while, it won't be a problem, especially in a neurologically healthy baby. Let both babies spend as much time on the floor as possible. It is best for the child to learn to get up on his own with small objects. Diaper boxes (weighted in the middle), soft low sofas or benches (just pay attention to the corners) work great. The child also improves the ability to achieve a standing position by climbing on the parents. Have a great day!

Also what signs should I look for to see if there are any problems? I’m so sad :(

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My brother used walkers a lot when he was a baby , now he walks all day with no problem and plays basketball

@@recordgalaxy … and I’m sure many more basketball players used walkers as babies as well.

Most of the claims are that they do not benefit early walking… I believe a child walks when they are ready as they get stronger so just giving any such devices will not accelerate the process.

Bingo. My sibling and I were walking at 10 months already thanks to walkers.

Is she walking now

Glad it was helpful!

Exactly... The walker is for me.

What happened mine isn't walking yet na ako 2 yrs

Hello! Absolutely do not feel upset, you should just consult your physiotherapist. In some cases, the jumper can be used in children with CP, but not as a toy, but with the close participation of the physiotherapist's hands. Then the therapist provokes proper weighting down the lower limbs and usually exercises trunk tilts to improve the child's balance and head control. Your physical therapist can teach you how to do these exercises at home. On the other hand, the age of 3 years is the age when we should seriously think about using standing frames in children with CP. Of course, it all depends on your child's GMFCS level and the type of CP your child has.

@@katephysiotherapistwithbraid thank you mam for your advise.. he is with scissor giat.. let me consult.

Good choice

Ivana, in my experience 99% will be fine. If the child does not walk alone, but stands up with objects (important - both with the right and left leg), and crawls (important - symmetrically), we have nothing to worry about. The time frame within which a child should take their first steps on their own is 12-18 months. If the child stands next to objects, such as a sofa or coffee table, you can try to distance them from each other and encourage baby to take independent steps between these items. However, do not give the child a hand, do not support the child's trunk, let them do this on their own. Encourage child with a favorite toy or food. Of course, we are talking about a neurologically healthy child who has not been diagnosed with any neurological deficits or genetic defects. In neurologically healthy children, walking late (but still within normal limits) is often the result of decreased muscle tone. This, in turn, often goes hand in hand with maternal thyroid disease, maternal hypertension, gestational diabetes and/or the specific course of labor itself. Usually these are children who achieve ALL skills late - but not too late, still within the developmental limit (later than others, the child starts to roll, sit, crawl and walk). In this case, the baby's motor development will be late but normal and we have nothing to worry about. At a distance, however, it is difficult for me to say with 100% certainty that this is the case. So if you have any doubts as to whether your child is developing well, let a pediatric physiotherapist in your area see it. Have a great day! :) Kate

I did not know this equipment, but after typing in the search engine, I can see that it is a device in which the child's pelvis is placed in a supporting hammock anyway, as in the case of walkers. I understand that the height of this leg platform can be adjusted. The only question is what for? I have the impression that it is a pseudo-improvement that does not contribute anything to the development of motor skills. It is simply passive positioning of the baby in a standing position. And we don't want to put the child on its feet, we want it to stand up by itself. We want it to learn by itself how to get up by reacting with the ground. To sum up, I would give it to a child who is already able to stand up on his own, to walk around it and to play toys on top of it. It's nice that you can make a table out of it for the future. But I wouldn't put a child that is not standing by itself inside this device. However, this is only my personal opinion, I suspect that the manufacturer has a different one :)

@@katephysiotherapistwithbraid thank you so much for taking the time to look up the product and respond! Some physical therapists say it's ok but others don't think so and after hearing your explanation I can see why it isn't. I appreciate your perspective.

Thank you for the comment. I am more than sure there will be more angry birds :) as I say - I don't care, these are facts and it has to be said. Suspecting CP always causes a lot of stress. Many parents unknowingly risk it.

There should not be any added artificial "training" when it comes to ability to sit, stand and walk. The natural psychomotoric development is crucial, babies strengthen their muscles gradually, skipping any part of this development can be very harmful in the future.

I do not recommend using any chairs in which the child is seated with the hips bent 90 degrees until the child sits up by himself. There is a world of difference between whether the child is seated by itself or when the child is seated by other person. I'll try to make a movie about it soon. As for the pacifiers - I am not a speech therapist, but from my cooperation with them, I conclude that it will not be a bad thing if we pick it up in time. The maximum limit is 12 months. A pacifier kept longer than this time may cause speech development disorders (the child may have difficulty pronouncing some sounds and syllables).

@@katephysiotherapistwithbraid Thank you so much for your answer

​@@katephysiotherapistwithbraidthanks for the advice on pacifiers

Same here. I noticed the leaning forward with my daughter but I didn't think much about it. I was just trying to find a safer alternative to the sit in walkers.

Why bogus?

Hello. Thank you for the comment, but I strongly disagree. I see nothing funny about it. It's a bit like saying that smoking is safe because you've smoked all your life and you didn't get cancer. An estimated 230 676 children

I'm not scaring anyone. I'm just saying (according to scientific research) that these devices are useless when it comes to teaching children how to walk, and additionally they are potentially dangerous (which is also scientifically proven - please see the video description, there you will find links to scientific articles and studies) . And yes, in Canada the sale of baby walkers is prohibited by law. I didn't come up with this (you mentioned it before editing your comment). I'm simply against pushing unnecessary bull*** and useless products onto parents. And I'm really glad that your baby is healthy. Have a nice day.

Thank you for your comment! Let me explain why I disagree with your statement: occupational therapists recommend pushwalkers due to the large number of fantastic toys that a child can play with, develop their precise motor skills (which is great!), BUT in most cases they do not know exactly the issues related to the shaping of the gait pattern in infants. Learning to stand or walk, a child strives to achieve balance with the lowest possible energy cost (what we use in adulthood). By building a standing position in reaction with the ground, baby will learn it fastest. If you give him a pushwalker, which is on wheels and keeps driving away all the time (!) - the child will have to tilt the torso, tighten the shoulders, shifting the center of gravity too much forward. You can try it on yourself by pushing the shopping cart for few minutes with your trunk flexed - see how much energy it will be for you and notice that after a while your body will let you know that it is overloading. It is exactly the same with a child. You write that the pusher does not restrict hip movements, which is not entirely true. I agree that this limitation is much greater in the case of walkers or jumpers, but if we analyze a child's gait with a pusher, it also occurs. The important thing here is the femoral antetorsion angle, which changes as the child learns to walk (it grows steadily from birth, reaching 35 degrees around the age of two, and then decreases to a typical adult value of around 12 degrees). It is this angle that is responsible for the way the child places a load on the lower limb - the child's first steps are on a wide base and the torso should lean out laterally (like a duck). The first steps load the entire foot at the same time, reducing pressure per unit area, while still securing the cartilageous, soft structure of the foot arch. If you give a child a pusher - it will start to overload the forefoot against the natural, physiological development of the hip joint. And of course, you can say the baby only uses the pusher for a while and the impact is small. The truth is, a healthy baby doesn't need a walker, jumper or pusher to learn to stand and walk - so why to buy one? But if a child has deficits, for example in the form of abnormal muscle tone or foot defects - then such devices unfortunatelly escalate the problem. Have a great day! Kate :)

@@katephysiotherapistwithbraid when babies walk with parents they also pull on them forward, so are you saying parents should be removed? How will they ever be able to learn how to walk? By magic?

@@sleepysundaykittens3212 Wow, what's the sarcasm for? Both standing and walking are part of a child's neurophysiological development, and a healthy child really does not need any help of any kind to achieve these abilities. Just like you don't teach a healthy baby how to roll or crawl, he or she will do it on their own, because it is encoded in the nervous system.

Oh my gosh, i bought 2 walkers for my girls 2 days ago

@@victoriamfon9823 I was looking for a pushing walker myself 🙈 I better save that money