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 requires. These Baby Walkers are made up of hard plastic frames that are mounted atop wheels and you will find a padded and suspended fabric in between with two holes to place the child. baby walker
These are described as the "Devices which improve the efforts of infants that are learning how to are and walk helpful for them to move from a single place o another without help and without falling". These products are useful in babies involving the age range 4-16 months. 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, though the targeted use of these devices is to teach a child to walk faster. To aid this statement some study and reviews have demostrated that this is correct since the walkers usually do not help in learning the babies to walk however they have resulted in many injuries in these infants. American Academy of Pediatrics and some 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 willing to help their babies to find out walking always prefer Baby walkers. There are some precautions to get taken while buying a baby walker; the baby walker should be lightweight and easy to use. The size of the walker ought to be suitable to babies body must not be too big or too small as both factors are harmful for babies increases and health the number of choices of injury. These walkers should be attractive and simultaneously simple because babies should be attracted to it and too toddy designs may create fear within their mind. The wheels should be well bared and move freely as if they get jammed chances of injury increases again. While deciding on the design always chose the design wherein the lower ring diameter is larger than normal walkers because this prevents baby's body in going nearer to certain harmful objects.
The role of parent actually starts and turns in to care taker once the baby is within the walker because keep in mind that these 'walkers don't have brakes'. Never leave baby in the walker roam around because there are chances they could run to something attractive which may cause accidents accompanied 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.
Now a days after concluding on this mayhem regarding the walkers one new type of walkers happen to be introduced on the market that are parent assisted baby walkers having long strings thus suspending the little one in upright position. The design is very 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.