A parent came to consult, the baby is 1.5 years old, but still can not walk, tiptoe when holding the walk, the parents are very anxious. The doctor inquired about the situation in detail, and the parents said they usually put the baby in a walker. No wonder! The problem is found, is the walker, delaying the child to walk independently. Doctors recommend that parents do not give the baby to use the walker, let the baby climb, climb to the sofa side, holding the sofa to walk, or two steps away from the baby’s distance, parents can open their arms to encourage the baby to come over to the baby to give the baby a sense of security, so that the baby will soon be able to walk on their own! For the walker, the authorities have something to say! The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly recommends that baby walkers should not be used, and the Canadian Academy of Pediatrics has banned the use of baby walkers since 2004. The Dangers of Baby Walkers Putting a baby in a walker is as dangerous as letting an underage child drive a car. Statistics show that children aged 3 to 13 years old, 10% to 30% of children with varying degrees of inattention, poor balance, easy to fall, timid, introverted, clumsy hands and feet, crying and other symptoms, which is the process of children’s brain development of some of the functions of incoordination due to the medical known as the “sensory integration disorder”. More than 90% of children with sensory integration disorder can not crawl or crawl for a very short time, and crawling is now internationally recognized as the best means of preventing sensory integration disorder. Do not recommend the use of walkers 6 reasons 1, reducing the baby’s opportunity to exercise large exercise can strengthen the coordination of the movement of all parts of the body, including crawling, standing, bending, walking, etc., and the walker will be the baby fixed in its, so that the baby lost the opportunity to exercise large exercise. Because the toddler is the need for eye, hand, foot coordination, and the walker in front of the safety of the large tray will block the baby’s line of sight, the baby can not see their own walking feet, do not understand why they are walking. In addition, toddlers need to spend “force”, but because of the sliding effect of the wheels, the child’s force can be sliding with the car and “walking”, relying on the walker baby is very easy to stand up from the chair, the lack of real exercise, naturally not conducive to the child to learn to stand and practice walking. 2, affecting the baby’s intellectual development Children are through contact, grasp, knocking, throwing, etc. to learn to recognize objects, free exploration will help the development of children’s intelligence, the walker restricts the child’s freedom of movement, depriving the child of the opportunity to learn, will affect the development of the child’s intelligence. 3, affecting the baby’s legs and walking posture Many parents may think that as long as they do not use the walker too early, there is no harm. In fact, no matter when you use a walker, the hazards of a walker will always be there. Take 6 months will sit on the use of the walker this point of view, this time the consequences of the baby barely stood may be “rollover legs”, because the baby’s bones contain more gel, less calcium, soft bones, and the sliding speed of the walker is too fast, the baby had to two-legged stirrups to force forward to go, for a long time, it is easy to make the leg bone bending to form The baby’s legs are not as strong as the baby’s legs. That if it is 10 months baby will stand when you start to use it, in fact, the consequences are similar, 3 months of time and can not let the baby’s bones become very tough. 4, increased the probability of accidental injury Some parents think that the use of walkers are not easy to bump, but in fact the walker is easy to make the baby in the eyes of adults injured. Walkers give the original not good at moving, do not know the dangers of the baby to the ability to move quickly, the child may be fast into the danger zone, such as head-on collision into the hot water holding you, may lead to the baby scalded, these dangers often catch the mother off guard. Once the caregiver is a little slow to react to the baby’s presence or can’t keep up with the speed at which the baby is moving in the walker, the baby can easily tip over or tumble down the steps due to uneven floors, resulting in a bump. In addition, the application of the walker shortens the baby “crawling” time, too early to use may correspondingly reduce the baby’s crawling experience, easy to lead to poor hand-foot coordination, tactile experience is not enough, or later leave the walker is easy to fall. 5, affect walking posture: tiptoe walk To learn to walk, with the degree of maturity of nerve and muscle development and vision development is closely related, and not simply help the baby upright can learn to walk. To know walking is a weight-bearing exercise, when the joint muscles have not yet reached the weight-bearing requirements, too early start will affect the development of the child’s lower limbs. Such as only 7 months of the baby on the walker, because of small, cushion is too high, because the foot can not be completely on the ground can only touch the ground with the toes skating, long after the formation of the forefoot touching the ground on tiptoe walking posture. 6, the baby may become eccentric character Baby 1 year old before learning to crawl, the coordination of the body parts of the action plays a vital role. If the baby stays in the walker all day long, it will miss the crawling learning period before 1 year old, easy to suffer from sensory integration disorder syndrome, manifested as hyperactivity, willfulness, temper, not easy to communicate with others, etc., will also appear to be inattentive, reading skipping lines. Baby Mama Tips For the healthy growth of children, we must train crawling early in infancy. Crawl, walk, fall, and then stand up, this is a process of movement, but also a process of development, the baby is precisely in this independent movement to learn to master the balance, enhance the conditioned reflexes, learn to think. Therefore, when it is time to crawl, let your baby crawl. Crawl enough baby, will walk after walking more stable, not easy to fall, and more athletic ability. If you really want to buy a toy that lets your baby learn to walk, we suggest you consider a push walker or a walking belt! Never buy a walker.