What is the function of the walker

The baby walker locks the baby inside it, depriving the baby of the opportunity to exercise with great movement. Because learning to walk requires strength, and when a child in a walker needs to move, he can slide effortlessly with the help of wheels. Lack of real self-exercise, a baby who uses a walker for a long time will have developmental abnormalities: the inner sides of both knees protrude. Swelling, the two calves are withdrawn outward, and the ankle joints cannot be close together when the two knee joints are close together, which looks like an "X" shape; some two calves are bent outward, and when the two ankle joints are closed (upright posture), the knee joints cannot be close together. The "O" shape is the so-called "loop leg". The baby's bones contain more colloid and less calcium, and the bones are soft, but the sliding speed of the walker is too fast, and the baby has to push forward with both legs. Looped legs. Babies develop their own laws, which are closely related to the maturity of nerve and muscle development and visual development.

Using a baby walker can liberate mother's hands and exercise children's learning ability.

A walker can help children practice walking and promote their development.

Many mothers think that baby walkers can help babies passively exercise and practice walking, but scientists' findings are far from it: baby walkers are not conducive to children's physical and mental development.

The follow-up survey shows that the average time for babies who often use walkers to sit, crawl and walk is 6.73 months, 6.68 months and 11.66 months respectively, which is obviously later than that of babies who do not take walkers who can sit and crawl. The average time to walk is 5.39 months, 5.84 months and 10.82 months.

7 and 8 months are the best time for babies to practice rolling and crawling. When they get on a walker, their freedom of movement is greatly restricted, and the opportunities for practice are reduced; because of the walker, children can move freely at home, roll, The attraction of crawling to the baby is greatly reduced. Due to the lack of interest and practice, the development of children's movement is affected to a certain extent.

Learning to walk requires coordination of eyes, hands, and feet. The large safety tray in front of the walker blocks the child's sight. The baby cannot see his walking feet or understand why he is walking. It takes "strength" to learn to walk, but due to the sliding effect of the wheels, the child can "walk" by sliding with the car. It is easy for the baby to stand up from the seat by relying on the walker, and lack of real exercise. Naturally, it is not good for children to learn to stand and walk.

Ideal: A baby walker is a safe babysitter.

Reality: Many babies are injured each year while using a walker.

Many parents use baby walkers because they think they can keep their babies safe, but the statistics have shaken people's confidence in baby walkers, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission: about 8,800 per year 15 Infants under the age of 1 month have been injured by using a walker.

A walker gives an otherwise immobile, unaware infant the ability to move quickly. The baby can move up to 1 meter per second in the walker. The child's head accounts for a large proportion and is heavy, and is exposed to the outside of the body frame. It lacks safety protection. Once it falls down the stairs or the ground is uneven And overturning, the baby's head is easily injured. In addition, because children can quickly enter dangerous areas (including sharp objects, stoves, hot water, poison storage, etc.), mothers are caught off guard, so injuries occur from time to time, including finger pinch, scrape, scratch, burn and accident. poisoning.