Baby Walker Safe or Not Safe ?

Baby Walker is a tool that can be used by infants who can not walk alone. Baby walker has a base made of hard plastic in which the infant sat in a wheelchair and fabric with two-foot hole. Making Baby walkers are designed for new babies aged between 4 and 16 months.

The use of baby walkers is a controversial topic today. But clearly, that the American Academy of Pediatrics said in their official report 'Baby Walker is DANGEROUS! "they recommend that you 'just throw away your baby walkers' based on the fact that :

• Baby walkers have made 14.000 children admitted to hospital each year.
• 34 children have met his end since 1973 only because of baby walkers.

Majority of baby walker-related accidents occurred in infants less than 12 months. The most serious because of falls. approximately 16.5% of accidents caused by baby walkers on the head and requires treatment.
babies can suffer burns due to hold / hit by hot objects such as opening an oven door or pull iron infants can experience poisoning due to reach out and swallow hazardous materials.

Son of a rather large indeed seem to enjoy it, because they were easily bored with baby walkers are not on wheels.

No. It is generally believed that the baby walker baby does not help your baby to walk more quickly than infants who wear baseball baby walkers. In fact, a study was conducted, titled Effects of baby walkers on motor and mental development of human infants, concluded that 'baby sitting and having experience of using a baby walker, crawling, will run more slowly later than that does not use baby walkers, and they have lower value in Bayley scores for motor and mental development. "

But if you are still using these baby walkers Baby walkers then use the security is very important and there are some things to consider:

1. Check the baby walker is able to prop your baby. It may take a baby walker that can support 12 kg to be useful to stage walk
2. Make sure your baby's feet can touch the floor when sitting on a baby walker.
3. Look at the bottom of the baby walker is stable and the big wheels at least 50 mm (2 inches) in diameter.
4. Avoid your baby get into areas that are not safe for infants with baby walkers.
5. Baby walker is only used in areas with a flat surface.
6. Closed / blocked roads to the stairs.
7. Close the road to push the glass door because the track can cause the baby to fall.
8. Check for electrical cables on the floor, it also can cause falls.
9. Move objects that could harm the baby to a height of at least 900 mm (3 feet).
10. Remove carpets that can be shifted
11. Never use a baby walker in the kitchen, bathroom or laundry because here are usually a lot of dangerous objects. It should be avoided or provide barrier so that baby does not reach this place.
12. Do not lift the baby walker if your baby is still on it. Baby walkers are not designed for this.
13. Follow the instructions on when to buy baby walkers, especially to lock and adjust the seat.
14. The most important thing is not ever leave your baby unattended while on a baby walker .

Are baby walker helps babies for faster running? Even so baby walker moves still remain popular. AAP even further appealed to 'a ban on construction and sale of baby walkers with wheels.