Stop using baby walkers if you don't want the baby to get hurt

Baby walkers are actually designed to make it easier for babies to move while they are practicing walking. Even so, its use must continue to be considered so as not to cause injury to the baby. If the baby walker is still on the list of needs that must be prepared for your baby, try to reconsider. Babies may have accidents resulting in head injuries, broken bones, or died while using this tool. In certain countries, baby walkers are even banned

Danger of Baby Walkers

Experts have found that devices designed to help babies walk can actually risk slowing the motor development of babies who are practicing to sit, crawl, and walk. Even baby walkers are thought to make babies lazy to walk on their own. There is also research that reveals that this tool does not support the development of babies from any side. Infants who wear baby walkers are proven not to walk faster than those who do not use them at all. This could be because the pattern or coordination of the muscles that are trained when using baby walkers is different from when practicing walking as usual. Many parents also deliberately put their baby in a baby walker, so the baby can play alone while they do other things. Yet when using this tool, babies actually need to be watched closely. The following are various cases that often occur in babies using baby walkers:

• Fall from stairs. This is the accident that most often happens to babies when using a baby walker. Infants who fall are at risk of having a concussion, neck injury, and bone fractures. The wheels on the bottom of the baby walker make it easy for babies to slide everywhere. This wheel even makes the baby walker can fly one meter in seconds, so Mother and Father may not have time to reach out and stop it. In addition, these wheels also make the baby walker unstable when sliding over uneven surfaces.
• Baby's fingers are pinched when baby walkers hit walls or furniture.
• The baby falls over when his body tilts right / left above the baby walker, because the head is still heavier than his body.
• Babies can reach dangerous objects, such as hot water, fire or electrical plugs.
• Babies are more easily hit and hit furniture or dangerous objects.

Experts advise parents not to put their babies on baby walkers. Instead, encourage your baby to actively move on the clean floor in a safe room, so that he is free to crawl, sit, and practice walking. Holding your baby's hands while taking him to learn to walk, or in Indonesia is also called training, is relatively safer than using tools. Some baby walker manufacturers now have indeed updated their safety standards with wheels that can automatically stop so they will slide out of control or crash into something. But this update still does not reduce the possibility of the baby reaching for something dangerous from the top of the baby walker. Not all baby equipment is safe to use, and not all of them are useful. Some of them actually hinder the development of the baby, even potentially dangerous. Therefore, Mother and Father need to be more careful and critical in choosing equipment or toys to stimulate the development and growth of babies.