🚼 When to Start Using a Baby Walker?
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⚠️ Official advice:
Pediatricians and physiotherapists do NOT recommend baby walkers at all — not even after your baby starts standing.
Why?
• They increase the risk of falls, injuries, and delayed motor development
• Babies may tip over, fall downstairs, or reach unsafe places quickly
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✅ If you still choose to use (with extreme caution):
• Only after 8–10 months, when baby can:
• Sit unassisted
• Show stable head & neck control
• Use for very short, supervised sessions only
• Keep away from stairs, sharp edges & kitchens
• Choose walkers with broad base & safety locks
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🚫 Never use before:
• Baby can sit steadily without support
• Baby shows no signs of balance or leg control
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🌱 Better alternatives to walkers:
• Push toys / activity walkers: Help baby learn to walk naturally
• Encourage cruising along furniture
• Tummy time & floor play: Build natural strength & coordination
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👩⚕️ pediatricians recommend:
Avoid baby walkers completely. Let babies learn to walk through free floor movement — it’s safer & healthier.
