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Originally Posted by sbaglio

Has anyone allowed their child to use a walker? I always used to advise my patients against it, due to the possibiliy of accidents, possible delay in proper walking and such, but we got one as a gift for DD this past weekend, and now I'm stuck. I have no problem packing it away permanently, but just wanted to find out your experiences.

Thanks!

I'm more worried about possible falls than delaying development. A friend of my is a pediatric dentist and she was called after an infant fell down the basement steps in his walker (someone left the basement door open). She had to pull all the baby teeth that were affected. Not too much later, my sister in law left my nephew in his walker on the deck. The deck is low to the ground with only one step. She turned her back for a second and he fell over the step and fell out of the seat.

On the other hand, my mother loves them. She watched my other nephew as an infant and he loved being able to get around while sitting up. He went all over in that thing and he was FAST. But..it was a ranch home with no stairs.

I don't think they're worth the risk, though.


Edited because I just saw Leigh's post: I'm glad your grandpa was their to catch you!! Holy cow! That must have scared the cr*p out of him!