Walkers - for and against

Parents are always waiting with trembling for the first steps of the baby, this moment seems like a kind of frontier, saying that the child has matured. In order to bring this significant event closer, moms lead the baby for hours, supporting the pens, or simplify their task by buying baby walkers. But the question of whether a baby walker needs a baby has been open for a long time: doctors have the same opinion, mothers have different, the producers of children's goods have a third opinion. So that you can form your point of view, let's consider in more detail the theme: walkers - "for" and "against."

Arguments for the Walker

To begin with we will consider, why go-kittens are necessary, and we will list the positive aspects of the invention:

1. Even the most caring mother gets tired from time to time, the walkers give the chance to free their hands for a while and rest or to do the necessary things.
2. The child wants to be in an upright position to see the world around, walkers satisfy this need.
3. Also in the walker the child can be very active, which is extremely important for him.
4. In some ways, walkers can protect the baby, the frame serves as a stop, not allowing the baby to reach dangerous objects.

Arguments against the Walker

Unfortunately, analyzing whether the walkers are doing harm or good, the arguments "against" are much greater:

1. The use of walkers leads to an excessive load on the infant spine and the entire musculoskeletal system, as a result of which the deformation may be a consequence.
2. Walkers can provoke a later onset of independent walking, since the child should not just learn how to walk, but learn to walk without support.
3. The next thing that the walkers do is a violation of the development of the functions of the cerebellum. The child, with unnatural walking with a support, does not learn to maintain balance, thereby the cerebellum inferiorly coordinates the movements.
4. The above argument in favor of the walker to ensure the safety of the baby has the other side as well - the walkers can roll over and inflict injuries on the child.
5. Ironically, while the child is learning to walk, he must learn to fall. At a small age, while falling is less dangerous, it is important to learn how to group, but in the walker these skills can not be obtained.

All of the above refers to the physiological aspects, but psychologists believe that the question of whether it is harmful to offer baby walkers is worth considering from the point of view of personality formation:

1. For a full-fledged mental development of the child, it is important to go through the stage of crawling, when interhemispheric connections of the brain are established. If this stage is short-term or nonexistent, in the long term the child is facing problems with the perception of information and training.
2. For the harmonious development of the child, the movements must be very diverse, the monotony of the movements in the walkers affects, among other things, mental development.
3. When a child crawls to a bright toy with efforts, he learns to achieve the set goal, in go-carts it is much easier to reach the goal, because of which the psychological aspects of the formation of personality are violated.

Tips for using a walker

Of course, not all parents have the opportunity to completely abandon the walkers. Despite all the disadvantages, their advantages can not be overestimated. In this case, orthopedists recommend observing the rules that minimize harm. First, diseases of the musculo- motor apparatus, rickets , muscle tone - this is a contraindication to moving in a walker. Secondly, it is necessary to understand from what age to use baby walkers. It is impossible to name the exact date, you need to orient yourself around the child. You can start only if the growing up baby is already confidently standing on the legs, holding on to the crib, and sits without support. Thirdly, the time spent in the walker should be limited to 15-30 minutes at a time and not exceed 1 hour per day. Fourth, you need to choose the right walker, in which you can adjust the height of the seat. This is necessary for the child to push off the floor with the whole foot, and not walk on the socks.