My SD Moms At first glance, baby walkers may seem like a grand idea: long before a baby is even steady on his own feet, walkers enable him to zoom around with ease!
And therein lies the problem — increasing their locomotive abilities means babies can get themselves in a whole lot of trouble.
Think it’s worth the trouble just so baby can zoom around? Think again.
“Walkers are very dangerous and should not be used,” says Bridget Boyd, MD, a pediatric safety expert and director of the newborn nursery at Loyola University Health System. “There are multiple safety concerns that range from falling down stairs to knocking over objects that could result in injury.”
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