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Independent walking – one of the most important skills, which the child will take possession of when he is one year old. Parents wishing to accelerate the process of mastering this skill, as well as to remove part of the concerns with their own shoulders, acquire special devices for children called walkers.

Baby walkers represent a structure with a seat and wheels. A child placed in a walker can speed up to 10 km/h. For the kid who studied world sitting on a chair or on hand of a mother, such freedom of movement is a storm of joy and delight. In a few days baby realizes that can move in all directions and around the flat.

In the arsenal of children’s goods walker appeared relatively later and divergent views on their usefulness or harmfulness has not yet emerged. Many myths and contradictions are related to using the walker.

Misconceptions

First there is a common misconception that walker is a simulator that will allow your child quickly develop the skills of self away.

In fact, it is not true. Walker is more fun for kids than a simulator. In order to move from the device, the children bend forward, repel force with their feet and move the walker. It is not contributing to posture and the muscles of the spine is not weight properly, as with self-walking. Many children begin to walk independently at a later date due to the fact that they do not keep balance, and bend forward.

The second misconception is that it is safe in a walker. The walker has no weight and easily moves. Wheels move easily, without braking, and the kid did not immediately begin to understand that he needs to stop own his own. Often, babies run and hit angles of tables and chairs. The most terrible and dangerous to the life of a baby is when the baby falls from ladders in the walker. Kids cannot get out of the walker and turns with them, serious injuries and the effects cannot be avoided.

Advantages of the walker

The most important thing that walkers do for the child is keeping him in a vertical position. This is an opportunity to sense freedom of movement and look at the world from a different level.

A child in the walker starts to perceive the surrounding world quite differently. Walker is an excellent way to divert attention from the baby’s mother for half an hour or an hour a day.

When should walkers be used

To avoid problems with the physical condition of baby a walker can be applied as soon as your child’s began to sit, stand on his feet and creep confidently.

Do not apply a walker if a child has rickets, deformed limbs or broken tone in the limbs. When buying a baby walker, pay attention to the material of the seat to be strong and dense.