Does anyone have experiences with this baby walker?
At this point I wondering whether I should bring it back to Manor.
My 6 months old daughter is already using anything she finds to support her stand up. She falls many times because she loses balance and comes that scary head bump. The head bumps were driving me crazy so I went out and bought a "Chicco Spa@e" baby walker at Manor but then I was shocked to see all the counter-indications online: dangers of injury, apparent delay of motor and cognitive development and even banned from some countries like Canada ...
In my experience, practice leads to refinement, and once they have refined the movement, they won't fall any more.
Using a walker can delay rather than enhance this process....and that's aside from the risks of the walker itself in causing an injury if they tip it over.
I also bought a Chicco DJ walker for my then 8 months old daughter, and my husband and everyone told me how dangerous it was and how we should always monitor her very closely when we put her in it. So I barely used it and she really only had fun with it when she already was very close to walking on her own through climbing in and out of it. It was really a bad investment all in all. My daughter really had more fun learning to walk with toys like pushing wagons like this one from Vtech or Pintoy below. Maybe you could give these a shot? But it doesn't come without dangers too, because my daughter sometimes put too much weight on the handles and fell backwards.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/VTech-First-...664884&sr=1-16
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pintoy-Baby-...0664906&sr=1-3
If you are really worried, you could also you buy a rubber mat flooring to cushion her falls. Good luck with your daughter !
of all the fab things to aid walking we bought, my short one decided to push one of these around at a high rate of knots:
Only once was the stool able to stop and surprise my kid....who kept going....over the top
Don't leave your kid in the thing all day every day and she'll be fine.
If you are using a wagon type toy, you can put a heavy book in it, wrapped in a pillowcase, to stop it from tipping so easily. It needs to be stable enough that they can pull up safely on it...the pillowcase is so that they don't tear the book to pieces (a phone book or two is excellent but the black ink is not 'edible' in the paper)...
I would take it back if you still can....
There are indeed several issues with walkers and most physiotherapist will tell you to avoid them.
A big box is a great thing to push around and provides the right friction. You can change the box to fit her height and as she goes from her knees to her legs.
You can also buy a cart to push, but it has to be a really proper one, not one that tips over. We had the Haba one bought second hand as it is really stable. We put some cord on the wheel to brake it a little to start with and then gradually let it looser.
The cart ti push can be used longer, also outside etc etc
The walker is soon obsolete and then you have this big plastic thing in your living room