Dear all,
I am due to give a lecture to non medical people in March and I will be covering infant development for them. I know it has been our opinion that it is unwise to use baby walkers / baby bouncers and the like as it affects the hips, and can encourage strength without the propioception. Also, the usual thing that well meaning Grannies (and others)do in holding up the child and helping it to 'walk' whilst they take the strain - again this helps strength but delays propioception. I believe that this can actually delay normal walking, and cause problems when they do walk.
However, I am not totally confident of my 'facts' in this matter and would be very grateful of clarification as to what exactly is the problem with these things, and any references too would be much appreciated. Unfortunately, I am devoid of a decent medline type search and access to a medical library at present, so am relying more heavily on this mailbase. So sorry for the cheek of it, but many thanks in advance.
Andrew Tindall
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