Recent UK data suggests that more accidents and injuries happen in a baby walker than any other form of baby equipment.

The majority of injuries are caused by falls when the Baby Walker itself tips up resulting in your infant being thrown out onto hard floors, sharp corners of furniture, hot radiators or ovens and even downstairs.

A Baby Walker can also give your little one easier access to potentially dangerous household items that you previously knew were safely out of their reach such as hot drinks, burning candles, pans on the stove as well as bottles of liquid that could contain harmful substances like perfume.

As of April 2007 Canada has become the latest Country to ban the sale of Baby Walkers. 

Consider this - putting your baby in a Baby Walker has been compared to giving your teenager a Ferrari - a highly dangerous risk!!!

 Many parents wrongly believe that once their child is placed in their Baby Walker he is safe and can even be left briefly for short periods of time. In reality it is a fact that extra vigilance is required. Your baby can achieve speed quickly covering distance of over a metre in less than a second with a single 'ZOOOOOOOM' and however alert you are they are then more likely to reach that hot cup of tea before you reach them.

It has been proven that a Baby Walker DOES NOT help your baby to walk and there have been recent concerns as it is now known that using one can actually delay their development.

A recent study has shown that babies who have used a Baby Walker regularly take their first steps much later - on average more than 3 months after those who have never used one. This is believed to be partly due to the fact that a Baby Walker gives your little one a feeling of 'weightlessness'. As a result their legs strengthen alot slower and so are unable to support their bodyweight whereas babies who have never used a Baby Walker begin to pull themselves up to standing positions earlier thus strengthening the muscles preparing them much sooner for those all important first steps. 

All babies are different and need time to develop at their own pace. Allow your child time to enjoy the various milestones such as rolling on the floor, sitting and crawling. By playing on the floor in this way your baby is exercising and strengthening their muscles naturally to prepare themselves for those first steps once their legs are strong enough to support their own body weight.

If you are considering buying a Baby Walker for your infant or even as a gift for a friend or relative it may be best to think of a safer alternative.

It is true that all things in life pose a certain amount of risk, but the question is do you really want to subject your precious, innocent baby to an activity that poses INCREASED risks even though you are well aware of the dangers? 

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