Baby Walking Chair

I do not recommend the use of a baby walking chair, despite the fact the babies often enjoy using one ...

The best position for your baby is to be placed on the floor. Lying on the tummy, rolling from side to side, gambolling etc. allows the baby to strenghten the muscles of the back and the neck, and you can rest assured that your baby will pull himself to a standing position and start to walk when he is ready. When placed on the tummy the baby will learn to crawl, and crawling and cross-crawl pattern are extremely important, as the two cerebral hemispheres will work together which is very important for the baby's further development and his learning capacity.

As babies usually are very fond of the walking chair you may risk that your baby will only stay in the walking chair and looses the interest for playing on the floor. The use of a walking chair may also affect your baby's sensory development, as the chair will absorb a possible bump and the baby will not learn how it feels when he falls, bumps into furniture etc.

I would also like to mention that frequent use of a walking chair make several babies walk on their tiptoes, as it is often difficult to reach the floor with a flat foot. This is very unfortunate as babies have to stand on flat feet in order to learn to walk properly.

I would recommend that you use a pushcart instead, once your baby has become old and strong enough to move around, as the pushcart allows the baby to push it forward, when practising to walk.

I hope this is helpful and I wish you and your family the best of luck: