[blparent] walkers/ jumpers/ ????

[Brandy W]

Children shouldn't be in a walker for more than 20 minutes because if they
are it can make their hips grow wrong. The jumper has many names, but a
Johnny jumper, or doorway jumper are the most common names. The child's
knees should be slightly bent to give them something to push with, and their
aren't studies saying the jumpers are bad. They really are a lot of fun, and
there are studies showing that motion such as jumping and swinging help
develop babies brain.

Bran




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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of jan wright
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 1:00 AM
To: blparent
Subject: [blparent] walkers/ jumpers/ ????

Hi All,
I have not thought about walkers or jumpers (they hang from the door and
your lo sits in it and jumps) for years. I would not have bought such clunky
things, but again, my sister found one for me. I thought that I wouldn't use
it, but, I don't know. As my little one seems to like to jump lots, I am
tempted.
But, I have some questions first.
1. we have the jumping thing, not the walker, but are there any studies
saying that this jumping thing is not good for a child's feet, etc? And,
weren't there studies saying that a walker actually "didn't"
help a child walk better )? (just in case my mother finds one at a garage
sale).
2. Because my sister got this jumping thing from a friend, I don't have the
documentation. so, at what age should a child be using it?
Should your child's knees be at a 90degree angle when sitting? What are the
other cautions, instructions, etc?. I'd look it up myself, but I don't even
know what that jumping thing is called. It hangs from a door frame and has a
bunjy cord in cased in plastic and then the seat.
thanks for any help.
Jan

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