Akuvikate wrote:
On Jun 14, 12:48 pm, cjra wrote:

My mom's been offering to buy a jumperoo (or similar) for DD's
birthday because she's concerned about DD's lack of interest in
walking/standing (she has the strength, just won't put her feet down).

Tell her pediatricians and pediatric physical therapists advise
against it. If a child has developmental issues it's more important
to avoid sling seats (walker, jumper, exersaucer) than for the typical
child. It sounds like your daughter has mild developmental issues at
most, which means that the jumper would probably be somewhere between
irrelevant to slightly harmful. These types of seats strengthen
muscles in the wrong order and so babies can develop habits that are
counterproductive to motor development.

A little time in any of those things (except the walker) is rarely
going to be a big deal either way, but if your mom is concerned about
helping her motor development, it's the wrong way to go. Better to
keep seeing the developmentalist and follow her recommendations.

What Kate said.

Pillbug is autistic and did not walk until 2yo.
ALL of our therapists (infant educator, occupational
therapist, everyone) said to avoid walkers and
jumperoos. They twist the hips outward and the
walkers are quite dangerous and, for a typical
child, may not hurt but does not help.

You can put her in the swing in the park; that
will help her strengthen her abdominals (core
strength) and can help her balance and walk.
Otherwise, let her figure it out. She *will*
walk.

-- Anita --