To buy a new one...?

[curiousgeorgie]

I just got my baby's walker out of my parents loft after 18 months.. It cost about £80, one of those car ones.

It's very very dirty and covered in mould.

My DH thinks we can just sponge in down for DD2... I think, buy a new one!! It looks like crap.

He said, the whole plus of having a DD2 is that we don't have to buy all this big stuff again and if I really can't use it, I can't have one.

I need one. I don't want one covered in mould. AIBU??!

Yes I'd buy a new one

You'll probably get loads of 'YABU to use a baby walker' on this thread

But I found them a godsend for my 3 kids.

Well, my DD1 never walked in it as she has hypermobility, but loved standing in it when she could.

DD2 is the moodiest baby in the entire world and needs to stand 24/7!! I need it

Buy a second hand non mouldy one.
Even better see if a friend has one they'll let you have or borrow for free.

Then DH can't moan.

(BTW Worra is right - I wouldn't use a baby walker.... )

Neither would I... Before I had a baby that could only stand and needed something to stand in

I would buy a new one rather than use a mouldy one. They're not that expensive. Mould can be more harmful to babies than it can to us.

However I agree - I had a very stand-y baby, we had a jumperoo and one of those little trolley things they can push along and hold onto. I just didn't like the idea of a walker - gives them too much access to stuff!

Well, she's getting a jumperoo for Christmas from my parents and is too little for a trolley walker.

The car walkers, especially on carpet, don't move, at all. And you can lock them. They can be like a very hard to bounce bouncer.

Sorry curious,and I know that's not the point of the thread.

I just couldn't resist in response to Worra!

No problem

(BTW Worra is right - I wouldn't use a baby walker.... )

Well to be fair you'd look a bit bloody silly in one

What about your DH seeing how clean he can get it before you decide?

I think most mould would stain anyway, not something you want near your lovely new baby in their gorgeous white babygrow/vest.

It's be fun though...

You could try a mould remover and give it a thorough rinse and clean. I had the same issue with mine and it came up like new. If that doesn't work buy a new one...

Hydrogen peroxide (30 vol) from the chemist is really good for mould removal.

Could she have the jumperoo from your parents early? I wouldn't bother with two things and both mine loved the jumperoo. Seems silly to buy something else or go without for a month for the sake of receiving a gift on Christmas Day when she needs it now and is too young to know...

Try and clean it, if it's no good either wait for the jumperoo or see if you can get one second hand.

You've nothing to lose by attempting a clean.

I would forget the walker if she is having a jumperoo, she will end uo probably only using one or the other.

I would remove the material pieces (can be difficult but generally possible), soak them in a vanish solution then put in washing machine with a a bit of bleach to kill mould spores. Plastic shell gets put in Bath to be showered and sprayed with bleach solution and scrubbed.
I honestly think it will be fine.
I'd at least try to salvage it before wasting £80 and sticking something else in landfill

Ds hated his jumperoo. loved his baby walker. I'd try and clean it. If it's a lost cause a new one.

Suggest that DH gives it a thorough clean then decide - it may actually be fine - if not you haven't lost anything.

Yanbu to want a new one but give your dh a hence to clean it up first.
P.s. what's wrong with baby walkers?

*chance

Clean it. I've recently demoulded a couple of buggies and a car seat and they came up beautifully. .

Baby walkers that the baby pushes or sits on (like ride on) are fine but I think some concerns about baby walkers that the baby sits inside.