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Jumperoo question

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WhoahThere · 24/05/2011 07:53

Morning all. Putting aside the fact that a) I swore before dd was born that I would never resort to using devices like the Jumperoo and b) it is the ugliest thing I have ever seen, my question is, is it actually bad for dd? Have read something about hips and tip toe walking.....

She only goes in it for 10-15 mins at a time and loves it - and it has saved my sanity by giving me another element to help with the constant baby amusement...

All wisdom appreciated.

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hels71 · 24/05/2011 08:16

We had a jumperoo for my DD and she adored it..and it was a godsend! again she was only in for a little bit at a time. She never had any walking issues..and in fact never did tiptoe walking until she started ballet......

Snarfle · 24/05/2011 08:35

How old do they have to be before they can use this?

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WhoahThere · 24/05/2011 09:47

Have to be able to hold their head up. DD is 4 months but tiny so can't reach the floor - have had to put the Encyclopedia of Gardening on the floor so she can bounce.

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AKMD · 24/05/2011 12:22

DS had one when he was 4 months-ish and loved it. There was lots of hysterical giggling as he tried and failed to run away in it. He started walking at 11 months and never had a problem with tip-toe walking or his hips. He didn't go in it for more than 10-15 minutes at a time and it was fantastic attached to the bathroom doorway while I had a shower.

monkoray · 24/05/2011 22:45

Have to confess my ds used to spend ages in his jumperoo. He learnt to walk at 12 months and has had no problems with hips or tip toes. Now he runs every where (19 months).
I had also heard people talk about tiptoe walking but I thought it was related to the saucer walkers rather than jumpy things?

piprabbit · 24/05/2011 22:47

The only downside we experienced was DS continuing to do vigorous bouncing when not in the Jumperoo. He built up some might leg muscles and would stand (held under the arms) on my lap and bounce until my arms gave out.

KnittingRocks · 24/05/2011 22:48

I think it's baby walkers rather than Jumperoos that are the problem. Baby walkers can also be hideously dangerous cos kids can suddenly reach things (or fall down things) that they couldn't when just rolling/crawling.

Baby locally fell down the stairs in a walker cos his stupid mother let him use it upstairs .

Wouldn't give house space to one myself, but whatever floats your boat!

piprabbit · 24/05/2011 22:51

Mighty - not might....sorry

BertieBotts · 24/05/2011 22:52

If only for short periods then it shouldn't be a problem at all. It doesn't encourage a bad walking position, because they aren't using it to walk if that makes sense? I can see a case for it being bad for the hips if used for long periods though.

DS had to stand on a couple of yellow pages to reach the floor at first too :) And yes! Piprabbit he used to do that too, I'd forgotten. As soon as his feet felt the ground he'd be bouncing away. But as soon as he could weight bear alone (cruising etc) he didn't do the bouncing thing then. It didn't seem to affect his walking at all.

nailak · 24/05/2011 23:20

pip my ds is like that, always jumpin, even thouh he no loner uses jumperoo at 9mnths!!

he is cruisin and walkin with the push alon walker, not on tiptoes

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