Alternative to jumperoo or baby walker?

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My 8 month old boy is very tall for his age and doesnt fit the jumperoo or the baby walker (the sit in ones)

He cant crawl yet, other than going backwards, but that makes him angry, and he cant walk.

I have loved spending my maternity leave taking him to groups and playing with his toys with him on the floor, but nothing seems to make him happy anymore.

DP just came home and sent me straight upstairs to have a bath as he could see I was exhausted from it, but I am up here and just hear baby making his angry noises.

I was hoping the baby walker would be the thing that would help as he wants to be moving but cant, and I sat there this afternoon having put it together to see he doesnt fit in it and I cant think of anything else I can do.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Would a small ball pit be worth it?

We have a small ball pit and my son loves it.
If your son can crawl backwards he’s probably not far off crawling forwards. I suggest you get down on the floor with him, crawl and roll around with him, encourage him to reach and move to get his favourite toys. He will crawl in no time.
My son still isn’t crawling but he’s mastered the speedy bum shuffle and he’s very happy playing when he can move around.

Thank you! I will keep trying that.

I'm feeling so stuck as I can't seem to keep him happy enough to allow me to shower anymore.
It wasn't like this even when he was only a month or two old.

Sorry if it's obvious but have you tried putting the jumperoo to the higher setting?

Does he cruise - maybe he would like a push along walker?

Something like one of those sit-to-stand sets which is like the opposite of a jumperoo (toys on central "core", baby walks/crawls around) - possibly contained in a playpen.

Shower when he naps perhaps.

It is a frustrating phase - hopefully it won't last long and he'll be onto his next leap in development.

If you have stairs see if he wants to climb them. Obviously with you right there but it may be the thing that teaches him how to do the forward crawling action.

Do you have a separate bath and shower? If so could you put him in the (empty) bath with some toys while you shower?

I have dangerous 70's open tread bare wood stairs. I don't think e could manage that yet.

He isn't doing much cruising.
Will take a few steps if you are holding him.
He does want to be standing all the time.

Normally I shower when he's napping (or don't and wait until dp gets home), but days where I'm going out at a set time I struggle.

He has a brio push along walker trolley but it's too fast for him to use without falling on his front yet.

Maybe an activity cube thing is the answer.

I've also been looking into those happy hopperz this morning thinking that might do the trick as he loves bouncing whenever he is sat down.
They have such mixed reviews though.

He loved the baby Bjorn bouncer we used since he was born but he is too big for that now.

The jumperoo and baby sit in walkers are both on highest setting (he is also over the max weight they suggest for them)
We didn't even buy a jumperoo, so he's not had one to miss out on, just tried out a friends to see if it would help, when that was too small for him I thought a walker would do the trick.

Today I put him in his cot so he was safe for me to go to the loo and I came back to him screaming so much as he had his arm through the bars.
He obviously doesn't do that when he's sleepy and going down but it's another place that's not safe for me to leave him now.

No separate bath unfortunately.

It's not a big deal the showering as I'm not a smelly person and don't mind if I have to wait until evenings.

It's not forever after all.

I just feel like he's so unhappy right now.

He used to be such a happy baby and so content when he was with his toys.

I wonder how much those door bouncers can be adjusted? Although perhaps they require supervision, I'm not sure.

I do remember this phase but it abates when they get a bit more mobile.

Activity cubes soon get boring ime.

For what it’s worth, door bouncers, walkers and the like are not really recommended by paediatricians and physiotherapists.

Ball pit is good and you can hide other things in it find.

Boxes that he is able to open to find what’s inside.

My DD liked sitting in the high chair with objects on her tray, does mean you are constantly picking them up though! She seemed to love plastic utensils, far more interesting than actual toys

Tbh I think all babies go through this frustrated phase while they are trying to make the next developmental leap to get mobile.

Door bouncer?

My friend's little girl was utterly obsessed with this, much to her MIL's horror! It's the most plastic thing ever but she was mesmerised by it even before she could walk, and this is a baby who doesn't really pay much attention to toys.

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