recommendations for a walker?

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Can anyone recommend a good walker for a 9 month old?!
Thanks

I had a good one from boots - just a simple one and it had fabric round it with nursery rhymes on - not sure if they still do it but it was quite cheap. Not sure where that's gone actually!

The other one I've got is a traditional wooden toddle truck with metal handle and wooden bricks in it - has been fine too and the kids still play with it and put other things in pretending it's a shopping trolley. Or even better, they put each other in it and do rides!! It was about £35 from John Lewis last year.

Do you mean a push along walker? If so, we had a wooden brick trolley from ELC (think Galt make one too) which was quite sturdy and both mine have used from that age. Also for dd we were given a Fisher Price folding one with activity bit on the front which flapped down to forma seat to carry a doll or teddy, in stroller style.

The plastic Tomy one was very good. It was very stable, and reasonable low for a little toddler. DD used hers from about 7 months. It was one of the best for stability that we looked at.

We had a wooden trolley with bricks (still have somewhere) that was great for when she was a bit older.

I mean the sort where they can whiz around on thier feet without actually being able to walk or even hold onto a bar or anything....

just a point about walkers....they are no good for teaching a baby to walk- the muscles you use in a "walker" are different to those you use when actually doing it yourself, and you just can't walk until your brain is ready. If you must get one to put your baby in to keep him/ her upright, get a static one that doesn't move. Babies can travel really fast in them, and get to places you didn't think they could reach, while your back is turned, and reach things you thought were out of reach. Many babies have fallen downstairs from a "walker" when their parents' backs were turned "for a minute". I believe that the manufacturers aren't actually allowed to call them "walkers" any more for these reasons, they're called "activity centres" or something similar.

We just got a vtech push along walker for dd, but she is 1. But its great, it has an activity centre that you can take off and use on its own and its very sturdy. So far she loves it.

dont get a walker - they are not a good idea for babies physical development. the ones that are static are great activity centres for babies that love being upright.

walker are fine for children as long as the child has no developent delays / problems with there legs.

children should be put in them for no longer than 20mins at a time.....

(info taken from a physio & specialist who cares for children with problems with there legs etc)

we brought this one \link{http://www.mothercare.com/invt/ll5088&bklist=icat,5,shop,shotoysgifts,toybaby,babexercisers}mothercare do this one with a removalbe play table. dd only used it twice as she does have problems with her legs and was advied againist it.

But i'm pretty sure you know all the basics anyway

have fun shopping.

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We had a static one (I was worried about trapped legs if she was allowed to scoot around!) and it had toys all round the outside and the feet could be adjusted to rock or static. She could spin in her seat and could stretch her legs by pushing down on the base. It was brilliant - she enjoyed it for ages and my nephew has loved it too - well worth every penny.

dangers of baby walkers

physios want them banned, too

I would have thought that 9 months was a little late to start using one anyway, you'll be lucky to get more than a few months use out of it. At that age mine preferred crawling and cruising freely rather than sitting still, or is that just my kids !

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