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Which age is suitable for a child to walk with the help of baby walkers?

My son is 8 months old.He try to stand up by holding things.Should I buy baby walker for him.Is it safe for him in his age? Among of all baby walkers which baby walker is good fisher-price walker or funskool walker.I bought a baby walker for my child, which has 8 wheels making it easy for the babies to move around.but now these comes with only 2 wheels in front.Anybody know what is the reason behind it?

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Aristo Bhupal | Aug 16 2011

No! Baby walkers are simply not recommended for babies at such small age. For your knowledge Canada has banned the sale of baby walkers, and the American Academy of Pediatrics supports a similar ban in the United States. Using baby walkers is sometime uncomfortable for baby and the baby could easily topple down the stairs or may reach a hot stove. Its simply not a good idea to use bouncers and elliptical seats because they simply don't aid the baby to walk any faster. The Best way to aid this process is instead of using a baby walker to often you may help her practice rolling on the ground which will work definitely faster than any walker support. You can use a toy to encourage him walk the way he could or even like to. He'll develop much control over himself in this manner. In my opinion, Fischer price is a better option then fun skool activity walker. For more details on how to chose the correct walker i would request you to download this useful guide at the given link address which will surely be of great help to you in chosing the right babywalker. http://.www.freetobe.ca/resources/pdf/ChoosingaWalker.pdf