Fisher Price Rock n Play Sleeper

[Blackcat31]

But what is first?

Smartphones

[Jo123ABC]

I also like the rock n play for lunch time but not for sleeping! I also always buckled it though too.

As for jumperoos... I don't think they cause motor delays. Both of my own kids LOVED them and they were both preemies who started walking at 10mo. I think it's all about how you use the stuff. People who depend on them to entertain or quiet their children are more of a problem than the toys/devices themselves. I don't see a problem with those who use them in moderation and with common sense.

[Blackcat31]

I also like the rock n play for lunch time but not for sleeping! I also always buckled it though too.

As for jumperoos... I don't think they cause motor delays. Both of my own kids LOVED them and they were both preemies who started walking at 10mo. I think it's all about how you use the stuff. People who depend on them to entertain or quiet their children are more of a problem than the toys/devices themselves. I don't see a problem with those who use them in moderation and with common sense.

Jumpers:

Those that suspend from a door frame pose dangers including head trauma, strangulation and whiplash.

All versions encourage standing on the tiptoes, which is not good for baby's feet, and excess jumping puts unnecessary stress on an infant's legs, hips and spines.

[Blackcat31]

I love bumbos. They give babies another perspective and make awesome highchairs for wiggly skinny twins LOLOL.

Motor skills can be inhibited when babies are placed in a chair before they are developmentally ready to sit and support the weight of their upper body.

Too many people putting their kids on the counter or the table too....

Something as simply as a Bumboo seat is dangerous but sadly not because of the equipment itself but because of the users.

[LostMyMarbles]

My helpers just had to take the sleep safe course. In it, the Fisher-Price rock and play was specifically named as a do not use item for sleep.

[Jupadia]

I loved my swing for my kids, it's a bit more old style looking with deep seat and tray, and full 5 point harness. I will admit my first did become addicted to falling asleep in it. I put him in there after feeding and let it rock him to sleep while I pumped. But he got big fast and I had to break him of the habit. My seconed enjoyed it but only used it some made sure not to make same mistake.

My first had access to a jolly jumper on frame but I found it to much hassle for the time he used it. So I sold it and the seconed got a jumparoo, that he liked. Best part was it folded so it was easy to take in and out of room and store. Took me forever to find one that did this.

Also had a bouncy seat for seconed that was used when we went out. Either as a spot to eat or at beach or such places. It also folded so made for easy transport. Was never slept in.

As for walkers they are banned in Canada 100%, its illegal for someone to even buy one and cross the border with it.

I dont use any baby equipment except pack n play and highchair for daycare kids, but I dont get them under 1 year. If I do they are close to 1 I'd be breaking them of it right away.

When I worked in center years ago we used car seats for some kids to fall asleep and nap in all the time. Looking back now at what I know I'm so glad we never had an issue.

[jenboo]

my insides are cringing as I just purchased a swing for my 5 week old. I am anti baby containers... I hate baby containers... then I met colic.
I was only able to take 3 weeks off from work. I am currently doing part time childcare and a part time to full time online job. I get a lot of work done during the day while he naps and is happy. The evening is the only time I can get anything done around the house and happens to be right when the unsoothable crying starts. It lasts 5 hours on average. My husband helps as much as he can but he works two jobs as well. I really just want to clean the kitchen and bathrooms. :: I guess we will find out tonight how it goes.
I feel like such a traitor ::

[Leigh]

Providers here are talking about it, and they feel like it must have not been used properly. They are saying that the straps would prevent a baby from rolling over.

Thoughts?

They won't prevent rolling over. If it had a 5 pt harness, maybe, but kids should NEVER sleep in one!

[Leigh]

Infant equipment (any of it) is the second worst thing ever invented.

Battery operated swings
Vibrating chairs
Bouncy seats
Bumbo chairs
Jump-a-roos
Rock N Play

What's the point of any of them anyways?
To occupy a baby so the parent doesn't have to?
So the baby isn't left to figure out how to occupy themselves? *gasp*

What's wrong with the good old floor when not in an adult caregiver's arms?

I felt this way about jump-a-roos and other "containment" devices, but one of my kids' physical therapists had ordered me to put him in the jumparoo and leave him there as much of the day as he would tolerate (he had CP and wouldn't hold his head up even at 16 months-because he was a micro-preemie, he was about the size of a 4 month old at this age). I got a jumparoo and put him in it and it really did help him with physical development. He was a kid who was never supposed to even crawl, and he started walking recently at 3.5 years old! The PT told me that there was a time and place for everything.

His other therapists (early learning specialist, speech therapist, and one more who I can't remember) would bring ipads and use those during therapy. When I asked about using screens at that age, they insisted that it was the norm and that it was helpful. All those therapists really helped me stop seeing black and white.

I have a Bumbo-I use it for feeding infants their purees. I like keeping infants on the floor as much as possible because I feel that it helps physical development, but also because I think it helps them feel more confident in being on their own level. I do almost everything on the floor with infants. I use the Bumbo just to keep them from wandering away during a feeding, because before I started using it and would have an infant just sit on the floor, they would constantly wander off as soon as they could crawl.

[Mom2Two]

I felt this way about jump-a-roos and other "containment" devices, but one of my kids' physical therapists had ordered me to put him in the jumparoo and leave him there as much of the day as he would tolerate (he had CP and wouldn't hold his head up even at 16 months-because he was a micro-preemie, he was about the size of a 4 month old at this age). I got a jumparoo and put him in it and it really did help him with physical development. He was a kid who was never supposed to even crawl, and he started walking recently at 3.5 years old! The PT told me that there was a time and place for everything.

His other therapists (early learning specialist, speech therapist, and one more who I can't remember) would bring ipads and use those during therapy. When I asked about using screens at that age, they insisted that it was the norm and that it was helpful. All those therapists really helped me stop seeing black and white.

I have a Bumbo-I use it for feeding infants their purees. I like keeping infants on the floor as much as possible because I feel that it helps physical development, but also because I think it helps them feel more confident in being on their own level. I do almost everything on the floor with infants. I use the Bumbo just to keep them from wandering away during a feeding, because before I started using it and would have an infant just sit on the floor, they would constantly wander off as soon as they could crawl.

Yep, this has been my life too. I feel like we've had to do so much for DD that has been the opposite of normal advice. Even at her last assessment, when I asked the school district psych for advice in making progress with social skills, she surprised me by recommending the show We Bare Bears and having DD watch the facial expressions.

And as a bonus, it's a hilarious show. ::

[tlemother]

You left the flight-of-stairs descension device, er, sorry, the baby walker, off the list. At least that one's a distant memory in the US.

Umm..both my kids had walkers. My 12 year old and my 21 month old. You could still buy them in BRUS when they were open. Amazon still sells them in US.

[Pestle]

Umm..both my kids had walkers. My 12 year old and my 21 month old. You could still buy them in BRUS when they were open. Amazon still sells them in US.

Hm. I must be thinking I'm in Canada or something. :: Fortunately, word of mouth must have worked here, because I don't know anybody who used or asked for one. I think they're still popular in the Middle East and other regions of the world.

[Jupadia]

In Canada where the walkers have been banned, you think parents would get it that it's not safe. But I know of a few people who have smuggled one over the boarder just to have one and many others who wish they could get one. I cant understand the need to smuggle a device that has proved to be unsafe and then banned, just so you have some container to put your kid in. There are still plenty of legal options for parents.

[LittleExplorers]

I cringe when mom's list them as a must have item for new mom's. I read the deaths have been due to misuse, keeping baby in them beyond the age/weight/developmental stage they are meant for. Regardless, they should do away with them and anything like them in my opinion.

[Pestle]

In Canada where the walkers have been banned, you think parents would get it that it's not safe. But I know of a few people who have smuggled one over the boarder just to have one and many others who wish they could get one. I cant understand the need to smuggle a device that has proved to be unsafe and then banned, just so you have some container to put your kid in. There are still plenty of legal options for parents.

Here's how somebody phrased their question on Quora:
I read that babies should play on the floor in the kitchen instead of in a walker, but is it safe to let her sit on the tile, since she could fall and hurt her head while I'm busy?


So what I see in that question is:
Cluelessness. The parent isn't thinking about the fact that a fall from a contraption that an adult uses to keep a child out of their way (positioning seat, walker, swing, high chair) will be more severe than a fall from the floor onto the floor.

Inflexibility. The parent is not willing to adjust their home environment to make it accommodating to the child. A gated-off space in the kitchen, or an adjacent child-safe space, needs to be created if the parent is going to do housework in the kitchen while also caring for the child. It's the child's house, too. Learn to share!

An unspoken belief that doodads and contraptions are better than no doodads and contraptions. In the early 20th century, people who didn't know much about science were easily persuaded that removing warm grubby humanity and replacing it with stuff from labs was the only way to parent. Now parents assume shiny glass touchscreens are the solution to all their challenges. We tend to worship things that seem smarter than us, and we don't do real research; we just do what that well-dressed, well-rested mom on YouTube does.