The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 2018 also pushed for a ban, stating that walkers do not help babies learn to walk and in fact can delay normal motor and mental development. "One thing that's really not well understood by the public in general is just how fast infants can tr...
There is indeed someevidencesupporting this. For example, a study conducted in Ireland and published in theBMJin 2002 compared the age at which 102 infants who used baby walkers and 88 infants who did not use baby walkers achieved certain locomotor milestones. They found that babies who used ...