Researchers estimate more than half of all infants are placed in a baby walker at some point.
Yet, these devices can be dangerous. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says baby walkers cause more injuries to infants and small children than any other type of nursery product. In 1997, roughly 14,300 children 15 months and younger were treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries received while in a baby walker. Most injuries are caused when the infant falls down a flight of stairs. The fall can lead to cuts, brush burns, fractures, eye injury, or head injury.