In a study of twins, the child placed in a walker walked later than the sibling. Studies also demonstrated that babies in walkers may be delayed in crawling or sitting and often get tight heel and leg muscles from walking on their toes. I'm a good parent. I always watch my child. In fact, most walker injuries occur while at least one parent is home, and most of the parents are in the same room at the time of the injury.
Walkers give babies mobility before they or their parents are ready to handle the responsibility.
More than half of all baby walker falls down stairs are in homes with gates. Parents just don't remember to use the gate all of the time. Burns related to infant walkers are primarily scalds resulting from spills of hot liquids in the kitchen area. Children can reach higher when upright in a walker but do not yet have an understanding of danger. Neither the child nor parents are ready to cope with this artificially accelerated development.