Baby walkers illegal in Canada!  

i am shocked they're banned!!!Our son has something similar to a wlaker, iexcept instead of his feet on the ground, its on this plastic thingy.Maybe something like that would work??Our son loves it & hes getting better at holdng his weight. Good luck!!!!!

I actually agree that Walkers should be illegal. So many innocent children have been hurt due to their parents not paying attention. There are much better ways to encourage children to become mobile. Exersaucers and jump-ups are great, but they do not encourage the balance that is needed for walking and standing on their own. Place furniture (sofa, chairs, pills, coffee tables, etc...) closer together so your daughter can move around while holding onto something. She will get it. Frustration is actually a good thing, it shows that she wants to be motivating and it will give her the motivation to do so.

Man i couldnt imagine going without a walker for my child... Thats crazy... Well i dont think its right either... people let their kids crawl around on the floor and they fall down stairs.. why are they gonna do next...

My oldest had one of those. I don't think they should be illegal because a few parents can't keep up with their kids. We actually used ours outside, helped her get accustomed to playing outside. I did not want a child that wanted to stay in the house all the time. It worked she would rather be out there playing. I was looking at getting one of the exersaucer ones for my youngest, but I got one of the Johnny jumpers instead for the time being. Figure she will be crawling soon so she won't need anything like that for long. And they are quite expensive.

When our daughter was a baby she loved her walker. Our house had no steps, and there was no danger of her falling anywhere, even though I would have watched her or put up gates if there were. I can't imagine banning them from everyone because of the carelessness of a few. She got very strong in her walker and was walking on her own at 10 months. They are still legal and for sale here in the U.S. My daughter just bought one for her own baby.

I think that it is wrong to punish the parents who are responsible for irresponsible parents actions, I agree that a child could get hurt easier by crawling, they can crawl to the stairs and fall down. I mean, I can understand a parent turning their back for a second to use the restroom or soemthing, bu that's what the saftey gates are for, put them up at the top of the stair so the child can not fall down the stairs. My son absolutely loved his walker, and I would be very andgry if i went to buy my daughter one and could not, it is madness. You might can check at garage sales, or with friends who have older children, you might can find a good second hand walker for your daughter.

Thats kind of dumb. Walkers being illegal. My sister's used them for their kids. My sisters also used a little jumper thing for their kids, which hung in a door way or something. I live in US, so... I don't know if those things in Canada are... illegal either.

I actually agree that they should be banned. My daughter has one and she would never stay in it anyway, but she is constantly trying to crawl in and out of it. Also, if it was just a few parents that weren't watching their kids there wouldn't be a reason to ban them.

Blame stupid parents for that. Our daughter had one growing up too and was perfectly safe in it. However, because some parents let their kids play in them unsupervised by stairs there are groups that complain about how dangerous they are.

My eldest is 12 now, and even then they were illegal. I found one at a yard sale. the dumb thing is from what has happened i apparantly could have sued the person that sold it to me if I neglected him and he went down the stairs.
I always watched my son when he was in it, and he really needed the encouragement and mobility because he had problems at birth.

I don't think they should have been banned.

Just curiously, do other countries also have the rules about the maximum gap allowed between bars on a crib. My Aunt does foster care and they put another bar betwen every single bar on the crib that my cousin had used as a baby before she could use it for the foster baby. It looked so odd.