Baby walkers illegal in Canada!

I agree. I saw some nasty walker accidents happen right in front of parents' eyes when I was a kid. The wheels move fast, and it's quite possible for a child to get out of the harness and climb up on them, much faster than anyone would ever expect. It's human nature to look away or attend to a small task (even if it's for 2 seconds). Although some parents may hover and keep their eyes on their child every single second without getting distracted, I don't think it's true for the majority. You don't have to be a negligent parent for a walker accident to happen. Also, they're really only needed for a few weeks. An 11 month will be walking within a month or so anyway.

You mention using furniture, but if the point is that it's dangerous for babies to be let alone in walkers, by that same standard, wouldn't it be dangerous to let babies walk around furniture where they could fall and split their head open? I don't think the problem is with the device, it's with parents who don't keep a sharp eye on their children. Like in Albuquerque NM where I used to live, 3 and 4 year olds were playing in the streets with no one to watch them, I always tried to keep an eye out if I was outside but they weren't my kids.

I agree with working4theweekend. I think parent's should watch their children, not use something to "babysit" them. Both my kids used walker's, but, I would encourage them to follow me while I did house work. I would not leave them unattended.

I saw one at Babies R Us this summer (in Ohio). We bought one at a BRU store in 2001 but I sold it at a yard sale in 2004.

I have heard that many times too but my oldest daughter had no interest in walking until we got her a walker. All of a sudden she realized she could get around a lot quicker on two feet and would try walking without the walker. My son used it too but was walking by 10 1/2 months. My younger daughter also used it and was walking a few days after she turned 1. I can see it hurting a child learning to walk if they spend the entire day in it. Most people would do that. My kids would stay in it like 20 minutes. Maybe 30 minutes if they were really having fun but that was rare. I don't see how 20 minutes a couple times a day (or less) can hurt a child's walking. Again it has to do with the parents allowing the child to spend so much time in the walker they don't learn how to walk normally.

They sell them at Babies R Us and Toys R Us (at least they do around here). We got ours at Babies R Us in 2001 but last time we were there (this summer) they still had the same model for sale. It has a blue seat with teddy bears on it. My kids loved that thing. When my middle child was little the older kids used to push her all over the house. They loved it.

That's why you don't use them if you have open stair cases that a child could fall down or you put a gate up on the stairs. Anything could be dangerous. My kids could fall off the couch and break their necks--should I stop allowing them to sit on it? We could all choke on anything we are eating and die (almost happened to me when I was living alone--very scary) so do we stop eating? You just use common sense. Walkers are only as dangerous as you let them be.

Children should be kept out of the hands of neglectful parents. Taking things away from them does not increase safety for the children in such homes. They will simply find something else to hurt themselves with while their parents ignore them.

What you are refering to is the exersaucer.

I agree the excersaucers are quite expensive but so are the johnny jumpers, my mil priced one at toys r us and they were around $40, she paid $55 for a jump a roo or something like that, it has the same concept pretty much but it is on a frame somewhat like an infant swing frame, and has lights and toys for her to play with while shes in it, someone actually gave us a johnny jumper, their daughter was too big for it so its still brand new, and we bought our daughter an excersaucer for Christmas, she tends to like the excersaucer more than the johnny jumper or jump a roo, im not sure why

Yep. Kids can fall down the stairs even without a walker. The only thing that will stop all these accidents is if the parents actually watched their kids.

but sometimes it is a little dangerous. my niece who used a walker before had an accident with it. she was running so fast with it then she suddenly stop and almost thrown away from the walker. it was scary to see actually.