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Patient Education| 2021 Baby Walkers: What You Need to Know Connected Content Translation: Andadores para bebé: Lo que usted debe saber: (Baby Walkers: What You Need to Know) Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Baby Walkers: What You Need to Know. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/peo_document011 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Baby walkers send thousands of children to hospitals every year. Read about why they are not safe and what you can do. Roll down the stairs—which often causes broken bones and severe head injuries. This is how most children get hurt in baby walkers.Get burned—a child can reach higher in a walker. It is now easier for a child to pull a tablecloth off a table and spill hot coffee, grab pot handles off the stove, and reach radiators, fireplaces, or space heaters.Drown—a child can fall into a pool or bathtub while in a walker.Be poisoned—reaching high objects is easier in a walker. Most walker injuries happen while adults are watching. Parents or caregivers simply cannot respond quickly enough. A child in a walker can move more than 3 feet in 1 second! That is... Copyright © 20082008 American Academy of Pediatrics You do not currently have access to this content.
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