Anas masih belum berjalan sebab tak guna walker?

Betul ke Anas masih belum berjalan sebab tak guna walker?

Bagi Ummi, Anas masih belum berjalan sbb Anas belum bersedia nak berjalan. Tempurung lutut Anas belum terbentuk elok lagi, belum keras lagi untuk Anas boleh berjalan...

Satu hari nanti Anas pasti akan boleh berjalan jugak... Cepat atau lambat bukan persoalan... Setiap anak tu berbeza2...

Dan Ummi percaya, baby ni nak belajar something dengan cara meniru... Mereka akan memerhatikan apa yang kita buat, then they try to understand how, baru diorang akan cuba buat sendiri...

Contoh yang mudah la... Baby akan memerhatikan cara orang dewasa berjalan, how adults use their leg to walk. Then baby akan try to understand the knowledge, try to understand that they also have a leg to walk, try to understand how they are able to use their leg and how to walk...

Ada yang boleh berjalan sejak umur 8 bulan, dan ada plak yang 2 tahun baru boleh berjalan...

Walker bukan penentu anak tu cepat berjalan atau tidak.... Ada yang guna walker pun still lambat berjalan...

"Infant walkers serve no essential purpose," Shields and Smith write. "Infant walkers do not help a child learn to walk, and, in fact, they can delay normal motor and mental development." -link-

Kalau tak percaya, baca kat sini, sini, sini, dan sini...

Apa yang Ummi faham dari bacaan Ummi, dan dalam semua artikel yang Ummi baca, walker bukanlah sesuatu device yang mempercepatkan seseorang infant tu berjalan dgn cepat...

Malah, walker boleh melambatkan gross motor skills mereka... Walker juga boleh menganggu perkembangan anak2... Dan walker boleh membahayakan, sebabnya walker buatkan baby sangat2 bebas bergerak dan adakalanya membahayakan nyawa baby...

"Invented some 250 years ago, baby walkers make infants mobile — too mobile, pediatricians say. From 1990 through 2001, baby walker injuries sent nearly 200,000 U.S. babies to emergency rooms. Three out of four of these babies fell down stairs. Most suffered head wounds. Some died." -link-

Dan walker jugak membentuk muscle yang salah dalam aturan perkembangan bayi... Apa yang Ummi faham, muscle bayi akan terbentuk step by step... Mula dengan belajar meniarap, bergolek, menggunakan tangan dan kaki untuk move forward/backward, angkat punggung, merangkak dan seterusnya sampai la boleh berjalan... Sampai masanya, muscle akan terbentuk sendiri, dan baby akan bergerak dgn sendiri...

"baby will eventually learn how to walk by going through the whole learning process"

Walker boleh mengganggu dan menggerakkan muscle yang salah. Sudahnya, akan memberi kesan sepanjang hayat. Boleh baca artikel ini untuk maklumat lanjut...

Ummi quote kan sikit:

Mary Weck, PT, a clinical specialist at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said she has seen more babies walking later because when they hang suspended in a walker or a saucer, they aren’t exercising the muscles they need for walking. "We’ve seen children who are over 18 months old who aren’t walking," Weck said. "Usually children walk when they are between 11 and 15 months. The only known condition these babies have in common is spending an inordinate amount of time in a walker or saucer.

"They don’t have the power to stay upright on their own because they don’t have good back extensors or abdominal muscles." The can have a negative influence on balance. Weck said she is even more concerned by children who are developing a posture that is almost sway-back because of the overuse of walkers or saucers.

They arch their back in an unusual way," she said. "That posture can cause back pain in adults, and there may be potential for long-term disability." When she treats teenagers with back pain, Weck asks whether they used a walker as a baby. Almost invariably, the answer is "yes". The devices also could contribute to difficulty with the feet because children often wind up waling on their toes or pronating their feet.

Banyak faktor la yang Ummi ambil kira dan atas sebab2 yang dinyatakan ini lah, Ummi tak pernah beli atau letak Anas dalam walker... Banyak benda yang Ummi kena consider dan Ummi memang abaikan cakap2 orang keliling....

Tapi orang akan tetap mengata anak kita, mengata kita tak pandai didik anak bila diorang masih tak faham tentang sesuatu fakta... Biasa lah, benda ni dah jadi common issue... Dari dulu diorang dah faham 'guna walker, baby cepat berjalan' sbb tu bila kita cerita bukan itu fakta sebenar, susah orang nak faham.

Berikut adalah kajian yang dilakukan di Singapura berkenaan baby walker. Menarik untuk dikongsi bersama. Harap bermanfaat.

OBJECTIVES:

To study the impact of infant walker use on motor development and injuries.

POPULATION:

One hundred and eighty five parents or primary care givers who attended a Singapore government polyclinic from September 1993 to February 1994, with their infants between 7 to 10 months, for a developmental assessment session.

SETTING:

A government polyclinic in Singapore.

METHODS:

The parent or primary care giver answered questions pertaining to infant walker use and injuries attributed to its use. Each infant was then given the Singapore modified version of the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST-S), along with a full clinical examination; both testers were blinded to walker use.

RESULTS:

One hundred and sixty seven (90%) of 185 infants used walkers regularly, and 21 (12.5%) of the users had one or more injuries. Most injuries were minor, such as bruises and swellings on the head, forehead, face, and cheeks. None of the children who did not use walkers showed any abnormal DDST-S results whereas 18 (10.8%) of the 167 walker users had either abnormal or questionable DDST-S results.

CONCLUSIONS:

12.5% of walker users had one or more injuries and walker use may also delay the child’s motor development. These findings will help the physician or nurse in primary care settings to advise parents about the potential hazards of walker use.

Rujukan: Infant walker use, injuries and motor development. Injury Prevention. 1997 Mar;3(1):63-6.

-link: UMMUSAIF.COM-

Untuk makluman, di Canada, walker diharamkan atas sebab2 keselamatan. Saya petik artikel dari sini...

"The researchers note that Canada now bans baby walkers. Canadian consumers face fines of up to $100,000 or six months in jail if found in possession of a baby walker, they note."

Hm, Ummi mmg bertegas tanak gunakan walker untuk Anas. Tapi bila Anas dah aktif bergerak sini sana ni, kadang2 Ummi rasa Anas perlu ada sesuatu yang 'menyekat' sekejap mobility dia tu sementara Ummi nak buat kerja, tambah plak kerja dapur...

So, Ummi mengkaji lagi, dan Ummi found the best alternative to walker, that is exersaucer.

-link-

"An exersaucer can be a nice alternative" to a walker, says Dr. Greene ("Baby
Walkers," Dr. Greene: http://www.drgreene.com/21_810.html )

Exersaucers allow children to spin, rock, bounce, and sit upright, and are
considered safe. Dr. Sears says "Parents often ask if these are safe for the
child?s hips or back ? don?t worry, these toys are fine." (FAQS, Ask
Dr. Sears: http://www.askdrsears.com/faq/az16.asp )
 
Generally, doctors think exersaucers are just fine for babys, 
but there are exceptions. Dr. Suzanne Dixon says, "Exersaucers...hold a
child's hip extended, just as walkers do, which is not good if a baby
spends a lot of time in them...Also, these devices, like walkers,
prevent a child from seeing his feet.

New data on walkers suggests that this
lack of visual feedback hinders kids' learning from their
own movements. However, Exersaucers and Supersaucers are better than
walkers in that a child is more centered over his feet and less on his
toes. He also has to work on balance a bit more...For infants with
motor problems and atypical development, we sometimes use these
devices as one part of a program to get a baby upright and to increase
his muscle tone and strength in the trunk. If you need a safe spot to
place your baby while cooking dinner or doing the laundry, these are
handy. But putting any typically developing infant in these for long
periods of time is likely to slow things up." ("Are Exersaucers and
Supersaucers harmful for my baby's development? Pampers:)

Tapi tu la, takde la Ummi letak Anas lama2 dalam exersaucer... Anas pun rimas, tak bebas... Sekadar nak Anas senyap sekejap masa Ummi tengah sibuk...

Diharapkan apa yang Ummi kaji, dan apa yang Ummi explain di atas, memuaskan hati ramai pihak yang pertikaikan "Anas belum boleh berjalan sebab tak guna walker"

Ummi amik masa yang lama nak jawab isu ni sbb Ummi suka bagi jawapan dengan fakta. Dan harapnya apa yang Ummi kongsi di sini, dapat bantu ramai parents yang masih tertanya2 ttg kebaikan dan keburukan walker...

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Sekarang Anas tgh exercise untuk berjalan guna step walker... Anas akan guna step walker bawah pengawasan Ummi atau Abah. Memang takkan tinggalkan Anas sendirian guna step walker...

Kalau guna walker biasa, kita akan tend to tinggalkan anak sekejap kan sbb kita akan rasa, sekejap je, ok kot die dok dalam walker...

Tapi guna step walker, anak akan belajar how to use his leg, dia nampak kaki dia, dia tahu kegunaan kaki dia, dan kita takkan berani tinggalkan walaupun sekejap...

Ummi & Abah sayang Anas!