Sophie finally gets a pressie ~ My dear walker and baby step-Welcome “Stephie”

Yah, we bought this walker on 25th March 2008. This walker has various functions – got music, play toys, step and etc. It is movable, colorful, plus mobile despite of its huge body space. We named the walker – ‘Stephie’ which means step+ Sophie = Stephie, pronounced as ‘ste-fie’… hoho

At first, what made us upset was – Sophie wasn’t really enjoyed to sit in the walker. She’d rather crawl on the floor and moved up. What a pity Stephie! But now, Sophie has learned well about Stephie’s role and she can actually press the sound button to hear music and rhymes, can walk while sitting and can grab things around fastest too!

Don’t leave Sophie in Stephie more than 15 minutes, as we won’t make it a routine for her!

Welcome “Stephie” to our family!

Is baby walker good for baby? – we are in the midst of decision

Hmm, we are actually planning to buy an infant walker for Sophie since she has shown some move up progress, meaning she has ready to stand on her feet (but she still supports her hands to other things around for this move up job). Apparently, I noted baby walker is not a good solution to develop baby’s gross motor skill as many experts said the way a child sits in walker is not good for their spine. Additionally majority therapists and pediatrician were very against walkers. They said by using a walker, a baby could develop all the wrong types of muscles. Other than that walker would delay the steps forward action because babies use different muscles when “walking” in a walker which is extra harm for their brains development. Below is several information that I found while googling tips about baby walker:

The desired infant walker~My Dear brand~ attached with baby step

Question: Is baby walker good for baby?

Experts agree: there is no type of infant walker with wheels that is safe, and parents should avoid them altogether.

A walker is a seat suspended on a circular frame with wheels. Ideally, your child would sit with her feet just touching the floor and be able to get around with little effort. It was once thought that a walker would encourage your child to walk (hence the name) and be a safe place for your child to stay. Unfortunately, neither is true.

Thousands of children per year are injured when their walkers turn over an object or small toy and they spill out onto the floor, down the stairs, or into a pool. The walker also allows the child to travel to places where you might not expect your child to be, such as near a hot stove. Fractures of the skull, arms, and legs as well as burns and cuts have been associated with the use of infant walkers.

The muscles used by a baby to move in an infant walker are different than those used to walk. The movement skills acquired in the walker are not very useful in learning to walk out of the walker. Also, in a walker a baby cannot learn the balance skills needed to walk without assistance and he may not have the motivation to learn mobility when he’s received it from a walker.

As dual working parents, we had to have a walker. It seemed like an essential thing to have because lately it’s a no-no time for us to 100% look after Sophie. Moreover, she is so super active now! I got many things to handle after back from work (I am semi-full housewife).We don’t have a bibik but only temporary nanny. I believe having a walker will be a destruction if we fully depending on it for our baby to moving around. Work wise, it truly accommodates my time to prepare the housework, even rushing to toilet or perform prayer.

I found pro and cons upon buying this item. But, I take the positive side which means, yes we gonna buy it but we are not going to put Sophie in very long duration. 10-15 minutes sort off, will be enough. Hopefully, this is the wisest decision for the sake of our baby’s life.

Sophie, mama trust you can learn walking by yourself! A walker is just a bonus item for you to achieve your goal.(=

Does baby capable telling us what she likes? ~ The wanting of big, bigger and biggest only.

We brought Sophie to Toys R Us yesterday, as Babah planned to buy her some toys. This is a reward token for Sophie since she can crawl quite fast and SIT independently! Yes she can sit already, hehehe (mama is smiling proudly!). Sophie was frantically looking at those kiddy gadgets and she was so fascinated to touch, grab, and grasp everything we showed. We could see the keen and initiative by looking at her moving forward hands and feet! What she couldn’t get enough was a big music roller, where she could press and pull out the toys. This Fisher Price item is so expensive huhu, but because of L.O.V.E ~ money can’t tot up on it . We then decided to purchase the music roller end of this month. InsyaAllah.

Shopping spree time! Buy things for me!

We headed to bears sections later at where all bears were mounted up. Nothing made Sophie smile except few big Brownie Bears! She rounded her eyes with point finger in mouth and salivated, like saying “ Wow, I really want this big bear!”. Her face expression was definitely a sign of ~ she really didn’t care about her tiny Mr. Brownie anymore that moment. (But Sophie, you still need tiny Mr. Brownie on your sleep way.)

Now, she becomes uncontrollable! (Don’t expect us to do vicious circle and catch her, every time she speeds forwardly~ mak tak larat nyahhhh). Hence, our utmost priority is to get a brand new walker. We hope Sophie able to stand on her feet and starts to walk soonest- possible- time. Talking about the walker, Babah also started to show his deep desire of having a brand new plus up to date plus spacious walker for her princess. Sophie seemed agreeable with babah’s choice as she only touched mainly spacious walkers. And in this part, bigger walker is needed!

Now I wanna tell another funny story about how demanding my baby is. The same day as well, we got Jusco voucher worth hundred ringgit and we used it for Sophie’s new mini dress. In choosing the perfect, I showed her every piece to piece of mini dresses that we had picked. All that we could see, was a sour face ~(not interested, maybe?) until I showed a pink color dress. This one, she smiled and yelled hik hik (breath in) and jumping cheerily. Her reaction seemed genuine. We both were astonished with her response and we supposed she liked it. And guess what, that was the priciest dress among all. This case applied on the biggest money! Luckily we had voucher! After arrived home, I showed again the pink dress and she continued the cheer jumpin’.

Hmm, so mysterious …Does baby capable telling us what she likes?? Or is this a coincidence that I heart Himawari’s character and love to read Sin Chan comics during pregnancy? If this is right, OMG, now it’s truly happen to my baby. No wonder Sophie likes glitters and shining things. On the bright side, now I can already spot my future shopping companion and Babah will permanently be the escort!