After having a baby, parents must want to equip their baby with a cool stroller, right? The style should be novel, the color should be gorgeous, and of course, the ride should be comfortable. Recently, however, some parents heard that not to let her baby ride in the stroller too early. She was told that it would have a bad effect on the baby’s bones. Parents was a little worried and confused. How could the baby carriage affect the baby’s bone development?
After checking the information on the Internet and consulting the doctor, I came to the conclusion that taking the stroller too early would indeed have an impact on the baby’s bones. Are we going to give up this “magic tool with baby”? It’s unnecessary. It depends on when the baby is allowed to use the stroller. Here is a summary
When is a baby fit for a stroller?
If you want to know when the baby is fit to ride in the stroller, you should mainly look at the baby’s spinal development.
Generally speaking, the baby’s spine development needs to go through four stages:
The first stage is from birth to three months. At this time, the baby’s spine still remains in the shape of a “c” in the mother’s body. This is because the baby needs to roll up in the mother’s belly, and the spine will be bent. This shape of the spine will probably continue until the baby starts to learn to roll over;
Four months later, the babies began to practice rolling. At this time, the neck spine tilted back with the baby’s posture of turning up;
After six months, the baby gradually began to learn to sit. In order to sit more steadily, their spine began to adapt to the new posture changes, and their sternum began to sag backward.
The next change period is when the baby starts to learn to walk around the age of one, because the waist power makes the lumbar vertebrae present a forward posture. After one year old, the baby’s spine shape is basically similar to that of adults.
Although the stroller is very convenient, it also has limits of use. Next, let’s talk about the impact of the baby’s continued use of the stroller when he grows up:
1. Inadequate exercise of baby
When the baby is one year old, he needs enough exercise every day, just like adults.
Walking and jogging is one of the best exercises for babies who can walk.
If the baby relies on carts for outdoor travel, it will lead to insufficient exercise, because too little consumption will lead to poor appetite, obesity and other problems.
2. Not conducive to the development of observation ability
0-3 years old is the fastest growing stage of the baby, and also the golden period of the baby’s brain development. At this time, let the baby contact the outside world more, which can promote the development of the baby’s six senses of vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste and perception (subconscious), and promote the development of the baby’s intelligence.
When a child sits in the stroller, the visual range is lower and smaller than when the mother holds it, which is not conducive to the development of the baby’s all-round observation ability.
In addition, the baby sits in the cart alone, which reduces the communication opportunities with his mother and the outside world.
Although the stroller is ingeniously designed, it cannot replace the direct contact and care of parents after all. If you want your baby to grow up healthily, you’d better let your baby sit on the stroller less.
It can be seen from this that the critical period of the baby’s spinal development is about six months, with the baby learning to sit as the dividing line. Therefore, the baby should be no less than six months old when riding in the stroller. The baby six months before is only suitable for lying flat in the car. After six months, the baby can sit in their stroller, but the ride time should not be too long, preferably not more than an hour.
