I believe that the baby walker acts as a crutch, denying the baby the opportunity to develop leg muscles and coordination on his own. Even more serious, the use of baby walkers has been found to lead to numerous accidents. So why do we use baby walkers to teach a baby to walk sooner?

My son is 6.5 months & he is on tummy time for most of the day- while he rolls over and tries to move ahead he goes all over round but not ahead- when will he start to crawl? Also, he can sit with support , so should i continue to make him sit or wait till he sits on his own- especially for feeding solids

Hello Dr Deepa , my son is 6.5 m & is on tummy time for most of the day. While he rolls over from back to tummy & tummy to back, he is yet to crawl. At what month do babies generally crawl? Also he sits with support -when is the time by when they sit - especially asking for feeding solids . At the moment i hold him in sitting position to feed

My Daughter delivered twin girls in March 2022. One baby was normal at birth. The other baby at birth was underweight and had cleft lip and cleft palate. This child underwent surgery for Cleft lip in June 2022 and for Cleft palate in Dec 2022. As of now (Aug 2023) parameters in respect of Height, weight, and physical growth are all normal. While the child that was normal at birth has started to walk and is able to utter few words, this child stands up on her own holding a support and walks few steps with support. The child is not able to walk on her own without support. Likewise, she screams, makes noise but is not able to utter words. Her timings for Sleep, food, activity are all normal and response level is satisfactory. When will she start to walk on her own and begin to utter words? Any special exercise to be given as support? Pl advice