{Why they don’t want your child to face front in a pushchair}
30th November 2009 by Babies No CommentsRight now there is a hive of activity abounding the subject of whether a baby should be facing front or facing mum using strollers
The Scientists claim that studies have conclusively shown a forward facing pushchair could harm your child emotionally and increase mental stress. The advisement is that the parent have the child looking at them constantly.
So how are the children supposed to learn about the world and see what’s going on around them if they are constantly staring at you.
Don’t you also think that the urge to stare at your child constantly will decrease your spatial awareness, forcing you to make mistakes with the pushchair. At home we insist on forcing our babies so we can keep an eye on them, and in turn they are looking straight back at us so why do this outside as well.
We bathe them, feed them, cloth them, put them to bed, so why is it so important to face them when we are out shopping.
I tend to speculate that science stopped doing its curing disease work for a bit of fun study.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying ignore your child at all, I get that they will feel more secure looking at a friendly face, but boredem must set in fairly quickly for a child if they are looking at the same image constantly
A child’s first few years are its most productive in terms of learning ability so I want my child to see as much as possible, experience variety, the big wide open ever changing world. I am under no doubt that the noises and movementsare far more tempting a viewing ground than my chat.
The study also claims that a child has double the chance of drifting off to sleep if they are facing you, and a lower heart rate. I would say that the child was so frustrated and decided enough was enough and caught forty winks.
If you are awoken by what you see then your heart rate is going to rapidly rise.
Personally I would preach the forward facing option as a tool to help your child to see the world in all its glory, however its up to you what’s best for your child
Should you not want to choose one preferred pushchair, you could opt for a forward and rear facing britax vigour 4 which allows forward and rear facing options.
Bottom line, choose a baby pushchair you are happy to push and your child is comfortable in.
