Jolly Jumpers are BAD for infant development

[Oorki Galoorki]

i think also when new research comes out about a popular item, often it is met with scepticism because we all like the said item.
but its this info that once its really our there then we can make informed desicions about it rather then assume the marketting company for these products have our childrens best interests at heart.

yes i own and have used the JJ

[Visitor8]

The problem is that research and information is only now emerging (because Jolly Jumpers haven't been around for that long) that there are long-term problems for adults related to their use.

The first Jolly Jumper was invented by Susan Olivia Poole in 1910 and produced for the retail market in 1948.

They have actually been out for a while

[feeb]

They have actually been out for a while

The picture on the box proves how long they have been around Lol looks very at least 1960s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[amberj]

LOL Feeb I know, the mum looking at the baby smiling while she is cooking or whatever is a riot.

I saw this piece of footage on the telly the other day that had this room with like 30 babies in JJ equivalents from "ye olden days" (well, it was black and white....so a little while ago at least)- actually, it might have been on Bringing Up Baby. So I guess the concept has been around a while.

But I am glad that the OP put this post up- DS adores his jumper, so it reminds me to make sure he is not in it for tooooo long.

[*charmalea*]

The picture on the box proves how long they have been around Lol looks very at least 1960s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats what i was gonna say

i use mine rarely , infact only when im not feeling lazy ..
DD has a fisher price rainforest jumperoo .. its sorta like a JJ as it has springs and she bounces , atm DD jumps flat footed in it , and she has been usuing it for about 2 months , and just like JJ she gets sick of it after a while ..

everything in moderation .. be wise, and dont use it as a babysitter , thats what a TV is for , oh they are bad too , well give them food .. oh eating esp in front off the telly is bad too , in a way "researchers" will tell us everything is bad for our kids ..


BUT now that i know it can cause back pain .. as a long term back pain sufferer i will be care ful of how often i put her in the jumperoo . as shes in it about 3 times a day ... !!
so id hate for my kids to have to go through it .. both DH and I have chronic back pain , so not matter what we do its prolly in there genes anywya

i also used to put DS in the JJ for way too long , i didnt know better ... but he loved it ... in the end every time you got him to stand on your lap he would bounce like he was in the JJ... he bounced everywhere but his development was fine .. i think 3 mths was the earliset he was in it .. i put dd in th JJ at 3 mths but its was clear she wasnt ready for it .. thanks for letting us see the flip side on a prduct we all thought was a good thing for our kids !

[Indadhanu]

I think any product can be damaging if not used smartly...

I mean, chidren have drowned in bath seats, but that doesn't mean not to use them, just use them smartly KWIM?

We just had one bought for us (Jazz was 6 months). of course it would do damage if people used them as a babysitter, and I am too scared of leaving Jazz alone when she's in it just in case something happens, and we follow the recommendations from the manufacturer so... yeah...

Anything can cause damage if not used right, but I can't see what harm it would do for not even 20 minutes a day...


Oh, and there was jolly jumpers on some of the "Bringing UP Baby" show, and it was showing 1960's bubs so obviously they have been around for a fair amount of time...

[Astrid]

With both kids I found it way to much hassle to set-up for only 10 minutes of use, I know others do not find it a hassle, but I did so please respect that. Also IMO there are just too many warnings with it with fully trust it. I have managed to survive with out using one on a daily basis, I would never buy one for a gift and if someone ask me a direct opinion about one, I would tell them not to bother.

I think it is great that there is more information getting out there about them so parents can make informed decisions.

[paradise lost]

I was given one but only put DD in it once ever. It just didn't seem appropriate to me to put a baby incapable of getting into a position to bear weight in a position where they were bearing their weight. Does that make sense? Like i can imagine the human body having evolved to the point that it can withstand the amount of time one would be able to hold a baby in that position or it would be able to hold itself (DD loved to "stand" on my lap and bounce but could only do it for a few moments, NEVER 10! and when she sat down between standings she sat on her tush on my lap, rather than having her weight suspended from her crotch). I don't see how i can rely on her body being able to cope with the artificial set-up of a JJ or similar (didn't use walkers, baby bjorn-style carriers or anything else that held her weight by her crotch for this reason). We surely haven't evolved that much since 1948! LOL!

I don't know anyone who's had problems with them though, but all the babies i know who were in them are still kids. I have back pain from a tilted pelvis which i've had since birth - i was 24 before i started experiencing related pain!

Bx

[Visitor8]

everything in moderation .. be wise, and dont use it as a babysitter , thats what a TV is for , oh they are bad too , well give them food .. oh eating esp in front off the telly is bad too , in a way "researchers" will tell us everything is bad for our kids ..

As for dismissing things and saying it's a load of rubbish, I think it is, I did say it was MY opinion, and it still is MY opinion. I never said the OP was attacking me, I just said what MY OPINION was.

If we listened to every bit of research that has come out we wouldn't do anything but sit in a corner of a dark room and starved ourselves... because everything we eat, are surrounded by and do is dangerous, can cause cancer, allergies, infertillity and early death...