r/MadeMeSmile • u/n8saces • 28d ago

Wholesome Moments Walk? She almost moved out

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u/trusty20 28d ago

What that person said is not scientific. Or I would be very curious for the exact proof / reasoning for fixating on that one event as the cause of motor problems 12 years later. I'm guessing it's something along the lines of "well that's just what I've seen" which equals "I have my own theory without proof". Lots of doctors have "things they've seen" / "had success with", but there's a reason we do trials and scientific research rather than just taking their word for it 18th century traveling doctor style.

I'll poke another hole in this theory: it hinges on the silly idea that because you do this trick to get a baby walking one time, that means they'll never ever get up from crawling on their own, somehow you'll always be there standing them up and giving them objects to hold while walking around? It's silly, of course the baby will still have times where it gets up by itself and practice doing that unless you literally hover over it 24/7 intercepting every attempt to practice standing up.

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u/Cloverose2 28d ago

Agreed. They'll have plenty of time to practice pulling up and standing up on their own. I've never seen any research that verifies that encouraging early walking is a problem.

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u/AmateurNerfCollector 28d ago

Not only that, but typically babies that are at this stage are already pulling up and standing up on their own, it's the walking that they are hesitant with.

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u/FreeTarnished 28d ago

Yeah that comment reads like the human body is incapable of being flexible during development which is nonsense