Which Baby Pushchair – Face the Baby or Not?
Recently there has been much in the press regarding the issue or whether to face the baby or not to face the baby when you are pushing him or her down the local high street. Research has shown that you should be facing your baby, and should you not oblige then you could actually be harming your baby emotionally. The conventional forward facing baby position leads to stress the mad professors say. How on earth are our kids supposed to learn from what is going on around them if they are forever staring at mummy and daddy making faces and silly voices, I am sure to a child this would eventually become stressful. Let's not forget that when you are looking at your child you are not concentrating on where you are going.
I mean, don't our kids get enough of us at home, babies propped up to face us as we settle in for a night in front of the tv, or huddled over them for hours as they squirm in their cots ? 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. Maybe science is taking a break.
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 have an interesting face, I think, but I can't compete with the world.
The Academic study also claimed that a child would be less likely to fall asleep if it was facing forwards and would have an increased heart rate. This can be easily explained. If my child is stimulated then its heart will pump faster and if he is excited he's not going to go to sleep. This seems normal and perfectly acceptable.
I say don't listen to the bored scientists and let you baby experience the outside world, your little treasure sees enough of you already. However if you think there is truth in the study then I accept this as well, as this is only my opinion. At the end of the day you need to decide what is best for you and your child. If you want the best of both worlds you can buy a 2 in 1 pushchair which has a reversible seat unit.
I wish you luck in your quest, and do what best suits you and your child.
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