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• 25-Mar-2010 12:28

  Walker Rec's Please

  Virgin Goddess Joined on 08-Dec-2002 United Kingdom Posts 42,651

  Contact C loves standing up and will happily walk with you holding her hands. It's her birthday next month and no idea what to buy so thought about a walker but I didn't want one that would run away with her. Is there a walker out there that has wheels that have some sort of friction on them so that baby has to push it rather than it just running away with them cos the wheels are free running? Links would be good so we can possibly ask grandparents to buy it. Not sure if I explained that right well but hope you understand what I mean. Just off to get I from school and off out for the afternoon so will check back tonight. TIA Breastfeeding Help & Jewellery Available

• 25-Mar-2010 12:30

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  Rusty the Clown Joined on 10-Feb-2006 Middlesex Posts 9,053	Contact We got Matilda this one for Christmas by Oodles of Toys.  www.bean-counters.biz

• 25-Mar-2010 12:32

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  Virgin Goddess Joined on 08-Dec-2002 United Kingdom Posts 42,651	Contact Does that just have free running wheels though? I'm sure I've seen one with wheels that have something slowing them down. Breastfeeding Help & Jewellery Available

• 25-Mar-2010 12:32

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  Rusty the Clown Joined on 10-Feb-2006 Middlesex Posts 9,053	Contact Oh, just looked and they don't seem to have it anymore but OMG! I want one of these prams for Matilda. They would work as walkers.  www.bean-counters.biz

• 25-Mar-2010 12:33

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  Rusty the Clown Joined on 10-Feb-2006 Middlesex Posts 9,053	Contact Virgin Goddess: Does that just have free running wheels though? I'm sure I've seen one with wheels that have something slowing them down. It's really heavy so won't go unless it's pushed on a lot IYSWIM.  www.bean-counters.biz

• 25-Mar-2010 14:55

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  Caroline T Joined on 02-Jun-2003 Yorkshire Posts 1,580	Contact Just be careful which pram you choose if you want to use one as a walker, after accidents at Mums and Babies where little ones have used the prams as walkers and have tipped them up as they aren't heavy enough to support the baby leaning on them.

• 25-Mar-2010 15:53

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  Zez Joined on 13-Jun-2002 United Kingdom Posts 2,359

  Contact http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tomy-2739-Toddle-n-Ride/dp/B0000AC9CJ This converts from a walker to a ride on (pircure of it as a walker on this site...http://www.toyandmodel.com/baby.html) We had it and ended up lending it out to various friends as it was a good  slow walker.  No friction specifically, but both mine could use this about 6 weeks before the standard v tech ones. And then its a ride on for when they have mastered walking.  Genius!

• 25-Mar-2010 16:44

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  jelly baby Joined on 22-Feb-2005 United Kingdom Posts 17,952

  Contact We initially had the VTech walker for Zoe as so many people recommended it, however with our wooden floors the wheels just when too quickly and she never really got to grips with it. We got the fisher price walker / pushchair http://www.mothercare.com/dp/B001DIBIGS/ref=wl_it_dp/279-3381607-2823020?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=I2HI7WN8WSUSW3&colid=1ZZFSI910Z516&mcb=core You can kind of see on the picture that the wheels are more fixed against the frame, they do turn but much slower so it doesn't run away.  I also thought that we might get a bit longer use out of it with it being a dolls pushchair as well as a walker. Apologies for lack of capital letters - Zoe has stolen my shift key

• 25-Mar-2010 20:19

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  HuskyGirl Joined on 01-Aug-2005 United Kingdom Posts 1,716

  Contact jelly baby: We initially had the VTech walker for Zoe as so many people recommended it, however with our wooden floors the wheels just when too quickly and she never really got to grips with it.   We got the fisher price walker / pushchair   http://www.mothercare.com/dp/B001DIBIGS/ref=wl_it_dp/279-3381607-2823020?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=I2HI7WN8WSUSW3&colid=1ZZFSI910Z516&mcb=core   You can kind of see on the picture that the wheels are more fixed against the frame, they do turn but much slower so it doesn't run away.  I also thought that we might get a bit longer use out of it with it being a dolls pushchair as well as a walker.     We have this walker too and I couldn't recommend it enough. It doesn't go too quick for Ruby, even on our laminate floors and it looks really pretty too.

• 25-Mar-2010 20:19

  Re: Walker Rec's Please

  HuskyGirl Joined on 01-Aug-2005 United Kingdom Posts 1,716

  Contact jelly baby: We initially had the VTech walker for Zoe as so many people recommended it, however with our wooden floors the wheels just when too quickly and she never really got to grips with it.   We got the fisher price walker / pushchair   http://www.mothercare.com/dp/B001DIBIGS/ref=wl_it_dp/279-3381607-2823020?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=I2HI7WN8WSUSW3&colid=1ZZFSI910Z516&mcb=core   You can kind of see on the picture that the wheels are more fixed against the frame, they do turn but much slower so it doesn't run away.  I also thought that we might get a bit longer use out of it with it being a dolls pushchair as well as a walker.     We have this walker too and I couldn't recommend it enough. It doesn't go too quick for Ruby, even on our laminate floors and it looks really pretty too.

• 26-Mar-2010 10:08

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  Virgin Goddess Joined on 08-Dec-2002 United Kingdom Posts 42,651	Contact thanks ladies. really like the look of the fisher price one. Breastfeeding Help & Jewellery Available