I have a 3 month old. I work 5 hours a day, and while I’m at work my husband stays home with the baby. ( then he goes to work when I get home)
Anyways, we have a bouncer ( I provided a link to a picture of one that is very similar to the one we have)
My husband puts the baby in the bouncer, and then when my husband wants to go into another room of the house, instead of taking the baby out of the bouncer, he just carry’s the bouncer with the baby in it, to the other room. He picks the bouncer up by the left and right side of it.
Now we have an on going argument about him doing this. I think it’s very unsafe to do this, because after all it’s a flimsy little wire frame bouncer with cloth over it. I’m afraid that it could break and the baby would hit the ground. ( by the way my baby is almost 20 pounds, he’s in the top 19th and 81 percentile for his age)
My husband thinks that I’am over re-acting , he thinks that there is no need for me to be concerned. He say’s that nothing will happen.
Now please tell me, is it unsafe or not? Because my husband refuses to stop carrying the baby around in it.
Here is the a link to a picture of what the bouncer looks like
http://www.winnie-gifts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/winniethpoohbouncer-300×300.jpg
I guess I should have added this as well. We have cermaic tile floors in our home, so they are very HARD! So there is a BIG difference if the baby were to fall out of the bouncer while sitting in it on the floor, because he wouldn’t be dropping as far, AND because we place the bouncer on a small childs padded comforter when. But when my husband is carrying the baby in it from room to room, my husband is 6 foot 3 inches tall, so the child is at a much high level than sitting on the floor, so if he were to fall out of it, or if the cloth broke my child would be falling on HARD ceramic tile flooring. And I seriously doubt that it would be a little ‘boo boo’, i think it would be life threating.
is it impossible for it to happen ..no.. will it actually happen??…probably not..
i understand your concern if its something that makes you uncomfortable your husband should stop doing it,at least in front of you since he knows how nervous it makes you.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Seems fine to me - he’s holding both sides so that baby can’t slip to one side or the other. Yes, it is just fabric over wire but if you trust the fabric to hold the baby while the bouncer is on the ground than you should trust it while your husband is holding it. Once baby is a bit more mobile (in a month or so) he should stop as the baby will be trying to sit up and such.
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May 7th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
In theory, it probably IS unsafe … I’m going to say it IS unsafe.
But I have to admit that I do the same thing with my 3 month old who is 13.5 lbs. (and we were informed today that he is overweight). I also do this with his swing. It’s not the standard swing. It’s one of those foldable ones that is kind of low on the floor. I’d say that as long as the baby is strapped in good he should be okay.
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May 8th, 2010 at 12:14 am
I don’t blame you for your concern.. it is absolutely unsafe for anyone to carry a child around on a bouncer. Those bouncers are rather flimsy and even though he feels nothing will happen it CAN happen. A friend of mine use to carry her baby around with the bouncer till one day she lost control .. the iron is so thin that she couldn’t get a grip on it to stop it from toppling over and her child hit the floor. If your husband needs to carry the baby around have him place the child in a car seat.. a bouncer is just too flimsy to tote around and it will even tell you on the warning label not to carry the child in it.
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May 8th, 2010 at 12:36 am
I think it’s fine, I do the same thing. If you think about it, carrying it isnt making it support anymore weight than it is with the baby in it, and even though the wire is thin and it can look dangerous, that wire is what was made to be able to support the weight of your child.
Congradualtions!
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mother of 6-month old
May 8th, 2010 at 12:55 am
Definitely not safe to carry a baby around in the bouncer. I have a friend whose baby actually fell out of the bouncer while being carried. How is he going to catch a falling baby if both of his hands are holding onto the bouncer?
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May 8th, 2010 at 1:06 am
It all depends on the weight limit for this bouncer.If he is in the correct weight range & your husband is carrying it so the baby wont fall off the sides then I say it’s ok. But if your baby is over the weight limit I would at least take the baby out while carrying it. I was suprised to see your baby is 20lbs at 3 months I thought my son was big he’s 9 months & weighs that much lol
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May 8th, 2010 at 1:44 am
Is it new? The manufacturers would not recommend it, in fact I think the instructions specifically say you shouldn’t. But I have to say that the safety margins on the materials in those are huge - I would be very surprised if they broke, because they are designed to take serious wear and tear due to modern safety regulations. I think that your husband probably shouldn’t but the odds of your baby plunging through and hitting the floor are very low.
If it’s second-hand I would be far more worried as you might not know how old it is.
For what it’s worth, both my husband and I carried our daughter from room to room in hers when we were still using it and she is HUGE - 107th percentile!
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May 8th, 2010 at 2:00 am
As long as your husband is holding on to it then it is fine. I did move my son around in his bouncer a few times I just made sure my hands were under neath my baby.
Calm down momma everything is fine, daddy knows what he is doing! ! !
BTW, you have a big happy baby don’t you, My son was probably 11 ibs at 3 months lol he is now 9 months and only weighs 18 ibs.
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May 8th, 2010 at 2:30 am
I use a bouncer for my child and I actually carry it the same way. If he is carrying it from the sides, the left and the right, your baby should be fine. I feel like if that seat is going to break it would do so when you’re bouncing your child more so than when someone is carrying it.
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May 8th, 2010 at 3:02 am
I think its fine..
There is a lot worse that your husband could do.
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May 8th, 2010 at 3:36 am
i do that but i feel i am going to stop because my son is 3 months old and he is 16 pounds so pretty big but the fact that there is tile around your i would be verrrry concerned explain to your husband that it just really concerns you and even tho he is careful accidents can happen any time and you want to do your best to avoid it
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May 8th, 2010 at 4:08 am
I understand your concern as they are flimsy and the seat can kind of flip or collapse on itself if there is no weight in it. I personally carry my baby around from tiem to time in it but its never very far or far off the ground. I would say the baby is fine. Dad has both hands on it. Its just as safe as carrying around a carseat if you think about it. The danger is in dropping the seat rather than having the child fall through in my opinion.
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May 8th, 2010 at 4:53 am
is it impossible for it to happen ..no.. will it actually happen??…probably not..
i understand your concern if its something that makes you uncomfortable your husband should stop doing it,at least in front of you since he knows how nervous it makes you.
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May 8th, 2010 at 5:25 am
No, it is not safe. That is why most of them have a warning label stating you should not do this.
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