I'm Expecting a Baby at 42 yrs old

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They don’t have walkers anymore (MAJOR safety hazard; babies were killed falling down the stairs in those things) but you can get something called an ExerSaucer. They look similar to a walker but are much larger and won’t fit though a doorway.
 
oh wow, we never lived anywhere with stairs those years. Sorry to hear what happened. Thank you for the information. God bless you
 
My son is two and he had a walker. My MIL got it for him. It has Elmo on it. Apparently someone still makes them, or at least they did up to two years ago. PS- We don’t have stairs.
 
They do sell walkers at my local Walmart. $35 and they actually move. I would check your local Walmart as well. My daughter loved her walker and absolutely hated the exersaucer or whatever it’s called. She was bored in it.

I can assure you things will be wonderful as an older mom. I was way beyond 42 when I had my daughter (our first) and now I am expecting again! Complete shock is normal. It will be something you end up laughing at yourself over though. I also work full time but my husband is retired. I’m hoping to retire in a couple more years. This is not at all the family I planned as a new bride but it is beautiful anyway. Probably more so because I appreciate it more than I would have otherwise. I will keep you in my prayers. May God’s blessings rain down on you and your family!
 
I’m surprised walkers are still available. I thought they were now illegal in some jurisdictions.
 
Thank you so much! and Congratulations!! I wish I could meet you you sound so wonderfully calm and collected. May God continue to bless you and your growing family so much.

I went to the baby section of TJ Maxx yesterday and I wasn’t very excited at looking at products to be honest, not even all those colorful clothes did anything to make me excited. It’s a weird feeling, I’m happy now over the baby (a miracle after my initial reaction) but the stuff in the stores just didn’t add to the joy like I thought. Maybe if I went with my teen daughter she would make it exciting.
 
Wow I feel terrible over those accidents. Even back then 18 years ago I wouldn’t have placed it near the stairs, i used to have those roll up child proof wall protectors where my toddlers were prevented from even walking downstairs on their own. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
 
You probably still can, shop consignment stores, etc. Also, you super deserve a baby shower!!! Start a registry at Amazon or Target or WalMart 🙂
 
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aw thank you so much, that’s very sweet. Maybe my sister will do something. I’m getting more excited as the days go by (I still can’t believe the night and day reaction in just a few days). I downloaded an app that shows me the stages of development and some helpful articles. It told me my baby is the size of an orange seed. It’s interesting the new things that come out, normally I’m not a fan of modern stuff or information overload but I’ll see how often I use it.
 
Why would they be illegal? When I was a kid, the vast majority of people had walkers for their babies and the vast majority of them were able to use them safely. People injure themselves and accidentally allow their young children to injure themselves all the time due to lack of foresight, pro per supervision, incorrect use of products, etc. There was nothing inherently wrong with walkers, as long as they were used with supervision and people had the sense not to leave the ironing board out or the basement door open. It’s not like the drop-side cribs which actually had a design flaw that made them unsafe to use the way they were intended to be used. I get tired of the idea that because some people make mistakes, a beneficial product should be banned for everyone else.
 
Oh no, walker are no longer recommanded by professionals!

A lot changed in recommandations in a decade…

They are dangerous (risk of fall, hurt…) and not physiological at all! It forced baby to walk before they can naturally, just to keep the parents quiet.

You can forget this idea, your baby will be better without him, and you will save place and a purshache!

A lot of stuff we buy is just marketing. Baby don’t have a lot of need except his mother and milk.
 
There are internet forums for ladies who are all due about the same time. I found it very helpful to join a birth board during my pregnancy, and be surrounded by people who were all at about the same stage, give or take a few weeks. It was exciting to cheer the others on, compare everyone’s experiences, and be grateful for the blessings I had in my life that others may have been lacking. (I remember one poor lady— she thought she had a normal boyfriend, but it turns out, she was his “other woman” and he already had a wife and family. It was really heartbreaking, and we did our best to be supportive for her. I remember how desperate she was to try to get him to have some sort of relationship with his daughter, who he had absolutely zero interest in-- very heartwrenching.)

I stuck with each of my birth boards for about two years after my little guys were born, as we dealt with infants who were all at about the same stage, and we cheered each other on for the milestones, and having a ready-made peer group was really useful for figuring out how our own little guys compared.
 
That sounds fantastic. Thank you so much for the recommendation. This app has a community so I did look forward to exploring that. It may sound crazy since I’m a grown woman but online support (as this one) is probably easier for me to manage both socially and time wise than an in person group. Maybe because I have never had a “group” of friends before, I’ve always had one or two and my older sister and very content with that. If I were put in a room full of 5 week pregnant women my age maybe that would be different. Oh my gosh, in looking up Joanna Gaines I just learned the term geriatric pregnancy. Why the label I wonder.
 
Do we really need to be arguing about walkers? The question of their availability has been answered. Anything beyond that is up to the parents to decide what they believe best for their particular baby.
 
They certainly are. Many may not realize just how healing their encouragement was to this soul who was on the brink of despair. I love the body of Christ.
 
My oldest is 17.

I received a walker but returned it.

Babies don’t need wheels.

I had a bouncer. Sort of looked like a walker, baby bounced in it.
 
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