| New studies into babies placed in front facing | | | | facing away from them. |
| pushchairs have shown that this may cause stress to | | | | The average period for a British infant to be in a |
| children and in some cases hold back their | | | | buggy is up to 2 hours a day and nearly all are carried |
| development. The reason seems to be that the baby | | | | in forward facing strollers as nearly all mothers feel |
| misses out on contact with their parent and has | | | | that children like to be able to look out at the world. |
| difficulty in attracting their attention. Infants flourish | | | | A more constrained study was undertaken with |
| on constant interaction and it is an especially | | | | twenty infants who were pushed for a mile across |
| important element of their development, if they are | | | | an urban centre, for the first part of the journey |
| in a stroller for any amount of time where this is not | | | | they were in forward facing buggies and for the |
| achievable it could have a serious effect on them. | | | | second part they were in rear facing buggies. Once |
| The stress felt by these children because of being | | | | more they established that the mothers who were |
| unable to attract the attention of their parent and | | | | able to see their children's faces were to a large |
| the parent not seeing how much distress the child is | | | | extent more likely to chat to them and to chat |
| in, could have a lifelong effect, making them to | | | | about 'varied and interesting' topics. They saw a |
| mature into nervous adults. | | | | significant discrepancy in the occurrence of the babies |
| Dundee University was the venue for the study | | | | and infants laughing - during the trip half of the babies |
| which was carried out by a developmental | | | | sitting so they could see their mothers laughed in |
| psychologist who studied more than 2000 parents | | | | contrast to only one of the babies who couldn't see |
| walking with their children in both forward-facing and | | | | their mothers. |
| backward facing buggies. She observed that parents | | | | Consequently if you are planning to buy a baby |
| with their infants in back-facing buggies were twice | | | | buggy or pramette you should consider this carefully. |
| as likely to chat to their children as those with babies | | | | |