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[quote=Anonymous]Somehow I don't think 5 minutes in a swing or bouncy chair is going to hurt their development. I never said that any baby needs these things, nor would I ever suggest to have a baby in them for long periods of time like the women in that article was used to doing. I think 20 minutes is actually the maximum amount of time for the baby to be using any of these, but 5 minutes a couple times a day is NOT going to get the baby thinking that he needs to sitting up straight before he can actually do it on his own, just like a few minutes of tummy time will not make the baby think they need to lay face down either. There is no break for me when using these devices. I don't walk away and do something else, I interact with the child even if it is just smiling at them. I am not one of those nannies or SAHMs that plop the child into the bouncy seat for an hour or more so I can get a break. But I also don't think that the devices restrain baby all that much either. There are times a baby doesn't want to be rolling around on the floor anymore, and calms down when being put into a swing for a few minutes. If the baby shows he doesn't want to be in the swing after the first minute, I take him out. If he's not happy we don' do it.[/quote]

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