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Also, once your children can sit up on their own, they'll spend more time playing on the floor than being in an exercauser.  So they'll be playing with toys together, engaging with each other (yes, babies DO play near and around each other, it's very social when they do it, it's not pretend play nor reciprocal play but this type of play, parallel play, is developmentally appropriate abd a way they build relationships at this point in their lives.

Honestly, i would speak with the other parent and see if you can get rid of the exercauser in the house once both children are able to sit strongly.  Now, I know she needs a way to keep the kids safe when she goes to the bathroom, but an exercauser (and bumpo chair and bouncy seat and swing) can also be overused whereupon children are parked in them for longer than they should be each day.  And if you are nervous that's happening, I'd just get rid of them.

And no, they don't need an exercauser to develop strength in their legs to walk - they'll get this strength by being on their tummies, rolling onto their backs, sitting up, getting into and out of a sitting position, and be using their arms, legs and trunk. Also, when they crawl over and pull up to a stand, they'll control how long they can/want to be in this position and get down into a sit once they have had enough.  [/quote]

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