Mothers and infants, who had a chance in the experimental study to travel in both types of buggies, also laughed more frequently with face-to-face buggies.Less than a quarter of parents observed were speaking to their child (22 per cent).Parents using face-to-face buggies were twice as likely to be talking to their baby (25 per cent compared to 11 per cent).62% of all children observed were traveling in away-facing buggies, with the rate even higher, at 86%, between the ages of 1 and 2 years.Key findings of both research projects include: The results of this pilot work, the first of its kind, suggest that parents talk less to children in away-facing buggies and babies’ sleeping patterns and heart rates differ slightly for the two orientations, suggesting it is possible that they are more stressed by away-facing buggies. Half the journey was spent in an away-facing buggy and half in a toward-facing buggy. It was funded by the Sutton Trust.Īn observational study of more than 2,722 parent-infant pairs across the country was carried out for the Talk to Your Baby early language campaign by Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, Developmental Psychologist at Dundee University’s School of Psychology.ĭr Zeedyk also carried out a smaller experimental study of 20 babies being wheeled in pushchairs across a one mile stretch in the centre of Dundee. It is published today (Friday) by Talk To Your Baby, the early language campaign of the National Literacy Trust, an independent charity that aims to change lives through literacy. Children in such buggies are significantly less likely to talk, laugh, and interact with their parents, than are those in buggies that face the pusher, according to the first-ever research study on the psychological effects of buggies on babies. The most popular style of baby buggies – those that face away from the pusher – may be undermining children’s development. The first-ever study on psychological effects of buggies reveals life in a 21st-century baby buggy can be emotionally isolated and language-poor, which carries implications for children’s brain development.
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