Look at the posture of the baby's sole and teach you a trick to identify the splayed foot and the O-leg!

Hehe, the American Academy of Pediatrics is awesome. They suggest looking at the baby's soles and judging whether there are these problems from the wear of the soles. Normal baby's sole wear is like this on the left, but if the sole wear is like this on the right, you need to worry.

In fact, when normal people walk, their toes will be slightly outward, so there will be more or less wear, and the wear position is concentrated on the outside of the heel and symmetrical. On the other hand, due to the good elasticity of the sole, the impact of the sole landing on the human body is small, and the impact of the forefoot landing on the baby's joints is small, so the sole is also the part where normal wear is concentrated. A pair of shoes are worn out in three months? Need to be careful. Usually, if the newly bought shoes wear off less than 20% within half a year, they are generally regarded as normal. If 20%-30% is worn off within 3 months, it is likely that there is something wrong with the baby's walking posture and bone development, and the mother needs to be vigilant. The inside of the heel of the sole is badly worn? The serious wear of the inner heel of the baby's sole is mostly caused by eversion, that is, one or both sides of the sole are everted and deformed, and the lateral side of the sole is stressed more and worn seriously. If one foot is hallux valgus deformity, the sole is asymmetric wear.

Babies who walk like this, because more pressure from the body gathers on the inner side of the foot, increase the chance that the inner side of the foot contacts the ground, and invisibly increase the pressure on the joints, which may be the performance of "O-leg" and "X-leg". Is the lateral heel of the sole badly worn? The serious wear of the baby's outer sole is mostly caused by varus, that is, one or both sides of the foot are varus, and the outer sole is stressed more and worn seriously. If one foot is inverted, the sole is also asymmetrically worn. Foot varus is a developmental deformity, which can be found at birth. It is an ankle deformity caused by spasm of posterior tibial muscle. Treatment varies with age and deformity. Is the sole wear consistent? Maybe flat feet.

If all parts of the sole are worn consistently, it may be the performance of flat feet, but if so, mom and dad really don't have to worry too much, because many babies haven't formed arches yet, most of them are flat feet, and they will get better gradually when they grow up. Knee. No. Premature baby? Don't! 0 ~ 3 years old baby's bone development is not yet mature, and some bad habits in life will really affect the baby's leg shape or walking posture. I really need to remind you of this little education. Don't let the baby sit on the W-shaped knee when he starts to learn to crawl and sit. It is easy to show a W-shaped kneeling posture with knees turned out. The skeletal development of preschool children is unstable. Some babies who are learning to crawl or walk may get up and sit up. When the baby kneels, most of his feet are everted.

Over time, it will worsen the deformation of the legs, especially for babies with obvious internal eight-character characteristics. At this time, it is best for the mother to help the baby correct his foot shape and help him return to normal, but it is best to avoid letting him sit on his knees as much as possible.

"Three turns, six sittings, seven rolls and eight crawls" refers to the basic movements that babies can achieve independently at different growth stages. However, due to individual differences, it is normal for an action to be slightly ahead or behind in a certain period of time, so don't let your baby learn to walk too early.