Nowadays, children are more and more demanding of appearance, they are no longer satisfied with whether their faces are beautiful, and they have begun to pursue the perfection of body shape.
Having two long and straight legs is the pursuit of many young people in China, for this reason, they will use various ways to make the legs longer in visual effects during the dressing process, and the bottoms that look thin and straight are also particularly popular.
But instead of letting their children suffer from leg shapes, parents should not bend the bones of their legs in the first place.
Asian children's legs are generally not as straight as those of Europe and the United States
Today's children have a very persistent pursuit of long and straight legs, but also because of the efficiency of information communication, so that they can see that foreign peers, especially in Europe and the United States, basically have a pair of long and straight legs.
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Some young people who have studied abroad also said that although there are O-shaped legs or X-shaped legs among ordinary people in Europe and the United States, the proportion is smaller than that.
Some surveys have also found that people in Europe and the United States have straighter legs than Asians, and there is less chance of leg problems.
The best proportion of the legs was for blacks, thin and straight, followed by whites.
Although the thickness and length of the legs are also affected by genes, the acquired role cannot be ignored.
The four wrong practices of parents can be very harmful to the shape of the child's legs
1) Let your child learn to walk too early
The average child has the ability to stand when they are eight or nine months old, but many parents let their children start to learn to walk when they are eight months old.
In fact, it is more important to let children climb freely than to learn to walk first.
Many children at 6 to 8 months old, there will be the desire to crawl around, then parents should not stop them.
Because crawling can exercise the coordination and flexibility of the baby's limbs, the muscles of various parts of the body can be exercised, laying the foundation for future standing and walking.
It also stimulates brain development by stimulating sight, hearing and touch, making them smarter.
Too early for children to learn to walk will cause the bones of their legs to be unable to bear their own weight, and the lower limbs will be underdeveloped, so that the legs such as O or X will appear.
2) Wean our milk too early and do not feed milk powder
Breast milk is rich in all kinds of nutrients needed by children, but many parents think that after the child is 6 months old, breast milk is not nutritious, need to be weaned, and feed them other foods, this misconception can easily lead to malnutrition of children.
Especially in the past, parents did not have the habit of feeding milk to their children, and there was no breast milk after the baby was 6 months old, and there was no milk powder to drink.
At the same time, there was no milk supplementation after the age of one year, resulting in insufficient calcium intake, abnormal leg bone development, and O-shaped legs.
European and American countries have always had the habit of drinking milk and eating beef, calcium intake is more, natural legs develop better, grow straighter.
3) There is a problem with the posture of holding the child
When holding children, many people are accustomed to holding the part of their thighs and letting the children sit on their arms, so that parents can save effort and the children are more comfortable to sit up.
But this way will cause children's legs to be forked for a long time, or twisted at will, which can easily lead to joint internal injuries, or affect bone development, so that they form O-shaped legs or X-shaped legs.
In Europe and the United States, one-handed holding the baby, wrapping around the child's waist, so that their legs are together, and located on the same level is more conducive to leg bone development.
4) Do not correct the child's bad sitting posture
Children like to crawl around on the ground, sit down directly after playing tired, but some children will have problems sitting posture, and if they are not careful, they will become ducks sitting, that is, they will twist their legs and sit on their legs.
This practice is very common in ancient China and in japan today, so we can often see many Japanese children with O-shaped legs that are very serious.
Therefore, parents can correct the child's poor sitting posture, or buy a suitable small bench for them, so that their legs naturally sag and close together.
It is normal for a baby to have O-leg or X-leg
Some parents find that their baby's legs are not straight, so they tie it with bandages, hoping to make it grow long and straight, but this practice is very ignorant and wrong.
Because children's legs are O-shaped legs at birth, even the knee joints cannot be straightened, such physiological characteristics can make them curl up in their mother's stomach.
As they grow older, O-shaped legs improve around the age of 1, but X-legs with knee valgus will occur after 2 to 3 years of age, and may last until about 7 years old to be normal.
Therefore, parents find that the legs of babies under 3 years old are O-shaped legs, and 3-7 years old are X-shaped legs, don't worry too much.
Only if it has not been relieved after these periods, it is necessary to see a doctor.
However, when your child's legs are asymmetrical, or X-type O-shaped conditions appear on only one leg, or if the legs are bent severely, they should be taken to the hospital as soon as possible.
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