What to do if your one-year-old baby has bent legs

We all know that babies can already walk around their first birthday. Many mothers will teach their babies to walk after they are ten months old. However, some babies learn to walk late, and some babies often wear diapers during their growth, which causes their legs to bend. In this way, their O-shaped legs are particularly obvious when they walk. So what should we do if a one-year-old baby has bent calves?

1. Correction can be made by wearing corrective shoes or braces, but the cause must be identified and it takes a very long time to correct. Parents can help their babies do appropriate massage and rehabilitation, which can also help improve O-shaped legs. If the O-shaped legs are pathological, the cause should be found out as soon as possible and eating habits should be changed. Eating more calcium-rich foods, supplementing vitamin D, getting more sun exposure, and exercising regularly can all help improve the condition.

2. If the legs are bent too much, surgery may be considered for correction. But for most babies, the bending of their legs is within the normal range and does not require special treatment, just pay more attention and observation. For every child, as they grow to different ages, in order to match the maturity of their muscles and bones, their lower limbs will have different shapes.

Some babies' legs are not in good shape. Many parents do not take it seriously when their babies are young, which leads to regrets when they grow up. There are many reasons for babies' O-shaped legs, such as cartilage nutritional disorders, but vitamin D deficiency rickets is the most common cause. The main symptoms in the early stages are sweating and irritability. If not corrected in time, it will affect bone development. When children with rickets grow to about one year old and learn to stand and walk, their legs find it difficult to bear the weight of the body, which causes their lower limbs to bend outwards and form O-shaped legs.