Four Misconceptions About Buying Shoes For Your Baby

Many mothers know that buying shoes for babies is a matter that needs attention. Because babies do not know how to fit, they only know their babies. If babies are not good at expression, they will easily suffer their feet. Chinese medicine believes that there are many important acupoints at the bottom of their feet, which directly affect the health of all parts of the body.

Unfortunately, many mothers tend to walk into the following misunderstandings.

Myth 1: the softer the upper and the upper, the better.

Because children's bones, joints and ligaments are in the developmental stage, their balance and stability are not strong enough. If the back of the shoe is too soft, the feet can not get the corresponding support in the shoes, which will cause the feet to swing around, easily cause injuries to the ankle joints and ligaments, and may also develop unhealthy walking posture.

Therefore, children's shoes should be stiffened and covered with feet, so as to reduce the movement space of feet in shoes.

Children's shoes, especially the head, are too soft to resist the impact of hard objects on toes, plus the habit of walking and kicking and playing with babies. Soft soft upper is neither strong nor safe.

However, the upper part of the instep should be softer to facilitate the bending of the foot.

Myth two: the bigger the curvature of the soles, the better.

The soles of children's shoes should be of the appropriate thickness and soft hardness, but too soft soles can not support the feet.

In fact, the comfort of shoes not only comes from the appropriate soft hardness, but also depends on the bending parts of the soles, and many of the bending parts of children's shoes are located in the middle of the shoes, that is, the waist of the feet, which easily injure the delicate arches of the baby.

The bending part of the science should be located at the metatarsophalangeal joint of the forefoot, so that it is consistent with the flexural part of the foot when walking.

Myth three: thick sole shoes are comfortable and shockproof.

When walking, the shoes need to bend with the movement of the feet. The thicker the sole, the harder the bending. Especially for the baby who loves to run and jump, the thick sole shoes are more likely to cause foot fatigue and affect the health of the knee and waist.

In addition, thick bottom shoes tend to increase the heel height in order to show the beauty of curves. This will cause the whole foot to rush ahead and damage the balance of the feet. In the long run, this will affect the joint structure of the baby's feet, and even lead to the deformation of the physiological curve of the spine, which will seriously affect the normal development of the brain, heart and abdominal cavity.

Therefore, the suitable sole thickness for children's shoes should be 5 millimeters to 10 millimeters, and the heel height should be between 6 millimeters and 15 millimeters.

Myth four: shoes with bow shaped insole for health and comfort

Many children's shoes have a bump cushion on the foot of the insole. Mothers generally think that it can lift up the arches, make the baby feel comfortable and have health care functions.

In fact, this kind of shoes is more suitable for adults to wear. For children, it reduces the extension space of the arch, so that the arch muscles of the developing period can not get the necessary exercise. If that happens, it may turn the baby into flat feet.