Baby Feet, Oh So Important!

Sue Arnoldus, CPed

I am sharing this information with parents from my perspective
as a Board Certified Pedorthist.

Baby moccasins are an excellent footwear choice for your baby's
feet.

Your baby's feet are made for baby moccasins (or should I say,
vise versa?). Baby feet consist mainly of flesh and cartilage.
At this age, the bones of the feet are more gristle-like
cartilage than bone. Your baby has a lot of growing to do before
he or she has hardness to his or her foot.

At this baby stage, they have a lot of space between the bones
in their feet, and there are basically no joints developed yet.
It takes about 18 years for the foot to become fully developed.

Ordinary shoes for babies should be outlawed. Most baby shoes
have a thick, stiff sole on them. These are not good for a
baby's foot, unless some kind of correction is being attempted,
via medial treatment.

Babies seem to have an intuitive sense about what is good for
their feet. I have yet to see a baby with shoes on who isn't
constantly working to get them off their feet. Babies appear to
know ordinary shoes are not good for them.

Baby moccasins make a lot of sense, because they are soft,
lightweight and do not restrict the foot in any way. That is
critical for baby foot movement and development.

As babies begin to walk, the soft sole of the moccasin is
critical, as it allows the baby's foot to flex and bend as they
try to stabilize themselves. Much of our balancing comes from
our toes. If the sole of the shoe is not flexible, the toes are
unable to function.

A baby's toes have 15 times the gripping capacity of shoe
wearing adults. Let their toes work for them, by putting their
little feet in moccasins.

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