Is baby leggings scientific?

During the growth and development process of children, parents need to make certain corrections to ensure that the children can grow better. Many elderly people will bind their children's legs to prevent them from developing bow legs or bow legs. However, binding children's legs cannot prevent them from developing O-shaped legs or X-shaped legs. Instead, it will affect the baby's bone development and make the child feel uncomfortable. Next, I will introduce to you the unscientific aspects of baby leg binding.

1. Is it scientific to bind babies’ legs?

In the past, elders would bind the legs of newborn babies, believing that this could effectively prevent O-shaped legs or X-shaped legs. But is it scientific to bind the legs of babies? The claim that baby leggings can straighten legs is actually unscientific. The normal development of the baby's legs is mainly related to the absorption of vitamin D, calcium, etc. in the body. If the baby carries weight or walks too early, it will also affect bone development and may cause bow legs, etc.

There is actually no scientific basis for the idea of ​​baby leg binding. According to the physiological characteristics of the fetus, when the fetus is in the mother's womb, the fetus's posture is in a bent state. When the baby is born, there will still be some curvature in the baby's legs. This is a normal physiological curvature and does not affect the baby's normal development. If you use the method of baby leg binding to forcibly bind the baby's legs, it will make the baby feel uncomfortable. At the same time, the baby's limb development is hindered, affecting the normal development of bones.

2. Do newborns need to tie their legs when they sleep?

Binding the legs of newborns was a folk practice in the past when medical technology was backward to prevent children's leg deformities. Nowadays, few people bind their children's legs.

There are indeed pros and cons to binding the legs of newborns. The advantage is that it can help the child's legs stretch straight and not easily cause bowlegs and other conditions. It can also help the child grow faster.

The disadvantage is that it can easily increase the child's crying, and if the stick is not used properly, it may strangle the child, which will then be counterproductive.

3. How to use leggings

The specific method is very simple. Start with a medical elastic bandage or a general cloth strip from the ankle, and tie it up in circles until the entire calf is tied. This method costs almost nothing and is very effective. As long as her legs are tied properly, she will not feel sore, swollen, numb or heavy even if she walks a long distance.

The principle of leg wrapping is actually very simple: squeeze the blood in the veins and promote blood return. But there is a trick when tying it, that is, the part near the ankle should be tied tighter, and the part higher up does not need to be tied so tightly.

If the tension of the leggings at the ankle is 100, it will drop to 70 or 80 in the middle of the calf, and near the knee, the tension only needs to be 50 or 60. This is because the blood in the ankles needs to flow back and the force of gravity to be overcome is the greatest, so it needs to be tied the tightest; the higher you go, the smaller the force of gravity, so it can be tied looser. Moreover, the lower part is tied tightly and the upper part is tied loosely, and the pressure difference between the two is also conducive to the blood flowing back to the upper part.