How to correct your baby’s O-shaped legs and sleeping position?

Bow legs usually appear when the baby is about one year old and usually recover after one and a half years old. When babies are learning to walk, you should pay attention to their leg shape. If they are over 2 years old, they still have O-shaped legs. How to correct O-shaped legs?

In layman's terms, O-shaped legs refer to the situation where the two knees cannot touch each other when the two legs are put together.

[How to correct o-shaped legs?]

Correction method 1: Stand up straight with your feet together, put your hands on your knees, and squat and stand up forward 20 to 30 times.

Correction method 2: Bend over, put your hands on your knees, and move your knees to the left and right 20 to 30 times.

Correction method three: bend over, place your feet shoulder-width apart, place your hands on your knees, with your knees facing inward, hold for 10 seconds, then return to standing. Do this 5 to 10 times.

Correction method three: Supplement vitamin D when the baby is about one year old. Vitamin D is involved in calcium absorption. Its deficiency can cause rickets (gōu lóu) and other diseases.

Getting more sun exposure can also prevent vitamin D deficiency. Of course, the best time is before 10 am and after 3 pm. Foods containing vitamin D include cod liver oil, kiwi fruit, persimmon, etc.

Correction method 4: The worst method is surgery, so you have to listen to the doctor.

[Suggestions for correcting o-shaped legs]

1. Pay attention to your sleeping and sitting posture, and do not sleep on your stomach. Also avoid overcorrection. It is recommended that the mother turn the baby over more often when the baby is sleeping at night, because it is easy to have bow legs if the baby keeps sleeping in the same position.

2. Don’t let your child learn to walk too early. Some parents are eager for quick results and use walkers for their children at 9 to 10 months old. This can easily affect the child’s bone development.

3. Don’t use the traditional method of the older generation to bind your baby’s legs.

4. Choosing inappropriate and loose-fitting diapers will also cause bow legs for babies. Diapers that are too large can also affect children's walking, etc. So don't underestimate the small details in daily life.

① Change diapers frequently and let the baby's bottom breathe properly during the day.

②On average, babies need to change their diapers every three times they urinate

③ Choose different diapers at different stages:

If your baby has obvious bow legs when he is 3 years old, you should see a doctor.