Summer is here. What "pits" should you avoid when choosing sandals for your baby?

When the weather gets hot, many mothers will buy sandals for their children, but many mothers don't pay attention to the selection of sandals when buying sandals. Many types of sandals are actually not suitable for children. If you wear the wrong sandals or inappropriate sandals, it will lead to ugly legs and may also affect the normal development of children's foot bones. So what sandals can't children wear? What pits should I avoid when buying sandals?

First, don't buy sandals that are too soft. Many parents will feel comfortable buying shoes, but this is a very big misunderstanding. In fact, if shoes are too soft, it will do a lot of harm to children. One is because the shoes are soft and have poor stability, and they can't give enough support to the children's footsteps when walking. In this way, there is no way to provide adequate protection for children's feet, which may make children sprain their ankles very easily. On the other hand, if you often wear sandals that are too soft for your child, then your child's arch will not be strongly supported. If it takes a long time, your foot function will be very imperfect, which will easily lead to flat feet. This will not only cause tendinitis, but also cause great damage to children's knees and waist joints.

Secondly, never wear shoes that don't fit. Many parents think that their children are growing fast, and when buying shoes, they will deliberately buy bigger shoes, so that they can continue to wear them even when their feet grow up. Or some parents will let their children wear small shoes for a long time because they are too lazy to change them, but in fact, these will cause the children's foot bones to fail to develop normally and may also lead to deformation. If the shoes are too small, the blood circulation will be affected due to the gradual oppression of the children for a long time, which will have a great impact on the walking posture of the children. In order to stabilize the center of gravity, children sometimes lean forward, which will lead to varus or flat feet.

Therefore, when choosing shoes for children, we must choose shoes according to the needs of children's physical and skeletal development at different ages. Generally, there is no way for a baby under one year old to stand stably. There is no need to wear shoes. Babies from one to three years old are in a period of rapid development, so at this time, we should choose shoes with slightly greater hardness and thickness to provide enough support for children to walk. Children from three to six years old need to choose sports shoes with thick soles and suitable hardness because they are active and their feet are not fully developed.