When we see how the baby tries to stand up, it gives us a pleasant satisfaction, the development of children is a joy for all parents, their progress is a constant in their life. When you start taking your first steps, you should observe the way you give them and how you place the little legs, since we can detect some kind of problem as a congenital anomaly.
You may find your child walking with his feet inward or perhaps arching his legs too much. These ways of walking may indicate the possibility of a congenital anomaly such as clubfoot or a defect such as the knee rod, this is when the baby has arched legs while standing, keeping the ankles together and knees apart. Each age can have its anomalies, when it turns two years old, it is possible that an inverse phenomenon may appear to the previous one that we have mentioned, it is the so-called valgus knee, the legs arches them forming an X, that is, the knees touch and ankles are separated. For congenital anomalies such as those we have described, it is best to go to an orthopedist who will give the most appropriate solution.
The knee rod is frequent for reasons of robustness of the child, its weight can cause the bowing of the legs and walking with the tip of the feet inward, a fact, this defect occurs more in boys than in girls. According to specialists, this defect disappears spontaneously when it turns 2 or 3 years old.
With the valgus knee, the child cannot join the feet, this defect usually appears when he is 3 or 4 years old and has to do with a physiological disorder in his legs, although there are no treatments, an orthopedic control is the most indicated , he will follow his evolution to determine if the problem is due to normal development or if it is a problem of another type to which a solution must be put.
