My child is 11 months old and always walks on tiptoe

Department of Enuresis, Heping Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, I am the director of Sui, the child will be able to walk at 11 months, which should be early, indicating that your child is developing well. As for walking on tiptoe, this is a physiological phenomenon, everything will be normal as you get older, you can observe children of his age, and you will have no worries. As long as it is not a premature baby, a child with brain retardation, a child who falls at every turn, a child with flat feet, or a child with inverted feet, it is due to pathological factors that can cause the child to have problems walking.

If you discharge these, it means that there is nothing wrong with the child, although you can rest assured.

Why use toe?

There is a tendency to move forward, and because children are afraid of falling, they walk on tiptoe subconsciously.

This has to be corrected according to the actual situation.

Don't worry about it, because a lot of kids, I've seen that.

Don't worry, it's okay, my sister's child was like this at the beginning, and slowly he changed himself, and he had nothing to do to help him walk around

Do not worry. My daughter also learned to walk between November and December, and she sometimes walks on her toes, but now at 20 months, she rarely walks on her toes, but occasionally she walks on one toe.

Don't worry about the child subconsciously always having the feeling of his mother holding this, so the net is upright, just let him fall a few times.

It doesn't matter if he falls a few times.

Hehe: The first feeling is to send me to learn ballet...

I rely on the bounce power after that, don't you want to be scary?

The condition of walking on tiptoe is medically known as the "pointe gait", or "pointe feet" for short. It is normal for normal infants under one year of age (note: infants within l years of age, and toddlers from l to 3 years old) to have pointed feet during the growth and development stage.

Pointy feet are not scary, as long as they are detected early and intervened early, most children can return to normal.

Causes of baby tiptoe walking:

1 When parents prepare the walker for their baby, the height is not appropriate, so that the baby's walking center of gravity rushes forward, so that they are used to walking on tiptoe.

2 Babies who have just learned to walk tend to have tense calf muscles, insufficient body coordination, have not adapted to different grounds, lack of touch and thus get used to tiptoeing this way of walking.

3 Some babies have abnormal leg development, the Achilles tendon is too short, affecting the walking function, mild can be corrected by muscle training, serious please consult a doctor.

Effects: If the baby walks on tiptoe for a long time, the force on the soles of the baby's feet will be uneven, and the pressure will be concentrated on the toes, and there will be an incorrect gait. In addition, because the baby often walks on tiptoe, its calf muscles are in a state of tension for a long time, thus creating a vicious circle, resulting in the habit of walking on tiptoe.

Expert advice: mothers can walk barefoot with their babies on wooden boards or soft carpets, increase the baby's sense of touch and grip, and cultivate their balance: they can also let the baby walk on the oblique wave and walk with the heel, and exercise the baby's calf muscles

In addition, the baby's gait is still unstable, and the baby should be taught the correct walking trajectory: heel landing, flat feet, push.

When preparing a walker for a baby, it is best to wait until the baby is seven months old and can support the neck and sit up smoothly before using it: and the height of the walker must be suitable for the baby's height, not too high or too low. Mothers are advised not to rely too much on walkers to get their babies to walk.

If you are walking on tiptoe caused by excessive tension in the calf muscles, mothers can take their babies to professional institutions for related physical **, such as stretching calf muscles, massage and proper calf muscle training.

It is recommended that mothers choose shoes for their babies that are easier to bend in the forefoot, which is conducive to starting and better cultivating the correct walking posture; Secondly, the mid-cut design of the shoe can stabilize the ankle, reduce the chance of injury and improve the situation of walking on tiptoe.

Walking on tiptoe a lot can indicate several different problems, the most serious of which is cerebral palsy. If she is born prematurely, you better pay extra attention to her, because premature babies are more likely to develop bilateral paralysis, which is a type of cerebral palsy that involves the lower body. The problem may also be with the anatomy of the body, which is uncommon, but some children do have a short Achilles tendon.

A short Achilles tendon means that your baby will not be able to walk on the soles of his or her feet. This problem is usually easy**, either surgically or non-surgically by stretching the Achilles tendon.

If your baby walks on tiptoe for no physical reason, it's called congenital tiptoeing and is common in babies with language or other developmental disabilities. We don't yet know the reason behind it. If this is the case for your baby, the doctor will recommend an evaluation of your baby, including a neurological exam to screen for language and other developmental delays.

Condition analysis: Baby learns to walk Walking is an important process in the development of the baby's gross motor ability, from getting on all fours to walking upright on both legs, the baby has experienced an important stage of life. But tiptoeing is an unusual habit to consider.

Advice: If the child is just learning to walk, tiptoeing is common. At first, children learn to walk, do not know the correct gait, and in order to maintain balance, children will walk on tiptoe for fear of falling.

However, as the child grows, it should be abnormal, it may be a bad walking habit, or it may imitate the phenomenon caused by other children's bright oranges.