Any of you have any knowledge about this. My 2 year old sometimes appears to be pigeon-toed when he wears shoes. A few people have asked me if he is? I have not brought it up to his Pedtrcn yet, next visit in a week. Is this something he wil out grow? Should I be concerned? If any of you ladies have any advice that would be great!
Hi Ladies, So we went to the Dr. on Thursday, he said not to worry right now that the muscles in his legs are still forming and when they are done growing his littloe legs will be fine. He said his whole leg turns not just his toes. Not sure about this. . .I gueess we wait and see? Thanks for all the advice!
Funny you ask this because I just read about it. The article was saying that toddlers typically outgrow bowleggedness (sp?) by their second year, but then get pigeon-toed.
My sons dad is pidgeon-toed, so when my son started walking, I noticed him to be also. In fact his feet were so obviously pointed inwards, I took him to the doctor thinking he may need braces or something. But the doctor said that most of the time they grow out of it. My son luckily has, and he isnt even the slightest bit pidgeon-toed anymore. Give it time, and wait about a year or year and a half, and try not to be too panicked about it....he is still growing rapidly, and may just grow out of it. Good luck :-)
My son looks like he is pigeon toed also. He is 5 now, but sometimes when he was younger it looked like he was tripping because of his feet! We kept taking him to the doctor and then we went through PT. Everyone kept telling us he would out grow it and not to worry! We saw one specialist and then a couple yeard later another! This last one we saw(He was an older, very reputable with lots of experience) told us that was just the way our son was, that there is nothing wrong with him, trying to fix him would be like trying to turn a blonde person to a burnett. Everyone is just made different. I would definatly voice your concern to his ped, but if they tell you nothing is wrong, I am sure they will be right!
ok not to scare any one but this is my experience. I was born pigeon toed. failry severly. My mom took me to the doctors who had me wear metal braces at night when i was 2. They held my feet straight at night while I slept but they were painful. I still remember them. So they stopped. All the Dr's said it would just go away. and in most cases it is outgrown before the child is 5. I didnt outgrow it. over the years it became very humiliating around other children and so I forced myself to walk straight. Which has caused a lot of damage in my joints/hips and So things are degrading. The dr's now say I should have had the easy corrective surgery when I was younger as now it will be a much more severe issue that could put me in need of either a wheelchair or a full hip replacement. anyhow my advice is to have it checked by your dr. because not everyone out grows it and it can cause problems down the road. especially if it doesnt improve over time.
HI D. MYY NAME IS S. AND MY OLDEST DAUGHTER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WHAT I DID WAS STARTED PUTTING HER SHOES ON THE WRONG FEET WITHIN A YEAR SHE DIDN'T WALK PIGEON-TOED ANY MORE SHE IS NOW 4 AND WALKS OKAY. YOU SHOULD START DOING IT NOW OR HE WILL END UP WEARING BRACES ON HIS FEET WHICH IS NOT FUN
The pediatrician I take my daughter to says she's pigeon toed and that allowing her to walk around barefoot as much as possible will help correct it. I haven't noticed a difference but then again I've never noticed she was pigeon toed. I let her walk around barefoot as much as possible. You might want to try that.
Not sure about how wearing house slippers can affect it though...
My husband was pigeon toed as well as a baby/toddler. They broke his legs and reset them with casts and a metal bar between his feet. I don't think this is the case anymore.
Definately ask the pediatrician. It can be an indication of something that needs to be corrected. Then again it probably isn't but the dr should check it.
I can't remember what the disorders are but I had difficulty with my feet which was noticed when I was in grade school and complained constantly about aching legs. I wasn't pigeon toed but as an adult I read about foot disorders. As an adult, I learned from a podiatrist that I had Morton's syndrome which meant that I was missing some ligaments in my feet. Because my parents did take me to the podiatrist and did get treatment for me I no longer have difficulties as an adult.
Definitely get it checked out sooner than later. Like Domoni G, I to am pigeon toed and had to wear braces as a baby. My mom always took them off of me because I cried so much. It is something I never outgrew, I am still pigeon toed and it is rather embarrasing at 28.I try to walk straight but it gets painful.
I would try everything you can to get this taken care of early on. I hated getting made fun of in school, no child deserves that.
