At the birth of the baby it seems to parents that put when their child gets up on legs and will try to take the first in life steps, still very much and it is very far. But time flies quickly and there comes the moment when there is a question of purchase of footwear in which the kid will get up on legs and will begin to learn to go.
Instruction
1. Consult to the pediatrician and the orthopedic surgeon about need of purchase of the first footwear for life for the child. Can happen so that your child will need special orthopedic footwear. Only after that go behind purchase.
2. Choose footwear for the child with fitting on his leg, the sizes of different producers can not coincide among themselves and, a divergence in several millimeters, is admissible for the seller, but does not suit you.
3. Look attentively at as far as footwear corresponds to width of foot and height of its arch. If sandals are narrowish - you should not take them, to anything to the kid to feel discomfort when training in process of walking and a consequence of carrying such obuvka can be extremely unpleasant: the sdavlennost of foot leads to its deformation and also scrapes on the child's skin (callosities) that can become the reason of temporary refusal of the kid of attempts to learn to go.
4. Pay attention to the footwear size: too rather big it should not be, the leg should not "walk". The suitable size at which from edge of a big finger of a leg to edge of a sandalik there are about 5-7 mm. Not so quickly the leg grows to buy sandals one size bigger and by that to put the little man at risk of the wrong formation of foot.
5. Look at attention to material of which are made the first obuvka. Give preference to leather and fabric products - they "breathe" better and allow a leg of the kid to feel comfortable.
6. Surely select models with a high and firm back (on it in the top part soft small pillows can be located - for convenience and protection the Piglet from callosities) and good fastening fastener. The sole has to bend in a nosochny part, but not in the middle is a mandatory requirement at selection of the correct footwear.
7. Choose for the kid footwear with a flat sole which has no deep relief in so-called basic zones, with a heel no more than 5-7 mm.
8. Choose footwear taking into account the recommendations of the orthopedist, even orthopedic footwear is divided into conditional and orthopedic (with an instep support, the performing function on prevention of flat-footedness), and orthopedic special (made directly for the specific child for the purpose of correction of foot)