If the baby experiences knee inversion, it is likely that the baby has O-shaped legs. O-shaped legs can affect a baby's bone development, affecting their ability to walk during the learning stage. As they age, they can also easily cause joint pain, and in severe cases, can even affect normal walking. So will a baby's walker affect their O-shaped legs?
Although many parents believe that a walker can help their baby learn to walk quickly, the harm of a walker is significant. The baby not only cannot walk in a normal posture, but can also develop O-shaped legs.
When a baby is sitting in a walker, their legs need to be spread apart, and movement is not done with the force of their legs and feet, but with the help of rollers. This kind of walking is not right in terms of posture or force application.
Learning to walk with a walker can make it easier for parents to teach their babies how to walk and also help them adapt to the feeling of walking. However, long-term use is not right, as babies will become even more dependent and not learn to walk.
Learning to walk on a walker can easily lead to symptoms such as O-shaped legs and eversion of the feet in babies. If parents find that their babies have not learned to walk by the age of one and a half after using a walker, they need to pay more attention to whether their babies have O-shaped legs. If found, they must take their babies to the hospital as soon as possible to correct it as soon as possible.
