How to choose a children's shoes?

Choosing a good shoe for your child - an important task for parents to take care of the correct formation of the foot must be from the very first steps of the baby. Insufficient attention to the needs of children's shoes in the initial period of a child's life often leads to various disorders in the development of the foot.

Kids need shoes only from genuine leather, as in synthetics foot sweats and not breathing. The exceptions are rubber boots.

Do not buy baby shoes flat shoes without arch support. If the shoe or shoes have a heel, the arch support is no longer needed.

For the little ones need to take a model with a high heel and a rigid, which securely locks the foot and prevents it hang out. This prevents bending the ankle and clubfoot.

Such footwear is recommended for all dear children 2-3 years old, and for the prevention and desirably up to 4 years (up to a size 27-28). Ideal heels - 1.5-2 cm. Noses shoes - wide, otherwise they will squeeze your fingers, and the child will ingrown nail.

Children at different ages leg grows at different rates, so measure the size of the foot of the child must be not less than once every few months.

Measurement is best done in the evening, when the size of the foot maximum. It is necessary to measure both feet and rely on great results.

Translating the results obtained in size, it is necessary to increase their 5-7 mm for summer shoes and 10-15 mm for winter and autumn and spring. Then rounded upwards. Foot length in centimeters and is the size of your child's feet.

You should also consider the fact that the sizes of different manufacturers differ. Therefore, when buying only room size is not necessary to navigate.

How to make measurements? It is necessary to set foot on the child a clean sheet of paper, and then outline both feet, then a ruler to measure the distance between the most distant points of both feet and choose the larger of the two numbers obtained.

Buying baby shoes, not too lazy to take it with you and try on the proposed purchase of a child's foot.

On the advice of orthopedics in children's shoes have to be a small margin - 5.10 mm, but not anymore. The fact that the child's foot when walking a little swells, fingers need space. Wear shoes you can to position "butt", but in any case we can not allow it pressed or sting.

Shoes bought for growth, is injurious to health. In addition, for the next season foot child still grow so you will need to buy new shoes.

If you are satisfied with the price and the manufacturer, inside and outside leather or textile, sole bends exactly where needed, hard heel, toe wider heel, instep available, there is little slack and lifting, leg comes without effort, you can buy shoes. Pre ask more and view child!

Interesting facts:

- Typically, left and right leg of the same length, but sometimes the difference in their length may be 6 mm.

- In the evening, feet slightly more than in the morning. They are about a 5% increase in volume, about 3 mm long and about 1 cm more in width (for this reason it is recommended to measure shoes when buying in the afternoon).

- In the standing leg more than a lying or sitting position - as body weight affects them and extend them to 3-6 mm (for this reason, all the measurements and fitting must be done only in a standing position).

- When driving, thanks to body weight, the foot gets a little longer, and the toes are shifted slightly with each step forward (for this reason, the size of the insole shoes should be minimum 12 mm longer than the foot).

- The cost of production quality of children's shoes are exactly the same as in the manufacture of shoes for adults. Quality children's shoes can not be cheap. The impact of low prices when choosing shoes, mainly on the market, as follows: in most cases, you can apply this to your children footwear serious leg injuries.

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