I don't think I wrote why he was going in my last post so I will start with that.
So Mav has been walking since he was 10 months old, that is lots (and lots) of practice time, by this point he really should be quite stable on his feet but he is a total clutz. At first I didn't think anything of it but I had a few people point out to me that he is bow legged. That also was not a big concern of mine, better bow legged than knock kneed in my opinion. Plus I had heard from other moms of bow legged kids that it has been suggested it is better for athletes to have a bit of a bow. Not that I am pushing for Mav to be an athlete but lets face it he is a very busy boy, and he has a natural love for sports so far. Obviously we will embrace that as much as our future bank accounts will allow lol.
So early walker becomes bow legged, and then a couple months back, somewhere between the 15-16 month mark I noticed he was becoming more clumsy and tripping more on his feet. After a few weeks of this I mentioned it to my doctor and she agreed with what we had noticed. Mav's legs were starting to turn inwards from the knees down throwing off his balance and causing him to trip. Some days his legs seem almost perfectly in line, but others (seemingly when he is over tired or too excited) its like his legs get lazy and start to turn. Sometime its a little turn others its much more noticeable.
So now we will follow up yearly for potentially up to the next 7 years with the Ortho specialist.
That's all they want us to do, the examine concluded that Mav does in fact have a slight inward bend in his leg bones. Basically they said that it is not a concern at this point, and that as his leg muscles develop his legs should straighten. He doesn't even need physio, we are just to continue letting him be the overactive toddler he is which the Dr said was in his favor.
Ive searched for a picture to show what his legs do but all I can find is pronation of feet, and the curve is not in Mav's feet its in his calf bones...
So instead a cutie picture will have to do <3
4 comments:
Cute indeed. Smart to check things out, glad to hear it wasn't anything serious. My boys seem to be a bit clumsy, especially when tired. Fynn still walks on his toes which has me worried but my doctor doesn't think it is anything.
glad it isn't anything serious, but it is still hard for us moms to not worry about things especially when it concerns our kids. I hope it continues to only need monitoring and that it begins to correct itself
One of my girls is a little bit knock-kneed, and they basically told me the same thing: that it used to be that they would give kids braces to correct it, but now the standard care is just to let them grow out of it, and only address it if it doesn't improve on its own or it gets demonstrably worse.
i'm so happy to hear mav is doing great. sorry you had the scare. it's great they'll keep checking up on him and that he won't need physio. he is SO cute, v!! he looks like such a happy little man all the time! i hope you've been doing well and are enjoying the end of the month. <3<3<3
maria
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