Healthy habits are formed as children, and while most parents are good at helping to instill healthy eating habits and hygienic habits in their children –their feet often go overlooked. But by starting to teach good foot care practices early, you can help combat many common foot-related issues as they grow up.
Here are a few tips to help get your child’s feet healthy and in great shape from a young age.
Inspect Them
Keeping an eye on your child’s feet is an important part of ensuring they are in good shape. Just as you should inspect your own feet for scrapes, cuts, splinters, or ingrown toenails you should also be sure to check your child’s feet.
Proper Nail Trimming
Trimming nails properly is the best defense against ingrown toenails. Cutting toenails straight across can help prevent painful ingrown toenails and other discomforts that come from having ingrown nails. Ingrown toenails can be painful –especially to children, and prevention is always the best option.
Great Fitting Shoes
Children’s feet grow at a rapid pace; it is important to keep an eye on their shoes and ensure that they fit properly. Shoes that are too tight can cause blisters, corns, or even ingrown toenails –which can eventually lead to infection. It is important to measure your child’s foot every time you buy a new pair of shoes to ensure that you are buying the right size.
Injury Care
No one is injury free –so it is important that you keep an eye on your child’s feet for cuts, scrapes, or other injuries. Keeping their feet clean and cuts covered will help prevent infections. It is also important to keep in mind that as your child gets older and starts participating in sports –injuries are going to be more common.
Foot care is important at any age –and helping your child to establish good habits while they are young will help them to take care of their feet as they grow up.
Tags: Foot Care, Prevention