Baby Legs Bowed Normal
Most children aged 18 months to 2 years have some bow-leggedness.
Baby legs bowed normal. In young children bowlegs is not painful or uncomfortable and does not interfere with a childs ability to walk run or play. Around ages 3 to 4 the childs legs should have a normal appearance. This bowing is abnormal.
But a child who still has bowlegs at about age three should be evaluated by orthopedic specialist. Doctors call this type of bowed legs physiologic genu varum. Photo and standing-alignment X-ray of a child with bowlegs.
Finally the leg straightens as the baby starts to stroll with a more erect stance. Bow legs may become more obvious in toddlers as they begin to walk. Over time the leg alignment will correct and usually straightens out by about eighteen months of age.
Physiologic bowing is the most common cause of bow legs and is seen from birth until two or three years of age. When babies are born with bow legs its because some of the bones had to rotate twist slightly when they were growing in the womb to fit into the small space. Normal Development of the Legs and Knees.
Bow legs happen when the bones in each of a babys thighs and legs line up differently while the baby is growing. The technical term for this is genu valgum valgusvalgum angles out. Babies are born with bowlegs because of their folded position in the uterus womb so the condition is normal in infancy.
Initially your baby might have bowed legs but gradually they will get a normal appearance. Bow legs before the age of 18 months it is very common for children have a small gap between their knees and ankles when they stand. Bowlegs are a condition in which the legs curve outward at an extreme angle at the knees while the childs feet are together.
