Toe walking

My son, who is now 13 months has recently been walking on his toes
ALOT. He has been walking for about 4 months now, but just started
this. I just started to notice also, that he is pretty flat footed. My
sister and brother both have very flat feet and I wonder if this could
be the cause? He has very very thick feet also. Any suggestions would
be great,Thanks

"newmama" wrote in message
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My son, who is now 13 months has recently been walking on his toes
ALOT. He has been walking for about 4 months now, but just started
this. I just started to notice also, that he is pretty flat footed. My
sister and brother both have very flat feet and I wonder if this could
be the cause? He has very very thick feet also. Any suggestions would
be great,Thanks


It seems to be very, very common for kids to walk on their toes. Who knows
why. Most kids I know go through it. Our friends' children did it, our
kids did it, the peds' kids did it, his friends' kids did it. They
eventually grow out of it.

"newmama" wrote in message
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My son, who is now 13 months has recently been walking on his toes
ALOT. He has been walking for about 4 months now, but just started
this. I just started to notice also, that he is pretty flat footed. My
sister and brother both have very flat feet and I wonder if this could
be the cause? He has very very thick feet also. Any suggestions would
be great,Thanks

Toe walking can be a sign of quite a few things, however it can also be a
normal part of development.
Toe walking can be an issue w/ CP, Tethered Spine, Sensory Integration
Dysfunction, Sensory issues that go in hand w/ autistic tendencies and a
host of other issues. Toe walking itself doesn't indicate that those issues
are what your child has, however it is defiantly worth the effort to have
them checked out. If your not happy w/ the check from your Doc, a visit to
a neurologist would be my next step.
I have BTDT.
But again, some toe walking is completely normal and does not indicate a
disorder. I don't want to seem like I'm trying to scare you ... just
letting you know some facts that I wish I would have known 6 years ago.
~Kat

newmama wrote:
My son, who is now 13 months has recently been walking on his toes
ALOT. He has been walking for about 4 months now, but just started
this. I just started to notice also, that he is pretty flat footed. My
sister and brother both have very flat feet and I wonder if this could
be the cause? He has very very thick feet also. Any suggestions would
be great,Thanks

Unless he has other behavioral problems, toe-walking is extremely
common. I think the only thing I've ever read about it being a problem
is if he does it 100 percent of the time and can't seem to walk on his
feet normally. I don't know when kids develop an arch, but it isn't
until later anyway.

Stasya

newmama wrote:
My son, who is now 13 months has recently been walking on his toes
ALOT. He has been walking for about 4 months now, but just started
this. I just started to notice also, that he is pretty flat footed. My
sister and brother both have very flat feet and I wonder if this could
be the cause? He has very very thick feet also. Any suggestions would
be great,Thanks

DS toe walked and still does sometimes (25 mos). I just now noticed
his foot starting to arch a bit. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
I would just let him walk barefooted or in soft shoes like Robeez or
Bobux as much as possible.

-L.

You might want to make your son wear some shoes like -L. said.
When I was little I walked on my toes and when i was in 5th grade I
still had a habit of walking on my toes and I ran on my toes too so I
f you dont get him shoes he will have a habit of doing that for a long
time


lulublue2

"newmama" wrote in message
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My son, who is now 13 months has recently been walking on his toes
ALOT. He has been walking for about 4 months now, but just started
this.

I would mention it at your next well visit. It can be very normal or it can
be an indicator of something. One of those type things :-)

I just started to notice also, that he is pretty flat footed.

All 1yo's are flat footed and generally have thick wide feet. Nothing to
worry about yet.

My
sister and brother both have very flat feet and I wonder if this could
be the cause?

My oldest and I have really flat feet too. The 4yo does not but I can't
remember exactly when that changed. Way past 1yo though!


--
Nikki, mama to
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Thing One and Thing Two due 4/06

"lulublue2" wrote in message
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You might want to make your son wear some shoes like -L. said.
When I was little I walked on my toes and when i was in 5th grade I
still had a habit of walking on my toes and I ran on my toes too so I
f you dont get him shoes he will have a habit of doing that for a long
time

The point of those shoes is to provide some foot protection and mimic
barefoot conditions as closely as possible, so why not have him go barefoot
as much as possible?

"toypup" wrote in message
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"lulublue2" wrote in message
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You might want to make your son wear some shoes like -L. said.
When I was little I walked on my toes and when i was in 5th grade I
still had a habit of walking on my toes and I ran on my toes too so I
f you dont get him shoes he will have a habit of doing that for a long
time

The point of those shoes is to provide some foot protection and mimic
barefoot conditions as closely as possible, so why not have him go
barefoot as much as possible?

I think the medical position on this is that it's not a problem if their
arch forms normally when their foot is flat on the ground.
Debbie

"Unless he has other behavioral problems, toe-walking is extremely
common. I think the only thing I've ever read about it being a problem
is if he does it 100 percent of the time and can't seem to walk on his
feet normally."

Yes, that's what my kids' doctor said when my son was doing it -- if it
was for fun, and wasn't all the time, not a problem whatsoever. Given
that your son *didn't* do it when he first started walking, and given
that he clearly had no difficulty in learning to walk as he started at
9 months or so (which is fairly early), I doubt there is anything
physically wrong. Ask about it at his next checkup -- isn't there one
around 15 months for the MMR or something? or am I out of date?

--Helen