{"id":42764,"date":"2023-01-06T14:46:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T03:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=42764"},"modified":"2023-01-06T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T08:40:12","slug":"your-babys-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=42764","title":{"rendered":"Your Baby&#8217;s Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/X-Ray_Baby_Feet-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"X-Ray Baby Feet\" width=\"909\" height=\"1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/X-Ray_Baby_Feet-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/X-Ray_Baby_Feet.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This is an X-ray of a 10-month-old pediatric patient, where you can see the importance of babies not wearing shoes for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A baby\u2019s feet are in continuous growth and formation. Even though it looks nice, shoeing a baby for extended periods of time is potentially harmful, as it takes time for a child\u2019s bone structure to fully consolidate.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">So, if we cover them with tight footwear when they\u2019re growing, we\u2019re potentially harming their foot development.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">According to podiatrists, babies who are not yet crawling should not wear any kind of footwear for extended periods of time. To protect them from the cold put socks on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an X-ray of a 10-month-old pediatric patient, where you can see the importance of babies not wearing shoes for extended periods of time. A baby\u2019s feet are in continuous growth and formation. Even though it looks nice, shoeing a baby for extended periods of time is potentially harmful, as it takes time for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=42764\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Your Baby&#8217;s Feet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42780,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42764\/revisions\/42780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}