By The first child shoe is fundamental for the development and growth. The feet of the babies are in continuous growth. It is very important to control this growth, especially at the moment when the babies start to wear their first shoes. We must constantly check shoes and feet of the babies and children, so that at all times, they carry the right shoe size.
But, how can we know if the shoe size is correct? How often do babies and children grow their feet? All these questions are frequent and the doubts that parents have before buying a shoe for children, and we will solve them in this post.
The feet of the children are growing until the 15 or 16 years. In all those years, feet change and develop, so it is very important to choose the shoe for children more suitable not to negatively influence the correct development.
Baby feet at birth are between 7 and 9 centimeters, and growth is not constant as they grow in stages. During the first 15 months, their feet grow one size every 3 months, between 15 months and 2 years a size every 5 months, from 2 years to 3 years, one size every 6 months, from 3 years to 4 years a size every 9 months, and from 4 years, one size per year, approximately. These growth averages are estimated because not all children grow at the same rate, but they can help us know more or less what can grow at that time.
From 4 to 7 years, we could say that it is the stage, where children grow less of their feet, reaching a number per year, and from 7 to 15 years, when they grow again continuously. Within this stage, between 8 and 10 years is when you begin to see morphological differences between the feet of kids.
We should not extend the shoe for a child for a long time. The feet of children need sufficient mobility and capacity inside the shoe to develop properly.
When it comes to buying kids shoes, it should be about one centimeter larger than foot. In order to know this length, there must be space of index finger between shoe and his/her heel, always with the shoe unbuttoned and the child standing. This space is for the mobility of fingers, and for the growth of foot in the coming months.
