Baby walkers can cause bow legs in babies due to the walking pattern and awkward foot position the baby walker puts the baby in.
Most babies stop being bow legged when they are 18 months to 24 months of age.
All babies are born bow legged at least to some degree.
However not all babies are born with really bowed legs.
Also older kids may have a condition such as blount's disease that causes bowed legs.
With that being said most toddlers and infants do naturally have some physiologic bowing of the legs which is normal.
Baby's bow legs can be fixed naturally and in most cases a baby's bow legs will straighten on their own with time as the baby grows into a child and into adulthood.
To fix your baby's bow legs naturally Vitamin D and calcium can help correct the bow legs and simply waiting.
Physiologic bow legs in babies do not require any treatment and will fix themselves as the child grows.
A child with blount disease will sometimes need a brace or surgery to fix the condition.
The most common cause of bow legs is a condition called physiologic genu varum.
When the baby was developing in the uterus (womb), they were in a cramped position.
Some of the baby's bones had to rotate while they were was in your uterus so they could fit in the small space.
However diapers when they get bulky or swell up from pee can make it harder for a baby or toddler to walk properly.
So diapers can affect walking and especially thick cloth diapers can affect walking more but diapers whether cloth or disposable diapers cannot and does not cause bow legs.
For a child to get bow legs a child must suffer from bowleg since birth and natural symptoms will disappear or lessen as the child grows up.
The bowed legs can be corrected gradually using an adjustable frame.
The surgeon cuts the bone and connects an adjustable external frame to it with wires and pins.
Early diagnosis and detection of bowlegs will help you and your child manage this condition.
Arthritis is the primary long-term effect of bowlegs, and it can be disabling.
When it's severe, it can affect the knees, feet, ankles, and hip joints because of the abnormal stresses applied.
If your child has bowlegs along with any of the following symptoms, they may have a more serious condition: bowlegs that continue to get worse after the age of 2.
In some cases, the underlying bowleg condition causes one leg to be shorter than the other.
This can also be corrected, using limb lengthening surgery.
Whether to worry depends on your child's age and the severity of the bowing.
Mild bowing in an infant or toddler under age 3 is typically normal and will get better over time.
However, bowed legs that are severe, worsening or persisting beyond age 3 should be referred to a specialist.