In kindergartens abroad, you can often see groups of babies jogging barefoot around the playground or along the corridor under the guidance of teachers. This is the famous "barefoot education". Practice has proved that after a period of barefoot training, the vast majority of babies have strengthened their physique, increased their height and weight, and even rarely caught a cold. ?
It is not a disease to stimulate tactile sensation development with bare feet, but it cannot be changed without intervention when you grow up.
0-3 years old is the formation period of sensory integration, 3-6 years old is the best correction period, and 6- 13 years old is the compensation period (it may take several times or even dozens of times of efforts at this stage, but the correction effect is still not necessarily good), 13 years old is basically stereotyped and difficult to correct. This is why some children are smart when they are young, but ordinary when they grow up.
Barefoot is a good way to train your baby's sense of touch. By touching objects with different textures, temperatures and hardness, the baby can stimulate the rich tactile nerves of the feet, promote the development of the senses and the brain, enhance the memory and improve the coordination ability of the body.
Barefoot is more conducive to learning to walk. Barefoot is a magical aid for toddlers.
For toddlers: Barefoot can make toes grip the ground better, which is not only difficult to slip, but also can help the baby learn to master balance, so that he can learn faster and walk more stably. Barefoot can make the nerves of the feet directly feel the pressure from the ground, and better perceive the change of ground height.
If you wear shoes when you are a toddler, these feelings will be blocked by shoes. Babies need to look down at the ground to judge. After a long time, he will walk with his head down. When you are barefoot, your feet don't need to be bound by shoes, and your feet can grow naturally. Barefoot can exercise plantar muscles and ligaments, promote the formation of arch, help cushion the vibration caused by walking and jumping, and prevent the baby from flat feet, varus and valgus.
Therefore, it is best for toddlers to learn to walk barefoot.
There are many nerve endings on the soles of feet that can increase appetite and promote growth. Walking barefoot is equivalent to directly stimulating the soles of the feet. Simple local stimulation can promote systemic blood circulation, accelerate metabolism, enhance appetite and promote growth.
The controversy about whether to wear socks varies from person to person, which stems from the temperature of children's feet. Many parents feel that their children are cold when they touch their feet, so they can't help putting on a pair of socks for their children. But does cold hands and feet mean the baby is cold?
Not exactly. The baby's blood circulation system is underdeveloped, and his hands and feet are located at the end of blood circulation, away from the heart. In addition, the baby's peripheral parts have poor blood circulation, less blood supply and thin skin, so it is not accurate to judge whether it is hot or cold according to the temperature of hands and feet.
The basis for correctly judging the baby's hot and cold is that after touching the neck, the most suitable temperature is that the neck is warm and the hands and feet are cold.
Normal and healthy babies generally do not need to wear socks in summer. Even in an air-conditioned room, barefoot won't cause a cold as long as the temperature is not too low or the air-conditioned mouth blows directly at the baby.
Of course, except for newborns and premature infants, their body temperature regulation function is not fully developed, their own heat production is insufficient, and their body surface heat dissipation area is large, so special attention should be paid to keeping warm. Small socks are still necessary at this time.
For some weak or unwell babies (diarrhea or cold), you can also wear thin cotton socks.