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Fun Baby Feet Facts
The foot is a complex and amazing part of the human body. With 26 bones in each foot, your feet account for over 1/4 of the bones in your body. No less then 19 muscles and 107 ligaments are used to control the movement of each foot -- and quite a job they have. The average person takes 8,000-10,000 steps a day with their feet, which adds up to roughly 115,000 miles over a lifetime. That's enough walking to circle the earth four times!
To cope with all this activity there are over 250,000 sweat glands in your feet and these glands can excrete as much as a half-pint of moisture a day. Your feet are also able to handle tremendous pressures. When walking, you place about 2-3 times your body weight in pressure on your feet. When running, this pressure can increase to nearly 7 times your body weight.
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Baby feet grow quickly during the first years, perhaps going through 3 or 4 sizes. During the second year, the growth slows down just a bit, where baby feet may go through 2 or 3 sizes.
- Baby feet exert a lot of energy, when standing and balancing. This causes baby feet to get very hot. Baby feet can sweat up to twice the amount of adult feet.
- Babies may appear to be flat footed and this is normal. A layer of fat fills out the arches. This layer will usually disappear by the end of the toddler years.
- Most experts agree that bare feet is best for your baby, up until they start standing and walking.
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