Feet *sponsored by Nike??*

Feet. There are lots of them running around this house! They are usually all barefooted and cute. The kids know where their toes are even. Zach will even point to his head, knee, toes if he wants me to sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" (yes, it really is a song, much to John's amazement). Needless to say, I love me some feet.
Addie:




Zach:




Katie:




Heck, I even live with a mini foot model! (Z-man)




Until I found out how expensive they were going to be.
$50 per child. Over and over. Until Nike no longer sponsors their feet. I know it's amazing we are sponsored by such a giant corporation, but they are the creators of the infamous swoop that my children have adopted. Hence the $50/child. over and over. potentially. Technically, it's called over pronation. I call it a swoop. According to the physical therapist we saw today, when looking at a child foot from behind (as they are standing/walking) it should be a straight line from mid-calf, down to achilles and heel. Our kids look like this:




ok, maybe not exactly like that. It's my rendition of a swoop. Me not wanting Nike to come after me and all - the kids magna doodle app came in handy. For real, this is what they look like:




That is Zach. Notice his left leg? The ankle is not aligned with his Achilles and such. I know his right isn't either, but I don't know that he was fully standing on that leg.




That is Katie. Notice her right ankle?




That is Addie. Hers is the left mostly. Note, all my rights and lefts are from your position.
Either way, what this all means is that all kiddos will be receiving shoe inserts. Kinda like ones you may choose to use (Dr. Scholls gel inserts anyone?). However theirs will have a nice high arch and heel cup (?). They will basically look like a nice, worn in Berkinstock. Sorry for all the not completely accurate information, but I'm just trying to describe to the best of my ability at the moment.
I will say I am impressed with the PT that we saw. The appointment was only for Addie, but after ordering her inserts we asked if she could look at Katie. I think it took all of 15 second after her socks were removed Peg said "yep, we should probably look at Zach then too". Again, 15 second later... even I could see Zach's. Is this the point I should tell you that it wasn't until DURING THE APPOINTMENT that John decided to share that he too had to wear inserts for over-pronation. Not as an infant, but still, thanks for sharing with me before-hand honey. Once she diagnosed all three, she looked at John and commented that at least we know it's genetic, not a preemie issue or anything (although, she did mention Addie having lower muscle tone and asked if she was the smallest - yep). Once you know what to look for you can see it clearly. So she called back to add to our order. She tried for the triplet discount...no such luck. But we do have one in size 4.5, one in 4.75 and one in 5. Pretty much that means Addie may only receive this first pair as new, since she can grow into her siblings sizes.
I can say with confidence this has no effect on my children's personality or anything of that sort. Need proof? Ok.












That was our day today. Hope yours was less expensive.
Loves!
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