9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 |, (https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001585.htm), (https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/bowed-legs-blounts-disease/), (https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/children-s-health-issues/birth-defects-of-the-face,-bones,-joints,-and-muscles/bowlegs-and-knock-knees), (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170376/), Visitation, mask requirements and COVID-19 information. Vitamin D is essential to maintaining strong, healthy bones. Infancy: This is when your baby will show signs of bow-leggedness from the time of birth up to 24 months of age. Bowlegs is a common abnormality pertaining to the lower parts of the legs around the knee and shin area which usually protrudes outwards instead of being straight when a baby is held with the toes pointing in front and the ankles touching each other. Does walking too early cause bow legs? 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