Should I be worried about daughters toes?

[Penguin0406]

I’ve just noticed that my daughters toes look like this and I’m worrying because they just don’t look normal to me 🙈

They seem to be curling/growing inward and crossing over other toes and is this something that will correct itself as she’s growing? Or should I take her GP?

I’ve looked back on photos of her over the years and her toes have always been like this I’ve only just noticed how strange it is 🤣

Anyone else’s children had toes like this and if so what happened?

photos for reference haha

Yes I definitely would. Is there a reason her nails are so long? That can really affect the way your foot sits in a shoe. Does she have properly fitted shoes as that can affect growth too?

I'd definitely take her to see a GP. Does she have properly fitted shoes and can you please cut the poor things toenails.

When she started walking and a year or two after she had properly fitted shoes from
clarks and then when I started buying first walkers from George has always worn correct size.

her nails were that long coz she refused point blank for me to cut them at the time pictures taken just wouldn’t let me near her feet without hysterics 🤣 but her nails are never usually left to be that long

Rarely causes problems. Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - Children's Curly Toes (roh.nhs.uk)

Do it when she's asleep?

The fact her nails have been left to get to that state is concerning!!!!!

WOW.

Poor child. How has she even been wearing socks or shoes with them.

Shame on you

Thank you!!

Wow thanks for your judgemental insight and for making a mum feel bad.

don’t need to explain anything to anyone, her nails are never ever usually that long and are always cut short just that one time around the time I took the bloody photos they were longer than usual, honestly 🤣

When my daughter was born (35 years ago) she had one toe on each foot which curled under the others. The consultant we spoke to said that it was possible to straighten them by operating and cutting the ligament? (could have been some other thing in the toe, but that kind of thing) but as her toes were so tiny, they'd be lucky to even find it, let alone be able to cut and repair it.

He said to leave it a few years and if they appeared to be giving her some pain on walking, or difficulty in wearing shoes, we could go back and discuss it.

She's lasted until now without having any issues, although she sometimes says she'd like to have them done for aesthetic reasons.

So I don't think you need to worry too much about them, but no harm in mentioning it to your HV (if you ever see her) or GP next time you have an appointment, and see what your options are.

And the toenails?? Bloody hell, talk about missing the point of the thread! It used to take two of us to cut our daughter's toenails, and we invariably ended up getting kicked by the flailing feet, or deafened by the screaming. I'm only surprised the neighbours didn't call the NSPCC! I'd just say try to persevere with them. You know as well as anyone else that they do need to be cut, but the practicalities don't always lend themselves to regular cutting.

And my grand-daughter is exactly the same, although she did cut her own toenails for the first time last month, at the age of 12.

Thank you so much 💕

I probably will just pop along to GP and see what they say, they don’t seem to be causing any issues with her. She’s walking and running absolutely fine and don’t cause her any pain. When she stands straight I can straighten them out but then when she goes about walking again they pop back to the way they are 🤣 Thank you for sharing your experience!

And thank you so much for your comments, honestly when I try cutting them she’s like a demon possessed and she will only let her dad cut them and for some reason she has this one toe which nail grows longer and quicker than all the rest 🤣 I can say they are all nicely trimmed and short which they are 99.9% of the time apart from the time the picture was taken 🤣

thank you 💕

GP referred my DD to orthopaedics. It was a waste of time. They basically said wait till her feet stop growing and then maybe surgery.

As we were leaving the nurse said take her to a chiropodist. We were lucky as there was one based at our GP's surgery. She said no problem, easily fixed. She made a mould which went between DD toes. He toes straightened out in no time.

My dd has toes the same, took her to the doctor when she was little and was told they would be fine. She's now 11, toes spaced out more but still a couple curly however it's never caused her any problems or discomfort.

Aw okay thank you! That’s really reassuring 😊

Thank you! it seems to be more common than I thought, hopefully won’t cause my little one any problems either!

I had an operation aged 11/12 to correct my curled toes. They were causing huge blisters and then kept getting infected. My toes were permanently straightened.
I would definitely touch base with a gp or chiropodist to see what they thought.

What are you/her df's toes like?

My toes are all bent and overlapped. It's genetic, as dm and dbro are the same. One of my dc's are the same too. It doesn't generally cause any problems except I tend to find shoes that aren't soft tend to rub somewhere.

I was a child with curly toes. Now decades later I’m an adult with curly toes. Fourth and fifth toes on both feet curl inwards to the extent that I walk on the top of my fifth toes. Sounds hideous but tbh have rarely given me a problem. I keep the nails on my little toes very short otherwise they dig into the side of my fourth toes and cause a corn.