Hi ladies,
Please help me out my DD is 13 months and she's been walking for almost 3 weeks now and is doing great. I currently have her in the soft leather robeez and daycare thinks she may be ready for real shoes....
When did you put your DC into "shoes" and which brand did you go for?
Any advice on whether i should pick stride rite over pedipeds or other brands etc? We want to go see some this weekend
Thanks!
Re: Stride rite, pedipeds or...??
I'm curious to see the answers...
But, DS is a walker and when we go out I put him in Pedipeds. I think I'll get another pair of those, but not sure. Are Robeez not good once you have a walker?
I think the Robeez are great for walking but she does slide a fair bit in them and we think she needs more grip
I cant wait to see the answers also
ahh ok I am learning so much....so pedipeds are more flexible than the stride rites? I am not really into brands either but I am after a good quality shoe to support etc and I honestly didnt know that carters makes shoes...we really havent looked at any shoes for her yet.
Also- any tips on what i should look for in a good shoe ie straps with velcro or laces etc? I'm after good support...
what do you look for in a good shoe?
thanks so much!!
the orginal pedipeds have a softer sole but are close to the robeez (I like these the most right now) and then the have the pediped flex which has a harder sole. Someone once told me that you want to be able to bend them with one hand, so we go by that. We haven't had any with laces yet either. I don't know if I'm ready to tie them all the time.
These are like what I bought her in the next size up. I bought them both at the outlet for 12.99 each
https://www.striderite.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1620&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=232&iSubCat=257&iProductID=1620&sColor=341
https://www.striderite.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1934&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=232&iSubCat=258&iProductID=1934&sColor=354
This is what DD is wearing now
https://www.pediped.com/Product/ProductInfo.aspx?id=100&cid=52
We just did Sketchers. Probably not the greatest first shoe brand, but it also wasn't $40.
Velcro versus tie, I think that my brother said it best. "If all you had to do all day was figure out how to take off your shoes, you would." They got annoyed and went tie with my nephew, while we stayed velcro. What I found was that it was annoying as anything for a month or so while she would show us what she learned, but dd now only takes them off if she is bored. So, it really is your choice.
Regardless of what brand you get, I recommend going to Stride Rite to get fitted. We bought shoes, and got him fitted a couple of months later, and the shoes he was in were way too small.
DS has very wide feet, and the only things that fit are Stride Rites. Velrco was easiest at first, but now that he is older, he has figured out how to undo it and take off his shoes in the car. We therefore go with tie shoes now.