Someone please explain infant shoe sizes to me!!

carasizemore · January 2010

I love shoes! Looove them! However I haven't really bought any for Madelyn yet as I can't get my brain wrapped around the sizes. What is the smallest size? A 1 or a 0? Is the smallest size equal to a newborn size? A 0-3 months? How does it go up from there?

What size have you bought for your newborn? A three month old? A six month old? Or are you just supposed to wait and see how their feet grow?

THANKS!

dib · January 2010

Infants don't wear shoes. I'll be waiting to see if I've got a big-foot before I buy anything and that won't be till about 9 mos. or so.

sheparli · January 2010

You could buy a couple newborn and 0-3. Just keep tags on them and receipts so that if they don't fit you can take them back. My sons feet grew so quickly that we went thru a ton of shoes and sizes right away. So we never bought sizes ahead.

carasizemore · January 2010

sheparli:
You could buy a couple newborn and 0-3. Just keep tags on them and receipts so that if they don't fit you can take them back. My sons feet grew so quickly that we went thru a ton of shoes and sizes right away. So we never bought sizes ahead.

But what size are the 0-3 considered? A 1? Most shoes that I see don't have them set up by months. It's just a size number and that's it...

kdiaisfly · January 2010

I've bought all sizes but I will use size 0 or 1 (depending on the brand) for my newborn and yes infants do wear shoes, mine will at least.

kdiaisfly · January 2010

carasizemore:
sheparli:
You could buy a couple newborn and 0-3. Just keep tags on them and receipts so that if they don't fit you can take them back. My sons feet grew so quickly that we went thru a ton of shoes and sizes right away. So we never bought sizes ahead.
But what size are the 0-3 considered? A 1? Most shoes that I see don't have them set up by months. It's just a size number and that's it...

size 0 (0-6 weeks)

size 1 (6-12 weeks)

size 2 (3-6 months)

These are what Ralph Laurens baby shoes go by so I'm sure it's around the same for most other brands as well.

sheparli · January 2010

OK, here is a link that shows what the numbers mean in sizes. Just click on the printable foot chart.

https://www.trimfootco.com/shoe-size-chart.aspx

trish051003 · January 2010

I have a 2 1/2 year old and I'm still confused! I bought him a few cheepies for when he was born and I got a few as gifts, but some never fit him (he had big feet) and I kept him mostly in socks. When he started crawling/ standing I bought him the Roobeez and Pedipeds (the best IMHO) - I had to get him measured. Now I still have to take him to get measured, it's never just the size up and some are tight with wise on him. I go to a special kids place, OLLY and they know all the sizes for all the brands because a size 8 isn't the same brand to brand. I also order some on-line at Piper-lime or Famous Footwear because they have great return policies. Hope this helps!

frostnoel · January 2010

dib:
Infants don't wear shoes. I'll be waiting to see if I've got a big-foot before I buy anything and that won't be till about 9 mos. or so.

This is my opinion. Plus my son was born with such big feet he never wore the newborn booties someone gave us.

IrishBrideND · January 2010

Leah&Jack:

I didn't buy any shoes for DD until she needed them at about eight months old, and I think they were size 6-12 in pedipeds.

Little shoes are cute, but they're really not necessary or even good for baby's feet. Once he or she starts crawling and pulling up on things, it's time to get shoes.

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Ciconrad · January 2010

Infant shoes = big waste of money. They do not need shoes (and really shouldn't wear them because of foot development) until they are walking (or "cruising") and even then it should be an extremely soft soled, flexible shoe. If you want do anything, Robeez are ok but they are more of a slipper than a shoe. We got a few pairs of infant shoes as gifts and we never, ever put them on DS.