shoe recommendations for early walker

Steph0810

LO just started walking last week, and has outgrown her baby Pumas. Now that she is up and about, I want to make sure that I get shoes that will be good for her feet and continuing to learn to walk. I have heard that Stride Rite carries a lot of good shoes, and have also heard a lot of people use either New Balance or Pumas. What are you recommendations?? TIA!!!!

JingleBeIIe

I look at the quality over name. All the shoes must have a hard sole, wide foot, cushy padding, etc. Right now, DS is wearing a Koala Kids sneaker.

amy_rski

We've used Robeez and Stride Rite early walker ones.  I look for a super flexible sole, otherwise DS screams when they are put on his feet.

DEBBIE33CASEY

DD was a late walker but I've been putting her in Pedipeds.  I love them and so does she.  I've gotten them online when there are sales.

Que*Syrah

It's best to learn to walk barefoot so you want a sole that allows for flexibility. When DS first started walking (10 months) I had him in pedipeds. Now that he's a full time walker and is working (eek) on running, I have him in Stride Rite "early walkers" the sole is still incredibly flexible but is solid enough that it's better for the playground.

jesssy1204

I LOVE pedipeds

Polofsky

I think most docs recommend letting LO learn to walk in bare feet. We still only put shoes on ours when we are leaving the house to keep their feet warm. Otherwise they are in slipper socks or bare feet.

NCMichelle

I'm really loving the See Kai Run "Smaller" shoes.  They are easier to put on than robeez but a little more flexible than pedipeds.  I'm a shoe whore so we've tried a bunch of different ones.

Duckie28

See Kai Run, great durability!

jaemiller

I agree with the barefeet most of the time but for when you go out I love the shoofoo's that we bought for our DS, so flexable but still have some rubber on the bottom. I like robeez too.  He has been walking for 3 months now so I got him some stride rites and their not bad, just took LO a little bit to get used to them because they are heavier duty.

dottymobo

If it's mostly for indoor walking, anything with a thin, flexible, not slippery sole.  Pedipeds, Robeez, the Ministar at Target, See Kai Run Smaller, etc. 

If you need more outdoor/snow/wet you still want as flexible a sole as you can get, which I've found to be a little hard to find in brick and mortar stores for not a billion dollars. I loved the See Kai Run DS just grew out of that I got online (seems to run fairly small), there were some oshkosh shoes at Kohls (Flex, I believe) that seemed pretty good, pediped and robeez again.

kelbrian

My DD wore RileyRoos when she started walking at 9.5 months. They have a flexible sole and imitate barefoot walking. I bought them from Tiny Soles. Really great quality.

 

cstw

Pedipeds are the best, best, best!

piccolina09

We have stride rite and take some time to see if there is an outlet around your home, we did and saved a bundle!