Toddler hates shoes. Is this normal?

WinesNot Whines

M has been wearing Robeez for a while, but I just got him his first pair of "real" shoes (Stride Rite's with a flexible sole). He seems to loathe them. I don't know if he just needs to get used to them, or if there's something wrong with the shoes and he's in actual pain. He's always hated anything being on his feet, so it's possible he just needs to get used to them, but his level of hatred for these shoes seems to be more than for anything else in the past. Did it take a while for your LO to "accept" shoes?

tomandcourt

Ha! Yes. When we first put "real" shoes on J, he couldn't move--it was like he was frozen to the ground. He cried. I think maybe he was confused because he couldn't feel the ground as well?

Eventually we kind of held his hands and helped move his feet to show him how to walk in the shoes. They still weren't his favorites, but he got over it pretty quickly.

QueSrah

T stomped around like she had lead bricks on her feet the first time she wore tennis shoes.  She never seriously loathed things on her feet, but it seemed to confuse her.  The different sensation of the shoes combined with his hate of anything on his feet seems like a natural progression to me.

Assuming you don't see blisters forming on his toes or something to indicate a real problem, I'd give him a little more time to get used to them.

kastle

This is why I wish kids talked sooner!  How much easier would it make things???

(answer: SO MUCH EASIER)

QueSrah

kastle:

This is why I wish kids talked sooner!  How much easier would it make things???

(answer: SO MUCH EASIER)

Dear lord, yes.  Though once they talk, they still can't answer useful questions for a while.  Just two weeks ago I was trying to figure out whether T's sandals were hurting her feet and I don't think she understood the question at almost 2.

DCtoLowcountry

DS tried to shake the non-Robeez off his feet. He did adjust.

SoonToBeMrsDTS

DD really hated the first shoes I got for her but I realized that they were too tight when i went back and got her feet measured again, I didn't realize how much they had grown. I made the mistake of buying her shoes 2 months before she was walking.  She still didn't love the ones I got her in the right size but she would at least walk with them on. My kids still prefer to be barefoot at 5 and 3. When I stick them in their carseats, the first thing they do is take their shoes off and they never wear shoes in the house. 

WinesNot Whines

Thanks, everyone. The shoes are definitely long enough, but I may get him re-measured just in case. If he's in the right size, I'll just have to wait him out!

Sofka

make sure you are getting the right width, too