With the trip to cold Pennsylvania coming fast (my spring break is week after next and Will and I are going with Granna to PA to see Grandma Betty, Uncle Gus, Aunt Fran, and lots of great relatives!) The weather is looking rough (especially since it was 82 and gorgeous here yesterday) and with Will walking everywhere, we figured it was time to get some hard-soled shoes to better insulate his little tootsies from the cold.
Parenting FYI: barefoot is best. Hard sole shoes cause kids to develop flat-feet and other foot/walking problems. Stay with soft shoes like robeez: (http://www.robeez.com)
So, off we went to buy shoes — taking advantage of Stride Rite’s current spring sale (buy one, get one half off).
Lessons learned:
– Forget trying to get shoes at Babies’R’Us or Toys’R’Us. No selection, just as expensive, and no service.
– If it’s busy at Stride Rite, you sign in. (Watch for mischevious kids who will cross your name of the list to be helped sooner!)
– Stride Rite employees are AWESOME!!!
– Velcro is much easier for parents (ie: in my book, it is then the only option for things that will be worn often.)
– Kids shoes are bought one half-size larger and last approximately 4-5 months.
– Stride rite shoes are all about $40 each. Ouch!
Will is a size 4 1/2, which means we bought size 5 — and he takes them in the wide size. We bought him a pair of sneakers (we wanted blue, but all they had left was white) and a pair of sandals (in brown).
Watching him walk for the first time with sneakers in the store was sort of like putting tin foil on a cat’s paws and watching it walk… in other words, it was hysterical. Lots of pounding his feet, shaking his legs, and doing little tumble-walks. Who knew we would need the video camera?!?
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