Shoes for 18 mo old

Is there any real data about what kind or brand of shoes are best for a
competent but young walker? DS is 18 mos and has been walking for 8
mos. Most of the shoes I see have velcro which I am not too thrilled
about, and many seem stiff and or clunky (fashion over form). Is there
a brand or style I should look for?

He has Robeez and Bobux for inside - I need a substantial shoe for
outdoors, since it is wet here most of the year.

TIA for any input,
-L.

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Is there any real data about what kind or brand of shoes
are best for a competent but young walker? DS is 18 mos
and has been walking for 8 mos. Most of the shoes I see
have velcro which I am not too thrilled about, and many
seem stiff and or clunky (fashion over form). Is there a
brand or style I should look for?

He has Robeez and Bobux for inside - I need a substantial
shoe for outdoors, since it is wet here most of the year.

rain boots?
i hate velcro too, but Boo's preschool requests either slip on
or velcro shoes so the kids can dress themselves to go out.
there are 'slip-on' sneakers with stretchy elastic that looks
like laces & also dressier looking shoes with the same
feature. i bought tie sneakers from Baby Gap when my son was
that age, just double knot the bow or you'll be forever
retying.
i have a personal preference for either cloth or real leather
shoes. i *hate* plasticy shoes. they don't let the feet
'breathe'.
check out the shoes/boots for toddlers at Baby Gap, Gymboree
(which run large in my experience) or LLBean.
lee
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-L. wrote:
Is there any real data about what kind or brand of shoes are best for a
competent but young walker? DS is 18 mos and has been walking for 8
mos. Most of the shoes I see have velcro which I am not too thrilled
about, and many seem stiff and or clunky (fashion over form). Is there
a brand or style I should look for?

He has Robeez and Bobux for inside - I need a substantial shoe for
outdoors, since it is wet here most of the year.

TIA for any input,
-L.

Stride Rite? Elefanten? Naturino? Most make fairly flexible shoes for
kids that age. (A podiatrist friend always recommends Payless for kids'
shoes. I'm a bit fanatical about One's shoes and have never done it,
but I throw it out there for consideration.)

Just curious as to why you don't like velcro. It serves the same
purpose as a tie in giving the shoe a more *personalized* fit, but
doesn't come untied (which in turn leads to tripping or shoes coming
off), and is easier than ties to open wide for easier foot insertion.
Its a savior for us with One's wide feet.

Barbara

Barbara wrote:

-L. wrote:

Is there any real data about what kind or brand of shoes are best for a
competent but young walker? DS is 18 mos and has been walking for 8
mos. Most of the shoes I see have velcro which I am not too thrilled
about, and many seem stiff and or clunky (fashion over form). Is there
a brand or style I should look for?

He has Robeez and Bobux for inside - I need a substantial shoe for
outdoors, since it is wet here most of the year.

TIA for any input,
-L.

Just curious as to why you don't like velcro. It serves the same
purpose as a tie in giving the shoe a more *personalized* fit, but
doesn't come untied (which in turn leads to tripping or shoes coming
off), and is easier than ties to open wide for easier foot insertion.
Its a savior for us with One's wide feet.

Barbara


I'm not the OP, but I found that at 18 months, DS could undo his shoes
quite easily and he would take off his shoes as soon as I put them on.
It became quite the morning routine. Put left shoe on, put right shoe
one (while DS is taking off the left shoe), put left shoe on (while DS
is taking off the right shoe), repeat until I get DD to hold DS's hands.

Never velcro again.

Jeanne

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Jeanne wrote:

Barbara wrote:

-L. wrote:

Is there any real data about what kind or brand of shoes are best for a
competent but young walker? DS is 18 mos and has been walking for 8
mos. Most of the shoes I see have velcro which I am not too thrilled
about, and many seem stiff and or clunky (fashion over form). Is there
a brand or style I should look for?

He has Robeez and Bobux for inside - I need a substantial shoe for
outdoors, since it is wet here most of the year.

TIA for any input,
-L.

Just curious as to why you don't like velcro. It serves the same
purpose as a tie in giving the shoe a more *personalized* fit, but
doesn't come untied (which in turn leads to tripping or shoes coming
off), and is easier than ties to open wide for easier foot insertion.
Its a savior for us with One's wide feet.

Barbara


I'm not the OP, but I found that at 18 months, DS could undo his shoes
quite easily and he would take off his shoes as soon as I put them on.
It became quite the morning routine. Put left shoe on, put right shoe
one (while DS is taking off the left shoe), put left shoe on (while DS
is taking off the right shoe), repeat until I get DD to hold DS's hands.

Never velcro again.

Jeanne

As I recall, ties didn't help much.

Try it with twins this age: I think there were times I must have put on
at least three dozen shoes before we could leave the house -- and at
least as many socks!

When they got a bit older, I just left the house with them barefoot, or
didn't take them where they wanted to go!
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

Jeanne wrote:

I'm not the OP, but I found that at 18 months, DS could undo his shoes
quite easily and he would take off his shoes as soon as I put them on.
It became quite the morning routine. Put left shoe on, put right shoe
one (while DS is taking off the left shoe), put left shoe on (while DS
is taking off the right shoe), repeat until I get DD to hold DS's hands.

Never velcro again.

Jeanne

That is part of the problem. The other part is I feel velco doesn't
really give the support or fit that a lace does. It fastens at two
places across the foot - leaving the rest of the foot more free to
move, where as laces are snug across the entire top of the foot..

DS isn't in daycare so it's not an issue or anything, just a preference
for me.

Thanks to all who submitted suggestions. I will do some major looking
this week to see if we can find a shoes that is flexible and fits well.


-L.

Going Barefoot as much as possible is allways best, see
http://www.unshod.org/pfbc

Going barefoot is not recommended in anything colder than 5 degrees
above freezing. Where it is here 6 months out of the year.

Stasya

Barbara wrote:
-L. wrote:

Just curious as to why you don't like velcro. It serves the same
purpose as a tie in giving the shoe a more *personalized* fit, but
doesn't come untied (which in turn leads to tripping or shoes coming
off), and is easier than ties to open wide for easier foot insertion.
Its a savior for us with One's wide feet

I know that aesthetically, I just don't like shoes with velcro. I know
that if I had a kid with really wide feet, I'd probably change my tune,
but I just don't like the look of them. It's just one of those weird
things.

We've done very well with slip on sneakers by Nike for ds.h

JennP.

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Is there any real data about what kind or brand of shoes are best for a
competent but young walker? DS is 18 mos and has been walking for 8
mos. Most of the shoes I see have velcro which I am not too thrilled
about, and many seem stiff and or clunky (fashion over form). Is there
a brand or style I should look for?

He has Robeez and Bobux for inside - I need a substantial shoe for
outdoors, since it is wet here most of the year.

TIA for any input,
-L.


I like the Stride Rite.