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[lesliepear]

I decided to take Alan to Stride Rite today for shoes. I wanted a walker's shoe with velcro not laces.
They measured his foot (I had him wear thicker socks so I'd be sure they'd fit with different socks). Size 5.5, with an instep, but not wide. The salesman showed me 3 choices in his recommended size 6 - 2 white sneakers and a brown workboot. Neither impressed me, and I knew I had some size 6 sneakers stashed somewhere (second hand ones). I didn't feel like paying 30-40 a pair of white sneakers that Alan will scuff as he's still crawls every so often. So I went next door to Payless shoes. Found a pair of cool Tonka sneakers - black with 1 thick velcro strap and with construction stuff on them in yellow. The tip of the toe was also black (less to scuff). Looked very comfy and were only 14.99. Alan even seemed to like them (or at least the tag). He actually seemed to be doing better on his feet with them tonight.

Now that I know what size he is, I have a bunch of small size 4's to figure out what to do with (save for the fall clothes swap, keep, or even Ebay?)

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[siobhan-1.livejournal.com]

Ah, you're lucky he doesn't have wide feet...my son's are wide so I have to pay for the expensive shoes. Stride Rite shoes DO last a very long time, and fortunately my son's feet haven't grown much in the last few months, altho he has gotten taller. I have been able to get summer sandals at Payless with the Velcro because I can just about adjust them big enough to not pinch. Payless has great kids' shoes but not a good selection of wide sizes for toddlers (at least when I've looked).

I don't know how shoes sell on Ebay, haven't looked into it. I have seen lots of shoes for sale at garage sales and they don't seem to ask much for them, 50 cents to a couple of dollars. I had a bunch of shoes for Ben's first year, before he started walking so much and good fit became more important than keeping toes warm.

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[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I thought for sure Alan would have wide feet as I do. He may have gotten my high arch (which I don't think is as a problem for boys shoes).

I bought shoes on eBay for Alan in lots pretty much. Unfortunately some of the contents of those lots are what I need to rehome.

[silent-ic-river.livejournal.com]

Both my kids have W I D E feet. It's off to Nordy's or Stride Rite for me at shoe time. I'm so happy when we start wearing sandals again, as sandals are a forgiving shoe for the wide foot (and Lands End shoes and sandals run wide, whee!) so I'm not paying $40-50.

[fruitbatz.livejournal.com]

they grow so fast...Payless would have been my choice too.