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Would it seriously ruin my baby's feet?



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Post Sun, Oct 09 2011, 11:25 pm
...to let her walk around in junky shoes that don't fit so great?

She is officially walking as her primary means of transportation. I spent the whole day in pursuit of shoes but couldn't find anything nice. I don't have a kid-shoe-specialty store nearby so I decided to first try regular department stores and such to see if there was anything. I ended up so frustrated. She is pretty young for real walking and also a little petite, so most things either didn't come in her size or were flimsy baby booties or hard and not practical for a real walker. At the end of the day I bought these http://www.target.com/p/Infant.....83612 because I was so frustrated and they were so zees I just couldn't leave them behind. They were a little more than I'd want to spend on junk but it was literally the only thing I could find.

They're soft and not supportive, but they say too much support isn't good for babies anyway. The soles are nice and bendy. They're made by OshKosh which isn't a shoe specialist but not a no-name either. My main concern is that they are definitely too wide for my baby. Like I said, she's petite. So they fit well with a little room front to back, but side to side very very roomy. The velcro keeps them on but they're not a supportive shape on the sides anyway.

I will have to go to a real store and get fitted for real shoes eventually anyway, but meanwhile - how bad is it to let her just wear these? I really wanted to get something in time for Sukkos when we'll be outside a lot, she can wander around the sukkah, and these are definitely nice enough for yomtov. Theoretically I can try to squeeze in the shoe trip before then, but would still keep these as a backup. And they'll probably be more yomtov-dik than whatever I get her for "real" wearing. But will it hurt her feet?
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Post Sun, Oct 09 2011, 11:32 pm
It's not a great idea to put ill-fitting shoes on a baby--or on anybody. Will it seriously ruin her feet? I hope not. I'd worry about her tripping in them, or forming new walking habits to compensate for the wrong fit or lack of comfort.

(They are cute, though!)
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Post Sun, Oct 09 2011, 11:36 pm
My Dd refused to keep shoes on until she was around 3. Robeez were the best we could do, and even then she'd get them off the second we turned our backs. She manages to walk just fine, B"H.

Remember, people have lived their whole lives without shoes for centuries, and in many places they still do. Somehow, they all manage to get around!
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Post Sun, Oct 09 2011, 11:52 pm
soft flexible shoes are exactly what our pediatrician recommended, not the stiff iron-like classic baby shoes of my childhood. The foot doesn't need "support" at that stage; the shoes are just protection from the pavement and sharp things.

ill-fitting is a different story. Put in some foam inserts or insoles to fill up the space, because shoes that are too big will a. rub and cause blisters or calluses; b. force her to reflexively curl up her toes in an effort to keep them on her feet; and c. cause her to trip.
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Post Mon, Oct 10 2011, 11:28 am
Is there any kind of insert that will make the shoe narrower? Because I think this will be a recurring problem. She has such long skinny feet. The stride rite website sizing tool said she is an S width but they didn't even have any shoes that size! The shoes we got are the right length so I'm not so concerned about rubbing/tripping, she just has lots of extra room on each side.

This is the only thing stride rite offers in size S: White. Lace-up. And STILL a size too big in the length. http://www.striderite.com/stor.....=true
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Post Sun, Oct 16 2011, 5:09 pm
http://www.healthylittlefeet.com/faqs

Experts estimate that 70% of adults suffer from foot health problems and that the majority of these problems are the result of wearing ill-fitting shoes in childhood. This is because when your child is very young the bones in his feet are made of soft spongy cartilage which can easily be pushed out of alignment by shoes (and even sleep-suits and socks) which don’t fit properly. The nerve endings in babies’ feet also take time to develop, so your child may not be able to let you know if his feet are sore or squashed by his shoes.


http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/foo......aspx

Personally, I wouldn't care about how "nice" a shoe looks but what it does to your children's feet.
Shoe fitting is not my favourite procedure but I go through it every 3-4 months because it is important for my child's health. None of the shoes she wears is really my style, but that's something I can live with.
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