when did you start making ds wear shoes? Trent is starting to walk and i am wondering is i need to or allow his feet to "develop" more. (develop is not the word i want but can not think of anything else)

I always had him wear shoes out. Once he started walking I had him wear shoes ALL the time out. Even now I rarely make him wear shoes inside. Although he'd love it. He LOVES his shoes. So I guess since he walked at 10 months around 11m,onths to 1 year I would put shoes on him every now and then inside. But rarely. Usually only if we went out

Umm I just started attempting to put shoes on George... if you saw the video, you know the outcome at the moment :giggle We will continue to attempt to get him to wear them until he gets used to it. :dunno

Cam had soft soled shoes when she was an infant... when she started walking we moved her into harder soled shoes when we went out places, and she stayed barefoot at home... Now that she's 2, she wears regular kids shoes everywhere, except at home..

We only did shoes when they were ready to walk....until then we always had socks on them so they could get used to having something on their feet

My husband spent most of his childhood running around barefoot and because of it, both him and his brother are flatfooted. My children started wearing proper shoes for walking when they began to walk. Stride Rite makes wonderful shoes for infants and walkers.

. My children started wearing proper shoes for walking when they began to walk. Stride Rite makes wonderful shoes for infants and walkers.


Same here!!!! :yes :yes :yes

I always had him wear shoes out. Once he started walking I had him wear shoes ALL the time out.


same here:yes :yes :yes

I had Madison wear shoes once she started walking, when we went outside. Inside we're always barefoot. I don't have flat feet. I've never heard of going barefoot causing flat feet, I always thought it was hereditary, caused by improper walking mechanics (pronation etc.) or weakened tendons because of injury, etc. ETA: I actually looked it up and going barefoot is better for arches and does not cause flat feet.

Once he's walking around a lot I'd have him in shoes outside but I really don't see the point of wearing shoes inside. In Hawaii it's considered rude to have shoes on inside someone's house actually.

DD doesn't ever wear shoes in the house, so I guess whenever we started playing outside or going places when she was actually walking on her own. Before that I had cute little shoes that I would dress her in for pictures and stuff, but not for an entire outing.

I've done shoes with Hailey off and on (when i'm in the mood so mostly off) since birth. So when she does wear them it doesn't bother her. She does try to take them off, but only so she can eat them.

I let her go barefoot in the house so her toes can grip the carpet as she learns to walk. When we're out in public, we still carry her all the time or have her in a basket or stroller, so since she's pretty good at getting her sandals off, I usually don't bother. But once she wants to start walking out in public, she'll wear shoes. And I'll start this winter once it gets cold since socks won't be enough and she won't wear blankets anymore.

Ethan wears Robeez shoes. They're so much easier for him to walk in than other shoes.

Zach started walking just recently but we made the same mistake with not having him wear shoes simply to get used to them. Now the ONLY shoes he can even walk in are his sandles and that took a lot of will power to get him to keep them on (although he has such TINY ankles they constantly fall off of him).

For things other than pictures and stuff like that, Breanna started wearing shoes at age 1. Pretty much on he b-day since John's birth mom and grandma came up for her 1st b-day and bought her Stride Rites for her. Those shoes are great by the way. Johnny will have them, too, when he starts walking. With Johnny we have tried to put shoes on him but he hates them. We haven't even been able to get him to leave them on long enough to get a picture. So hopefully when he starts walking he'll be ok with wearing the shoes.

I put little shoes on the boys when we go out most of the time as soon as thier feet are really big enough for them. When they start to walk they ALWAYS wear shoes out. They don't wear shoes in the house at all. My husband and I are both completely flat footed and all the boys have been born with flat feet, the docs said there's nothing I can do since they are already flat lol. They do say it's healthy for them to walk around barefoot when they just start walking.