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A Guide to Finding the Right Walking Shoes for Your Little One

Shoes for Your Little One

There are plenty of occasions that demand your baby to look tip-top. It might also be too cold for toddlers without shoes. Irrespective of the situation at hand, fitting your little one with the perfect set of shoes is a pleasure in itself. 

You help them strap on a pair of shoes that not only make them look cute but make the walks you share endearing as well. The following brief buyers' guide will help you choose the perfect pair of shoes for your baby.

Things To Consider In Baby Shoes:

  • Flexibility

The first thing necessary for a shoe intended for babies in both pre-walking and walking stages is ensuring that the shoe is flexible. You want to be able to feel the toes of your baby from the outside.

  • The Material Is Breathable

Another crucial factor in ensuring is that you baby shoe material is breathable. Shun plastic shoes and look for pairs built with cloth or canvas preferable or leather.

  • Flexible Nonslip Soles

Flexible nonslip soles are another crucial thing you want your baby shoe to have. Ensure that you can bend show toe of the baby moccs, for example, by as much as forty degrees with ease. Another aspect to watch out for is shoe traction. Prefer grooved or bumped soles made from rubber or leather. The grooves and bumps will serve to protect the child from slips while walking. 

  • Padding

While it is indeed necessary for baby shoes to offer firm support. But the heel backs, ankle contact points, and the bottom inside should be adequately padded to ensure maximum comfort for the baby.

  • Secure Closures

Your baby's shoes must have comfortable yet safe closures. Irrespective of whether this closure is made from Velcro, laces, or snaps, you need to make sure that they don't become loose by themselves when the baby starts to walk. This fact means that slip-on shoes are a strict no-no.

Why Are Shoes Essential For Babies Too?

Shoes will help your baby protect her feet from objects on the floor. At times, these substances can be quite dangerous, like pieces of broken glass, and can potentially even injure your little one. Additionally, there is always the danger that other grown-ups can mistakenly step on the little one's toes. However, as much as a shoe helps to protect babies, parents and guardians would do well to ensure they remain barefoot as much as possible. It will give their feet the ability to breathe and grow by stretching.

Different Styles Of Shoes Available For Babies

Almost all types of shoes have a unique baby counterpart except for heeled shoes for adult women. The list of shoe types available for baby girls include:

  • Boots or Booties

  • Mary Janes

  • Sandals with straps on the ankles

  • Moccasins

  • Secured sneakers meant for walking babies

  • Slip-on sneakers intended for pre-walking babies

 

If you are looking for a baby boy shoe, you can take your pick from the following:

 

  • Slip-on high-tops for pre-walking babies

  • Slip-on sneakers for pre-walking baby boys

  • Cowboy, Lumberjack, and Cold weather boots with laces

  • Moccasins

  • Secured sneakers for walking babies

 

The following chart will prove to be of use in determining the shoe size of your baby. Of course, it might vary at times, but this should serve as a decent guide in most cases:

 

  • Age- Below three months, Size 1

  • Age- 3-6 months, Size 2

  • Age- 6-9 months, Size 2.5, 3

  • Age- 9-12 months, Size 3.5, 4

  • Age- 12-18 months, Size 4.5, 5

  • Age- 18-24 months, Size 5.5, 6

 

You can find footwear deals and discounts at Brand House Direct for your little one. Though by no means a necessity, it is desirable to have a couple of decent walking shoes for your dear little child. They prove to come in handy when the child goes to an important event or family function. Well-dressed babies are one of the most adorable things you will ever find. And barefooted babies often means the whole dress and look of your baby is not properly looked into. To complete a stylish and fashionable look for your baby, you must buy them some stylish yet comfortable shoes. And this buying guide should help you with that!