Where do you get a child's shoe size measurer?

twink

my family has grown up now but would you be able to get a measure that does all the shops selling shoes, i am a 31/2 and i can fit a 3 or a 4 depending which shop i go to.
shoes are very important for growing feet i know i hated the black round toed shoes my stepmother always bought us, but i have never had as much as a corn and as a nurse i was never off my feet
i remember i tried to economise and bought shoes from the village instead of clarks but it was false economy as they never fitted ds1 right
i do think shoes are an awful price for little ones

iwanttosave_2

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=11377&highlight=foot+size

This is the only one I can find at the moment although I am not sure its one I mean :think:

EDIT: Yes it is the right one, you click on it then print it out.

slobbery

Try this one:

http://www.veganline.com/shoe-sizes.htm

crutches

http://www2.vertbaudet.co.uk/cgi-bin/Vertbaudet.storefront/44c67807000b0c222755d526bac70652/Product/View/1249467

£8.99

(but the catalogue has a footsizer printed in the cover that is detachable and handy for a general idea of size eg size 9)

Hope that helps.

Becles

All shoes are different. He might be one size in Clarks, another size in Woolies, another size in Asda and so on!

I wouldn't buy a child's shoes from ebay or anywhere else you can't try them on. Their feet have to last a lifetime, and putting them in the wrong shoes can cause problems in both now and in later life.

Shop shoe fitting machines are just guides to give an idea where to start. You might not be the size the machine says, depending on the style of shoe and the fabric it is made from.

To check a shoe fitting yourself, put the child in the shoes and make him stand on the floor. Press the front of the shoe. You should be able to feel his toes with a little bit of room in front. Toes should not be touching the front of the shoe, nor should there be loads of spare space.

Push your fingers across the leather/fabric on the top of his foot. It should give slightly. If it's tight, it will rub. If there are rolls of material, it will wrinkle and dig into the foot.

Sit the child down, hold their ankle and tug on the heel of the shoe. It should hold onto the foot and not slip off. Any movement will cause blisters on the back of the heel, so you want a shoe that sits firm.

Finally ask the child to walk in the shoes and watch their movement. Again watch for slipping on the heel, tripping in them (too big) or any walking awkwardly.

I was taught by my Mam who was a trained Clarks fitter, and my boys have had lovely fitting shoes all their lives and have never had any foot problems.

The same method works on adults too, and I've got problem free feet with lovely straight toes. I've never had blisters from shoes either.

Gingham_Ribbon

The important thing is that they fit well. You can't do that with shoes from ebay. I tried. I got a fitting from Clarks, then I bought some clarks shoes that size on ebay. I could see straight away that they weren't suitable for him. (He has very high, wide feet.) They were Clarks doodles and they just weren't 'deep' enough for him, although it was clear that the length was fine.

I don't like most of the clarks boys shoes. I think they look too much like trainers. He is in startrite at the moment, but his last pair were much cheaper and from Asda. I fitted them the way I'd seen the fitters in the shop. He didn't have any problems with them at all. But it's the only time I've been confident enough about a pair of shoes I've fitted myself. If I'm in any way uncertain, I go back to Lewises to have them done properly. Which is basically EVERY other time I've tried to do it myself. (Partly because not many places offer an H fitting. But mostly because I'm not trained!!!)

HappySad

Becles wrote:

All shoes are different. He might be one size in Clarks, another size in Woolies, another size in Asda and so on!

I wouldn't buy a child's shoes from ebay or anywhere else you can't try them on. Their feet have to last a lifetime, and putting them in the wrong shoes can cause problems in both now and in later life.

Shop shoe fitting machines are just guides to give an idea where to start. You might not be the size the machine says, depending on the style of shoe and the fabric it is made from.

To check a shoe fitting yourself, put the child in the shoes and make him stand on the floor. Press the front of the shoe. You should be able to feel his toes with a little bit of room in front. Toes should not be touching the front of the shoe, nor should there be loads of spare space.

Push your fingers across the leather/fabric on the top of his foot. It should give slightly. If it's tight, it will rub. If there are rolls of material, it will wrinkle and dig into the foot.

Sit the child down, hold their ankle and tug on the heel of the shoe. It should hold onto the foot and not slip off. Any movement will cause blisters on the back of the heel, so you want a shoe that sits firm.

Finally ask the child to walk in the shoes and watch their movement. Again watch for slipping on the heel, tripping in them (too big) or any walking awkwardly.

I was taught by my Mam who was a trained Clarks fitter, and my boys have had lovely fitting shoes all their lives and have never had any foot problems.

The same method works on adults too, and I've got problem free feet with lovely straight toes. I've never had blisters from shoes either.

Now I have read your thread it makes sense. It's just like clothes then. You can be a size 10 in Wallis and a size 14 in Topshop.. so the same with shoes. So its best to try them on and with ebay you can't do that.

What I was going to do was measure his feet and order new Clarks shoes in ebay of the same deisgn that are the same in the shops here I know what size fits him well. I suppose this is still taking chances.

I learnt the fitting technique you mentioned form a trainee clarks staff. On previous occasions the staff would hardly say how they were fitting the shoe but the trainee told me everything. I now check his shoes at home to see when he has out grown them instead of going off to the shops for them to do this.

I would only buy clarks shoes and thought that buying them on ebay when knowing his size would save money... alas.. it would save me money but may be not his feet.

Savvy_Sue

Becles wrote:

The same method works on adults too, and I've got problem free feet with lovely straight toes. I've never had blisters from shoes either.

Funny you should mention that, I had my feet measured a few years ago and found I was a size bigger than I'd been trying to buy! No wonder I'd had such difficulty getting shoes to fit ...

And it is so useful knowing how to fit shoes now the boys are taller than me ... they look so out of place in the Clarks children's dept now ... :rotfl:

We tend to go to Brantano, I ask someone to measure their feet so we know where to start, and then we just hit the shelves. "Start with the cheaper shoes!" I urge, "and see if we can find something that fits for LESS than £40!" I'll ask for a check at the end of our spree as well, although the assistants tend look at me as if I'm slightly insane as these towering hulks loom over them. :rotfl: