Daughter has wide feet! Only 15 months old

pigpen

My trotters are a Clarks J fit and DS2 is an I.. they ordered them in or we get a size bigger in the widest fit.. DD1 and DD6 are a D fitting and they never have that size in either. I don't think any of my children have ever had shoes in the size they measured so do not order online.

They have to walk around on their feet for their entire life starting them off with ill fitting shoes which deform their feet is not good.. you can save money elsewhere!

Startrite are better for smaller sizes. Clarks prewalkers will be fine too.. they have a nonslip rubber sole and soft and lovely and perfectly adequate for tootling about in the garden.

TBH at that age I'd let her out in just slippers.

Gloomendoom

Reading this thread, I can't get the image of Donald Duck out of my head.

MarilynMonroe_2

If you got to Clarks they also take your childs photo. My daughter has a box with her first shoes in a photo of her looking proud as punch!

I try to get her shoes for under £30 if I can, it pains me when I see boots especially nearer £45, she just gets cheap wellies if it's snowy! They are wide enough.

Ona side note when my daughter went to an H fitting I argued with them that their machine must be wrong cos she was always a G on the manual measurer, but once they get to a 10 they have to do it on the fancy electric one.
When they are small you can easily spend in the region of £120 a year on shoes ... my total sum for a year is around £8 lol

dizziblonde

Clarks definitely had a few styles in G fitting in local to us last month - went to get my eldest's first pair and she came out as a 2 1/2 G and we had a choice of four styles I think.

Was a Clarks inside a Mothercare which might mean they had more "baby" shoes in stock I guess. The pair we picked ended up coming up as having just been reduced too so came in at £18 which is about half of what I'd mentally braced myself for.

If it's any consolation - apparently I started off with really wide feet, and then they ended up stupidly narrow (ie one style in the entire shop that fitted and it was never the one I wanted) by the time I got to school age.

clairehi

Aimless wrote: »

Yes you can order in to Clarks, but it's definitely worth finding a good independent. Clarks will only sell you Clarks shoes, a decent independent will sell you the best fit for your child from a range of makes. Having had a child with awkward feet, I think it's really good to have a range of choices.

Oh, and if you think £34 is expensive, how about when they grow into a size 9 with the narrowest feet ever. The kids stuff is too short, the adult too wide, and you end up paying 70 or 80 quid for the only pair in the world that fits their feet.

This.

Clarks don't deserve the reputation they seem to have as the "gold standard" for kids shoes. They are ok, but they are certainly not the only option, or the best. There aren't many things that I buy from small local shops these days, sadly, but children's shoes are most definitely one.

Just because there is a Clarks in every high street, don't assume they are the only quality option. Get on to Google and find the independent shoe shops in your area and give them a go.