MS Shoes for Baby....

Quackers

TheWaltons wrote: »

Not where I went they don't, however, maybe this was because I was buying the ones after Cruisers? (I'm sad... I keep them all!)

It was Clarks in Mothercare.

Maybe its a really small dept that doesn't take much money.

Lots of clarks depts in mothercare do sell trainers from a small size 4.

There is also a cruiser trainer that is available from a size 3 for boys or girls.

Its interesting that people think that trainers are not suitable for small children/as first shoes. MAybe this is why Clarks have taken their Cica brand name off the small trainers and changed it to Clarks branding to reassure people that there is nothing wrong with having trainers as first shoes as long as they are designed properly.

ailuro2

My dd walked at 9 months- once she had walked all the way to the park and back I realised I'd better get her sturdier shoes:o

She did look very sweet, and it's not sad to keep their shoes- I still have all her little cute shoes up to when she started school- they're not so cute after a couple of weeks trailing around the playground.;)

rls1973

gollygosh wrote: »

my daughter had foot problems when she was little and needed to see a podiatrist, i had many conversations about shoes and his advice was always the same, childrens feet don't vary that much buy whatever you can afford and don't be fooled into buying through guilt. she had clarks that rubbed terribly (i got my money back) and ds had clarks fitted you know where they squeeze their toes telling you they can feel where they are and all's o.k. when we got home i found the tissue paper still up the toe!!! oh and both kids had feet measured on the same day in different shops at widely different sizes. that was the last time i bothered with the overpriced rip-offs managed to find lovely leather hush puppies for both kids in T.J hughes for about £8 now they're old enough to tell me what they feel like and it is a lot easier but a nine year old with size 6's is an expensive business.

i agree with gollygosh, my dd also has had foot problems(amongst other things, see signature) and has seen the orthotist all her life, he has always said the price or brand of the shoes is irrelevant - and that this applies to my other child too, who has normal feet - you buy what you can afford, as long as they are not too small or tight that is all that matters this is a professional, so i take it he knows

if you are skint, basically it's better to have cheaper shoes that you can afford to replace when it's needed, rather than expensive ones that you keep for longer than you should. he didn't think any brand was better than any other, also some of the cheaper shops now do measuring.:)

Sarahsaver

My DS walked at 8 months but he did not have 'shoes' until several months later. He was too small to walk outdoors, i.e. on the pavement, in town and so on so why bother with shoes!

Quackers

Sarahsaver wrote: »

My DS walked at 8 months but he did not have 'shoes' until several months later. He was too small to walk outdoors, i.e. on the pavement, in town and so on so why bother with shoes!

Definately - the longer they go without the better me thinks


Cruisers and crawling shoes are sold purely because there is a demand for them - not necessarily because they are needed.

pusscat

andycarmi wrote: »

I was wondering if Clarks do an outlet shop or if there was a Clarks type shop I hadn't heard off. AS I said in my OP I didn't like the idea of Asda/Tesco shoes...

The Clarks pre-walkers- should I bother with them? or best wait till LO can walk and would save monay?

There is a Clark's outlet shop in the Designer Outlet near York

I always get my nieces feet measured in a Clarks shop and then go there and let them pick their own shoes for a birthday pressie!

Puss

xx

Spendless

Sarahsaver wrote: »

My DS walked at 8 months but he did not have 'shoes' until several months later. He was too small to walk outdoors, i.e. on the pavement, in town and so on so why bother with shoes!

We attended a lot of playgroups that's why.

liney

My DS was walking at 10 months, but at Moms and Toddlers he would wear socks, or the bootie type slip ons. I bought him shoes when he was just over 1 and was wanting to walk around town with reigns. I was told it is better to walk barefood, or with socks when they are learning at it strengthens their muscles? Don't know how true that is, but he never came to any harm.