First pair of shoes?

Gold Member Joined: Nov 22 2006 Posts: 1733

ok so we went to Teschers today and got ds and dd their first pair of shoes.. they have both been walking for a while dd much longer than ds but we wanted to not have to make 2 trips so we went today anyway they seem to fit well kids have no problem sitting w the on or even standing but they refuse to walk in them they just cry and ask to be picked up.. is that normal? how long does this last? how do I transition them into walking in shoes?
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Platinum Member Joined: Sep 10 2006 Posts: 6561

Hmm...I don't know.. We made sure ds was walking in them before we bought them. After we bought them, he walked right out of the store wearing them.

It did take him a minute or two I remember. I had to tempt him with something, like a toy or treat to get him to try the first couple steps, but then he took off and, like I said, straight out back into the mall.
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Gold Member Joined: Jan 18 2005 Posts: 1546

my kids did that too, give them a few days to get used to them

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Platinum Member Joined: Aug 29 2007 Posts: 12057

I didn't buy my daughter her first shoes until she had been walking for several months. only when her pedipeds were getting holes from walking outside too much, did we take the plunge.

Executive Member Joined: Aug 12 2007 Posts: 349

I was told to give up to a week. If you see that it's still bothering them, I would go back to check it out. IT could be that the shoe is too small/big.

Gold Member Joined: Nov 22 2006 Posts: 1733

they refuse to walk/crawl in them & they just cry.. how long each day am I supposed to have them on?

Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2008, 12:28 am Post subject:

Try putting them on for like 10 minutes at a time. Leave them around in plain site, trying to make a game out of it. Show them your shoes, try to put their shoes on your feet then laugh. Takes a few days sometimes. good luck.

Posted: Mon, Nov 24 2008, 11:07 am Post subject: re: first pair of shoes?

the first day or two he didn't walk normally but after a week I'd say he walked much better/didn't fall so much... I show him my shoes when he puts on his (and the first few days he only wore them when we were going out - so I'd put them on and then get myself ready to leave and he was excited to go out so that helped him follow me to the door....)
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Executive Member Joined: Feb 06 2008 Posts: 318

DS did the same thing. We would joke about how the way to get him to stop walking was to put on his shoes. It took a few days (maybe a week - to a week and a half). The shoes fit him well, he just wasn't used to something on the foot that he had to lift (it made it heavier). This was in the beg of the summer, so I put lightweight water shoes on his feet for a little, to get used to the weight and then the shoes which were a little heavier.

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