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Two Blondinis 
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Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:12pm |
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At what age did you put hard sole proper shoes on your toddler?
Caitlin only has Bobux type leather shoes and a couple of the really soft rubber "Little Feet" brand.
MiL said that now she is walking properly she should have proper shoes to support her ankles.
Any thoughts? I though barefott (or as close to it) was best?
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busymum
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Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:21pm |
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I put proper shoes on once the toddler is walking steady (ie won't trip or confuse with shoes on), but only when we're going out. Barefoot is fine around home.
As for shoes vs barefoot, it probably depends, but I have flat feet and it is actually better for me (tendons etc) to have shoe support than bare.
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Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:25pm |
Once Andrew was up and walking fine he had them on when he was outside but inside it was socks or barefeet.
I also had heard that barefeet was best so we did that mostly with Andrew and so did daycare.
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Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:35pm |
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barefoot is best... my boys werent wearing proper shoes at one either...
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Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:50pm |
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Hannah wore those soft soled little feet shoes until she didnt fit those anymore (I think the biggest size is 18-24 months). Now she wears normal shoes or gumboots, but barefeet/slippers inside.
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Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:51pm |
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Used soft soled "shoes" as long as possible.. Bobux inside if we were in a place where it was slippery ie wooden floors. Even when Ella had been walking for a while, we used soft Hi Hippo brand shoes for walking - they have rubber soles but bend really well - the thing to look for is if you can bend them really well on the sole - in half almost.
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Posted: 08 July 2007 at 7:54pm |
We had the Hi Hippo brand too, until 18-24 mos. 
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Posted: 09 July 2007 at 9:19am |
Thanks ladies, that's what I thought too and now I can go back to MiL and say "nooo, I'm right - you're wrong!" 
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Posted: 09 July 2007 at 10:56am |
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haleigh was 10months, but only for when we were out of the house, at home she was in barefeet or socks/ slippers.
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Posted: 09 July 2007 at 12:10pm |
We use Bobux shoes alot for Tyrell, we also have hard soled shoes that my mother brought for him, we do use them outdoors sometimes but he is not so keen on them.
I also tried gumboots, now that was a laugh, must say we haven't tried them again.
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Posted: 09 July 2007 at 12:37pm |
Caitlin has a pair of soft rubber gum boots and she walks along like John Wayne! 
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Posted: 09 July 2007 at 3:07pm |
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We put our daughter in hard bottom shoes when she could walk properly but still use her bobuxs heaps we mainly use the other shoes when we go out just cos I would hate her to stand on anything that could go through the bobux.
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Posted: 09 July 2007 at 3:55pm |
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Where is the best place to hunt out for baby socks and shoes, i wanna stock up.
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Posted: 09 July 2007 at 4:00pm |
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Oh my gosh Tara, Hamilton has the best kids shoe shop. I will ask my mum the name of it and where abouts in Hamilton it is....be back later with details.
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Posted: 09 July 2007 at 4:02pm |
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Woohoo cheers Amy! I have a bit of a holiday from work in 3 weeks, so I will have lots of time to check places out :D
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Posted: 10 July 2007 at 11:44am |
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I got Piper her first pair of hard sole shoes yesterday and she is walking fine in them. They do look funny on her though but I'm just used to seeing little hi-hippos shoes on her
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Posted: 26 July 2007 at 11:49am |
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We're just using the Bobux shoes at the moment. Amelia is still finding crawling faster sometimes, although is walking a lot now.
Tara .. I think the place is at Queenwood Village, can't think of the name, but there is kids shoe shop there.
For babies, both Wobble & Baby Factory stock Bobux. Wobble also has another brand now, can't remember the name of it.
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Posted: 26 July 2007 at 5:12pm |
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I bought proper shoes when she was walking steadily. Had one pair of soft sole shoes. But she was barefoot most of the time and still is.
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Posted: 27 July 2007 at 10:57pm |
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bobux have a new range too for kids starting to walk....we saw them in the focus group...they looked awesome!!! more of an orthopedic type of proper walk shoe!
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Two Blondinis
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Posted: 28 July 2007 at 12:05pm |
Ohhh new Bobux  although I'm not sure if Miss Emelda Marcos (sp?) needs MORE shoes 
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