what shoe size does your 13 month old wear?

[Elizdia]

My LO wears a shoe size 3 1/2 but i cant find any hard soles shoes this size, they all start from 4 and they seem so big for him. Should he not be wearing hard soled shoes at his age? He cruises so is on he's feet or crawling all day.

 

[jodilee6]

My eldest was 4 1/2 at 15 months, I opted for soft soled shoes as while he was taking steps he wasn't confident on his feet. He was closer to 2 before I got his first pair of hard soled shoes as he wanted to consistently walk outside

Bare foot is best for learning to confidently walk, if you are going for shoes I'd go for soft rubber soled shoes (normally marketed as cruisers) and only have them on when you need to

 

[_Meep_]

LO walked at 12 months and we got her first shoes when she was 14 months. She had size 3.5 feet at that age but was absolutely fine in a 4 from Start-Rite. Those were flexible-soled pre-walkers with an upturn at the toe - we were told at the shop that to put her in hard soles straight away would be too much for her, so it was a transitional shoe really. She now has size 4 feet and is still in a size 4 shoe (she's 17 months), but with hard soles.

Was looking at Start-Rites the other day and they had pre-walkers as small as 2.5. From my experience this brand are just like normal shoes, just a little softer/more flexible so baby can still feel the floor during the early days of toddling while they are still getting used to keeping their balance. LO walked outside in them plenty with no problems.

Shoes of any type are apparently only really necessary after a couple of months of confident, unassisted walking, when LO is able to walk outside. 90% of the time, my LO is still barefoot, as that's best for her feet. There's no need at all for shoes when cruising or indoors, but if you would prefer him to wear them, I promise pre-walkers are fab!

 

[CaptainMummy]

My 13 month old is a 3.5 (a 3 in one foot but her clarks shoes are 3.5)
She has been walking since 9.5 months but she still wears the softer soled shoes. Not cruisers, but the soles arent hard.

These are the ones she has and they are just fine for walking outside
https://www.clarks.co.uk/p/26110401

 

[Teri7489]

My dad was a 3.5 at that age and we got her hard shoes from Clark's. She walked from 9 months but we didn't put any shoes on her til then and she did great with them x

 

[Ceejay123]

My 10 month old nephew wore 4.5g haha.. Massive x

 

[Twinmum87]

My twins had their first shoes at 12 months. Boy was 3.5 and girl was 2 so had to get the crawler shoes. Girl didn't finally hit size 4 to get hard sole shoes until about 18 ,moths old. :/

 

[MindUtopia]

Usually the recommendation is no shoes at all until walking independently, unless you really need shoes to protect their feet (when outside on rough surfaces, I guess?). My daughter was cruising from 8 months, but didn't walk until 15 months and we didn't put her in shoes at all during that time. We just kept her up off anything that could be sharp (there's really no need for them to be cruising around in their bare feet in gravel) and during the winter, we layered her feet up in socks with nappy bags tied over each foot and another sock, which kept her warm and dry outside. You can also get baby moccasins, but they're harder to clean if they'll be on the ground in mud. Socks did the trick. We put her in soft cruising shoes when she did start to walk at 15 months, by then she was a size 4, and she stayed in those for a further 3 months until she was ready to go up a size. It was recommended to us to keep them in nothing as long as possible (I didn't find it was hard, sure beats wasting money on shoes you don't need) and then soft flexible cruisers for at least 6 weeks after walking independently. We kept her in longer just because she didn't need to move up a size for longer, but by then it was easy to find hard soled shoes that would fit.

 

[vickyandchick]

My ds is a 5.5H, he's got massive feet lol. But he only ever wears shoes if we're out and he wants to walk around

 

[Lemonade]

My LG is a 3.5 but wears a 4 (she's just turned 14 months). Clarks definitely sell size 3 and up.

 

[Gym knickers]

My 12 month old is walking and wears the Clarkes pre walker shoes with the bumpy rubbery soles. She's a 2.5 so can't wear hard soles but I think they'd be too heavy for her anyway. The clarkes woman said the prewalkers are fine until they are walking longer distances anyway.
To be honest I mostly still keep her barefoot unless I need to so she can feel her feet. We did this when she was learning to walk and cruising.