Liam's walking shoes :)

Liam has been cruising the furniture since he was about 7 months old. Then between 8 and 9 months he was taking steps and standing alone, I was sure he would be walking soon so I didn't buy him any shoes. I've seen so many moms that buy their kids these big bulky shoes before they are even walking and no wonder it takes them forever to walk. The best way in my experience, for them to learn to walk is no shoes, no socks, just their bare feet.
During the winter months I had little cloth shoes that he would wear so his feet wouldn't freeze while we were out but other than that he would be around the house bare foot. We even stopped wearing the footed pajamas, because I could tell he was getting upset from falling and they got in the way.
Now since beginning to mid February Liam is walking ALOT and now he is officially a walker for the past few weeks. He's gotten so good that socks don't bother him and I really wanted to find some shoes. When Chloe was a new walker we got these flat cloth, almost leather like shoes. They were almost like leather socks, were great for outside and I loved them. I haven't found anything similar to it until I saw one of the moms at dance class with her son and he has pedipeds. I looked them up and am thinking of ordering a pair from amazon.com but I wanted to check out the stores that are local because the reviews I've read on the pedipeds say they run small and I'm unsure of Liam's size and don't want the hassle of having to send them back. 

We went to Target and found a bunch of cute shoes and a few pairs look very similar, or atleast have the same style and design as the pedipeds. So I tried on a few and it came down to him being a size 4 in these, which is funny because I have size 4 boys shoes at home and many other larger sizes and the 4's are huge on him! So it when the 3's didnt fit I was surprised but the 4's did and we got them. I tried him out in them when we met Sean for lunch at Elizabeth's Pizza (YUMMY!) and he walked pretty well in them. 

After his nap I put them on him for around the house and he did great, they don't affect the way he walks at all!! And now we can go to the park and not worry about wood chips or stones poking him in the feet when he's walking around!! My baby boy sure is growing too fast! It is so exciting and fun, all the things that he does now and can do with us but it makes me a little sad that in less than 2 weeks my baby boy will be 1 year old. 

Liam's Walking Shoes :)

<3 Liz