Sizing shoes with printable charts
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- October
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Fall is here, and it’s time for new shoes. Even though she loves them and practically lived in them this summer, Pumpkin can’t wear her purple Crocs in the cold and wet. Instead of lugging Pumpkin to the mall, I decided to shop at home using handy sizing charts from our favorite brands. What’s nice about this option is you can go online, download and print the chart, measure your child and buy the shoes in a fraction of the time it takes to visit a store. What’s even better is you’ll get instant feedback about whether the size you need is in stock.
My first stop was Stride Rite to replace the sneakers I bought last spring with a larger size. I kept to the same style because it’s a simple white sneaker with modest pink trim. She can wear it with any color and it doesn’t clash. Another plus: The shoe is one of the least expensive in the store. When you get to the Stride Rite home page, just click on e-fit to find the chart for your child’s age and gender. It turns out one of Pumpkin’s feet measured a size 7 and the other a size 7 1/2. I ordered a size 8 to give her some growing room.
Then I went to Robeez. Pumpkin wears Robeez in the house in the cooler months when socks aren’t warm enough. They are soft and slip-proof and stay on snugly. Here is a link to their downloadable sizing chart. It turns out that she still fits in the 18-24 month size, so I was able to buy this adorable cat shoe.
I couldn’t help but visit Crocs to see what the company’s offerings are for winter. Here is a link to the Crocs sizing chart. I also printed out the Baby Gap sizing chart.
I have to admit that I didn’t buy any of the shoes from the company sites. Instead I went to Zappos, found the Stride Rite sneakers and Robeez and got free shipping. Please share your shoe-shopping tips. And if you try the downloadable charts, let us know how it works out for you!
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on Friday, October 19th, 2007 at 2:37 pm by Julie Moran Alterio.
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Julie-
I was in Boscov’s in Nanuet over the weekend- and they had fleece-lined Crocs for kids.
Not sure how practical they’d be (esp. in wet weather)—but they looked like they might be warm.
Julie, I love shopping on line at zappos.com for shoes for everyone. But for kids, though this might make it easy or save money, I’d keep in mind that a professional shoe salesman or an orthopedist should check a child’s foot for lots of reasons. It’s not only the width of a child’s foot that counts but the arch if it’s high or flat and the thickness of the child’s toes. Many shoes are wide now but have a low toe box would would press on the developing toes. I remember an orthopedist telling me when my son was a baby to keep him in sneakers rather than shoes because the shoes had no arches inside and didn’t support his flatter foot. So we had sneakers in black for dress, and colors for every day.
Also it’s important to let a professional see how a child’s foot is when the walk, if they turn it in or out; the wear on the shoes shows a lot of that too. It’s so much easier to correct problems early, and if people do their own shoe sizing for years, lots can be missed.