Newly walking feet need to be comfortable feet. They also need to be flexible feet and if covered, have flexible shoes around the chubby layers of fat. Rigid shoes can be detrimental to the development of a child’s foot.
I saw this firsthand with my nephew. His grandparents were visiting and were quick to show him his new brown shoes. “According the the sales lady, these shoes are made for newly walking feet.” the grandma proudly stated. As she spoke, she flexed the shoe with her hand. The front portion of the shoe bent up as she pushed hard on it.
It appeared somewhat rigid to me, but I was not part of the conversation so I just observed. What the grandma didn’t know was that my nephew had already been wearing a pair of Pedipeds.
As he stood up and smiled with his new shoes on, he took a step and “clunk, clunked” right onto the floor. With a surprised look, he once again attempted to walk, felt the clunk, clunk of a rigid shoe and stumbled right down to his knees.
How interesting! These shoes were definitely the new walker shoes advertised by a well known company, but how very uncomfortable they looked compared to his soft, flexible Pedipeds!
As soon as the grandma left for the day, I asked my sister to put the Pedipeds back on. He was quick to toddle across the room and pick up his ball. The shoes were already forgotten by him as he smiled at the ball. But my sister and I really began to understand how shoes can make a difference not only to the development of feet, but the confidence of a child.
Pedipeds are incredibly flexible and breathable. Once you experience the quality, you will have a difficult time accepting anything less.
The question is- do we tell the grandma or allow him to scuff up the brown shoes for when she visits? 
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