First Shoes - how long does it take....

before they get used to them?

DD just turned one and we took her today to get her first pair of shoes...she cried in the store and then when we came home and put them on her she cried again...she hates them! I feel so bad for her...she is afraid to walk with them on...up til now she has been flying along and now with her shoes on she just stands there and cries....

I probably should have introduced her to some sort of shoes before this....

So how long will this last and should I persist and put these shoes on her for a few hours each day?

TIA

Re: First Shoes - how long does it take....

How long has she been walking? Maybe she's not comfortable enough on her own feet yet. We would only put them on DD when we were going on and she actually wasn't going to be walking that much to get her used to having them on her feet.
We still keep her barefoot at home. They say barefoot is really best. She only wears shoes when we go out but she is used to them now and walks fine in them.

Re: First Shoes - how long does it take....

Thanks for the reply...She has been walking for about 6 weeks now and she is really doing well....I would prefer to keep her barefoot at home but everyone keeps telling me she will never wear shoes if I dont introduce them now.....she is very confident walking and when we were out today she was walking alongside us in a store quite confortably...of course one lady stopped to ask DD where her shoes were

Maybe I will just try her again tomorrow for a few minutes and not stress her out....

Re: First Shoes - how long does it take....

My son was this way at first. When we put on his shoes he would actually start crawling again to avoid walking in them So I would just keep trying for a few minutes a day, don't stress over it she'll wear them eventually

Re: First Shoes - how long does it take....

Posted by beachgirl

Thanks for the reply...She has been walking for about 6 weeks now and she is really doing well....I would prefer to keep her barefoot at home but everyone keeps telling me she will never wear shoes if I dont introduce them now.....she is very confident walking and when we were out today she was walking alongside us in a store quite confortably...of course one lady stopped to ask DD where her shoes were

Maybe I will just try her again tomorrow for a few minutes and not stress her out....