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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

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LIRascal
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

DDs are 2.5
I'm having a hard time deciding what to get for DDs for the summer. I'm assuming they'll be doing some running around at camp (2 days a week) or at the playground etc.
are flip flops a bad idea? Should I get a good sneaker bottomed sandal instead?

I got them a decent pair of white sandals for every day but I can't see them wearing this on the playground. Help?

Posted 5/12/15 10:52 PM
 
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Pinkisles
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I got my son a pair of closed toe sandals. He plays on the o,aground fine in the, just like sneakers

Posted 5/12/15 11:28 PM
 

NYCGirl80
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

Posted by Pinkisles

I got my son a pair of closed toe sandals. He plays on the o,aground fine in the, just like sneakers



Agree. No flip flops.

Posted 5/13/15 12:01 PM
 

WannaBeAMom11
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I do a closed toed sandle. I worry about her toes as dd is a rough and tumble toddler. Im not planning on flip flops for a couple of years as they have no support.

Posted 5/13/15 12:11 PM
 

cheryl28
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

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I got my kids these. From TCP and a pair from ON. They are like crocs but I feel they stay on better. They can get wet, rinse off easily and are easy to wear on the playground and super cheap. DD1 will be 5 and has had these the past few years. They are amazing. The white around the bottom does comes off easily but they are fine.

I don't let me kids wear open toe or flip flops out and about. They fall off, or their toes get scrapped up.

Posted 5/13/15 12:14 PM
 

LIRascal
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

Thanks for the advice! There are Tevas that are almost totally closed in the front and wet/dry too! Maybe those will work

Posted 5/13/15 12:25 PM
 

KPanas
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I love the Mary Jane cienta sneakers

Posted 5/13/15 1:26 PM
 

butterfly20
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

Our daycare requires closed toe sandals

Posted 5/13/15 4:38 PM
 

wishing2012
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I just got DD a pair of Natives after seeing a bunch of kids wearing them on the playground. They are like crocs material-wise, but look more like vans or converse.

Posted 5/13/15 9:25 PM
 

Smiles111
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

http://m.6pm.com/oshkosh-ike-g-toddler-little-kid

You might be able to find better price somewhere else too

Posted 5/13/15 9:32 PM
 

Leb
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

Posted by KPanas

I love the Mary Jane cienta sneakers



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Weird question, do yours smell? Like a sickeningly sweet smell? We have two pairs from different points in time and they stink!

Posted 5/13/15 9:34 PM
 

Leb
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

Posted by wishing2012

I just got DD a pair of Natives after seeing a bunch of kids wearing them on the playground. They are like crocs material-wise, but look more like vans or converse.



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Posted 5/13/15 9:34 PM
 

BookMom
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I got a pair merrel sneaker sandles. They are awesome.

Posted 5/16/15 7:57 AM
 

MrsS2005
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I wouldn't get flip flops. Too easy for them to fall. I only started buying flip flops for DS1 when he was 5 and it was just for the beach. Our daycare also discourages crocs although I've always bought the kids a pair. I've bought closed toe sandals in the past, but both kids get really sweaty feet in the summer and the shoes smell. I'm not sure what I'm going to do this year.

Posted 5/16/15 8:29 AM
 

kgs11
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

Keen makes great closed to sandals with a sneaker like footbed. But they make their feet smell so bad! Chat Icon

Posted 5/16/15 5:16 PM
 

M514
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I bought my DD the Skechers version of Natives. She loves them and they're really cute and easy to clean.

Posted 5/16/15 5:43 PM
 

Naturalmama
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Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

My boys have keens & crocs for the summer. No flip flops.

Posted 5/17/15 12:54 PM
 

KPanas
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

Posted by Leb

Posted by KPanas

I love the Mary Jane cienta sneakers



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Weird question, do yours smell? Like a sickeningly sweet smell? We have two pairs from different points in time and they stink!



Lol yes they smelled like that when I first got them but it went away after she wore them a few times

Posted 5/17/15 1:50 PM
 

Jenn627
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

My DD lives in these. I buy a new pair every spring.

sandals

Posted 5/17/15 2:21 PM
 

kn2011
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I got these for outside play

Sandals

Posted 5/17/15 7:51 PM
 

MrsP23
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

Posted by kn2011

I got these for outside play

Sandals



80% of the kids in the summer program I worked for the last 3 years wear these. Ages 2-5 Never had a problem with them coming off like other sandals while they are running around.

Posted 5/17/15 9:24 PM
 

pnbplus1
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Re: Recommend toddler sandals or flip flops?

I get my boys closed toe sandals at Stride Rite every year (through age 5). They work as a water shoe and sandal. Love them. Closed toe, good support, and good sole.

Girl Version

Posted 5/18/15 7:34 AM
 
 

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