Do you plan to use shoes again with other kids assuming they are still in good condition? DS hasn't been in any size more than 6 months, and they're all pretty decent brands (Saucony, Stride Rite, SKR). Trying to figure out if I should save or donate them.
if i was having another kid, hell yes i would reuse shoes. L barely uses shoes before her feet grow again. i would also happily buy shoes that had been used by one child previously and are in very good or excellent condition.
Post by runblondie26 on Jan 30, 2015 12:59:37 GMT -5
Yes, I plan to re-use shoes. It's mostly "special occassion" shoes that have survived for future siblings. Everyday play shoes will be new, since they typically get pretty beat.
The smaller sizes absolutely. Now that DD1 is in sizes longer her running/everyday shoes get so worn out. I save the boots and dress shoes b/c they are in like new condition.
Post by ilikedonuts on Jan 30, 2015 13:04:53 GMT -5
Yep. I've only bought DD1 one pair of shoes so far and that's only because when she was walking full time her foot was a tad smaller then DD2's was when she started walking so I needed a smaller size to start.
Post by DarcyLongfellow on Jan 30, 2015 13:08:14 GMT -5
Absolutely. I don't feel like my kids wear shoes enough for them to be "molded to their feet" or really worn out, at least not until they start school.
Once DD1 turned 3 and started preschool, her school shoes got pretty beat up. I haven't thrown them out, but I won't make DD2 wear them since they're ratty. We'll use them for running around in the muck shoes for DD2 if she wants them. But anything that's in decent shape, sure.
I hate feet and used shoes gross me out, so I will not subject DS to used shoes. I will sell them when he outgrows them because I realize not everyone is crazy like me.
They're in them for months. There isn't much confirming going on. Certainly nothing to impact the health of the foot. Post all the articles you want, but I think being "against" used shoes is crazy.
Post by Velar Fricative on Jan 30, 2015 13:20:09 GMT -5
Probably not, except for shoes worn only occasionally. DD has been the same size for a while now and by the time she's done with her everyday shoes I just don't think they'll be in great shape.
DD1 pretty much destroys all her shoes, so there aren't any to pass down. She knee walked from 12-20 months so the top of all her shoes from that period are shredded. As a walker, she wears her shoes hard.
Post by whereintheworld on Jan 30, 2015 13:29:31 GMT -5
No, it's the one thing I don't hand down. They're pretty rough on them and they also DO conform to their feet, I can look inside their shoes and see where it's higher and lower based on the kid's foot. Not sure why anyone here is trying to say that doesn't happen. If they're wearing the shoe for 10+ hours a day and running around at daycare - trust that they're being well used. I don't like the feeling of putting my foot in someone else's worn shoe grooves.
I also buy most of their clothes used but stick to new, brand name shoes. Geox, Stride Rite, etc., I think it's really important for foot development and arch support. Guess that's my non-breezy thing! We go 3-4x a year to have all 3 kids' measured in the store and if someone has outgrown then we get them a new pair.
ETA: I do pass down special occasion shoes or rain boots, as others have said.
Post by thatgirl2478 on Jan 30, 2015 13:30:22 GMT -5
Probably not. DD1 has a few pairs of early shoes that still have life in them, but the majority of her shoes are too worn to be of much use to DD2. Additionally, I don't think it's a good idea for growing feet to wear someone else's shoes because each person has different walking patterns and wears their shoes out differently.
Probably not. DS1 is pretty rough on his shoes compared to the rest of his clothes. Dress shoes that he only wears sporadically, sure. His everyday shoes, no.
I only saved the pre-walker/early walker shoes that are in good shape. He's usually in a size long enough to beat the crap out of it, so they aren't worth saving. I take that back, I did save all the Toms shoes I bought for him, since I used them as special occasion shoes and they are all in great shape. I will also save rain boots and snow boots to hopefully use on the next kid.
They're in them for months. There isn't much confirming going on. Certainly nothing to impact the health of the foot. Post all the articles you want, but I think being "against" used shoes is crazy.
Or society has become so wasteful.
They're not always in them for months. My 5yo has been in one size for almost a year. I just bought him a new pair, in the same size, because his old ones were so beat up. No passing those down, and I don't think I was being particularly wasteful in doing so.
Probably not. DS is pretty rough on his shoes and I usually have one pair in a given size. Over the summer he had sneakers and sandals. Right now he has sneakers and boots.
We only buy DD one pair of shoes at a time and she wears them every day until she outgrows them. Even though she only wears each of them for a few months, I feel like they might still be a little too worn to reuse as every day shoes for the next kid. I am keeping them all to use as back-up shoes though.
I have a thing about used shoes from other people so that I won't do. Between my own kids, I plan to. DD has a bunch gender neutral colored running shoes she didn't hardly wear for more than 2 months a time before she outgrew them. We also went through a phase where she had multiple pairs at once so they barely got worn.
I save those and plan to put DS in them.
Anything worn awhile, looks worn out, too dirty I didn't save.
Post by bunnymendelbaum on Jan 30, 2015 15:22:51 GMT -5
Yes, but small suggestion: I'd put them in a separate shoe bin, not with the clothes. I didn't know it, but DD1 has small feet. By the time I open that bin of clothes for DD2, she's already outgrown the shoe in there. So now I have to dig through multiple bins looking for shoes and making a mess.
Hmm, my kids must be exceptionally rough on shoes. We purchase a new pair every 6 months or so because the old pair has holes in it. There has never been an opportunity to hand down. Maybe it's because they only have one pair of shoes at a time.