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I've never heard of "Levels 1, 2, 3."
We just started off with soft sole shoes when they first started walking, then moved on to regular shoes once the kids became pro walkers.

Stride Ride has three levels, I think. When R first started walking she wore their level 2 or soft soled Smaller by See Kai Run. Now that she has been walking for two months we moved to hard soled shoes.

@californiadreams: when we went to Stride Ride she had been walking three or four weeks. They watched her walk and said that she still needed soft. We just started hard soled and she is walking fine in them. If LO has been walking for a couple months then I am sure he is fine with the hard. I know I feel better with R in hard soled since they play on the playground twice a day.

@californiadreams: yes they are! Watch See Kai Run for sales. They are great shoes too!

@californiadreams: I just get them online. She didn't like it either! But didn't too long cause the guy was fast!

@californiadreams: I know...we've spent more on her shoes than I do on mine! Thankfully great grandma wanted to buy her last pair, and then I scored a pair of pedi peds that I'd been eyeing for a while off the classifieds, so that helps

@californiadreams: check amazon and 6pm for sales! We kept LO in soft sole for as long as possible - I think it's better for their feet and balance. There isn't any reason to put them in hard sole other than personal preference IMO, unless you're having them walk in alleys with broken glass.

@californiadreams: I think it's just like the "stages" of food. If parents think they need to buy each stage, the buy more Not that I don't think there is a place for transitional shoes between soft and hard shoes, more that I think prescribing a certain level is silly ya know? Just a marketing tool.

I was going to say that it seems like a way to sell more shoes. Like I need another reason. Shoes!

We started L in Robeez type shoes and then had a few of the early walker type Smaller by SKRs when she first started wanting to walk in public. We then went to hard soles. She's starting to want to walk every where we go and while it might not be an alley it is in downtown and has god knows what on the sidewalks.

We followed the levels sort of. We use pedipeds too and we still have grip n gos..the flex seemed a little too stiff/heavy. Dd can run but when tired gets a little wobbly... We are about to move into size six soon and we already have a couple grip n go ones and then we will probably do flex for the size after that. I don't think the grip n go (level 2) are really THAT different than the flex (level 3.) And brands also probably vary. So I don't think it's going to be a huge deal. But I'm not a doctor or anything to do with feet!!