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My youngest freaks out over things he's not used to. I think he even did it with new shoes before too; but I started to make it fun for him to wear it. Maybe get him something with a fun character that he likes or even (as annoying as it can be sometimes) shoes that have lights? Stride Rite makes a lot of shoes with characters and their shoes are usually very comfortable. You could help him get used to it at home first too.

Oh no! I haven't experienced this yet with my daughter, but I worry about it because I remember being like that when I was little! I hated when my shoes were new and not broken in yet and I was also super particular about them being the exact same tightness when tied and my socks couldn't be the slightest bit bunched.. it used to be a 10+ minute ordeal getting my shoes on up till about 3rd grade! :x

DS does the same thing. He gets used to one pair and then that is all he wants. Distraction works best. He usually forgets once he's worn them a little while. He also doesn't like them to be tight at all.

My 2 year old is the same way. I've had to buy the exact same colored TOMS for several seasons now because that's all she will wear. I can get her to wear rain boots because "peppa pig weats boots to jump up and down in muddy puddles" and I can get her to wear snow boots because she wants to play in the snow. But otherwise, she REFUSES to wear new shoes. especially dress shoes.

I may try the light up shoes too. And maybe I'll follow Mrs. Bee and show her a youtube video to distract her.

YES. For the first month of fall, I had to battle with LO to get him to wear anything but his natives. What worked was basically waiting until we got to the park/somewhere he wanted to run around, and putting them on them. He understands that he needs shoes on to run around, so he would keep them on then. And once I knew that the shoes weren't uncomfortable, I just tried distraction, and making the rule that when we're outside we have to wear shoes.