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I have also always heard that barefoot is best.

I typically don't wear shoes inside so LO doesn't either. But I had always heard that barefoot was better, too.

No shoes because we also don't do shoes in the house. If you have all wood floors and slipping is an issue, Skidderz work really well - they're kind of like a sock with a rubberized sole, and you can throw them in the washing machine. And they're cheap enough to keep a pair for just indoors.

My pediatrician said new walkers should be barefoot as much as possible or in soft soled shoes.

We also don't wear shoes inside our house though.

@Foodnerd81: haha I hear you. These aren't grippies, they're actual soles - I should have included a link. I actually like them for muddy playground days (or days when they've turned the $#%* sprinklers on at the park so my kids are going to get soaked still want to run around on equipment)

http://skidders.com/polkadotsxy4518.aspx (much cheaper on Zulily or at Target)

barefoot indoors, or in cold weather some grippy socks.

I think we kept him in shoes after he kept slipping in socks, even with grippies. I thought his feet would get too cold without something on them. That was last winter when he wasn't really walking outside yet, so the shoes weren't really dirty because they were just worn inside home and daycare.

For LO2 I plan to get her some Robeez or something similar, just for wearing inside. She'll likely start walking when it's still nice outside so I'll want different shoes for outdoors and I'll want her used to stuff on her feet. DS spent an entire summer with no shoes or socks, and then it was tough transitioning him to wearing those things when he needed to.

We don't wear shoes inside. DS is 3 and has indoor shoes for daycare that he rarely wears. He likes to just wear socks. Until he was about 18 months he only wore soft soled shoes.