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13 months for daycare, and now that she's running around outside, I put shoes on her for sure. Inside at home - never.

they say its best to keep them barefoot until they're 100% walking on their own.

my g/g twins wore soft crib shoes [Robeez] until they could walk.

to get an idea of shoes, stride rite has some great crib & crawl shoes as well as cruise & walk ones

We waited til he was walking fully and on his own at 11 months. And even then he was in SKR smallers for 2 months before we switched to hardsole sneakers

We started using Robeez regularly when he was around 11 months old--he was cruising and it was fall, so it was getting chillier outside. He stayed in Robeez until he was walking confidently at 13 months, and then we really only switched because it was cold and the ground was cold/wet outside. If he had been starting to walk during the summer I would have kept him in robeez or similar very soft soled shoes much longer.

Xander's 16 months and still doesn't wear shoes regularly. We have a pair of See Kai Run Smaller that he'll wear if we're going to be walking around outside and a pair of Crocs for the beach and water play, but he doesn't wear them every day. He's been going to daycare barefoot (and we send his shoes with him in case they go outside).

Not until she was really walking 100% and insisted on walking herself. But early for daycare purposes.

LO started wearing Roobez around 10 months old or so. Once he started walking around 12 months, we moved up to Stride Rite shoes. Our daycare lady told us to get some hard soled shoes as they walk around the neighborhood. He's been wearing them since.

Not until she started walking and moved into the next room at daycare. At home she's still barefoot all of the time at 16 months.

9-9.5 months. I felt pressure from other people IRL who commented on it (someone actually said to LO, but was obviously directed at me "can't your Mum afford shoes for you?") and my other Mum friends' babies were already in shoes, so I did it.

She only wears them if we leave the house though and not for long car journeys.

She's always barefoot or with socks indoors. Now that she's cruising, I always out shoes on when we go to the park because otherwise her feet get disgustingly dirty.

@illumina: this is so annoying!! I hate when people do this! Sometimes when lo is in his stroller he kicks them off so I just throw them in the diaper bag. I hate when people feel the need to comment, especially passive agressively!

My LO is 11 months and I recently starting putting him in Robeez regularly. They protect his feet from being dirty or from sharp things, but do not give him foot support. He can walk holding my hand for short distances, but not independently. He can walk at least as well in the Robeez as barefoot. I only use them if I think it is likely I will put him down to stand or walk. I had been letting LO stand barefoot in public for a long time before he had shoes. I plan to start using real shoes when it gets cold, I think LO will be walking well by then. He is barefoot or in socks indoors, as am I.

When LO started walking independently around 13 months.