What shoes for your toddler/preschooler?

[AnyDream]

Just wondering what sorts of shoes ppl buy each year/season for their toddler/preschooler.

Winter
I usually aim to get one solid pair of runners, plus another shoe for every day wear, plus rubber boots, a nicer pair of shoes for 'stepping out' and slippers. This year I've ended up (thanks to op shop bargains) with an extra pair of suede runners, and an extra pair of dusty pink leather boots that look nice on.

Summer
2 pairs of crocs/jellies, everyday 'sensible' sandals, and some pretty stepping out sandals. That's it.

[Trillian]

Boots. Gumboots and elastic sided Riding boots. And slippers. Nothing else LOL. He loves his boots. I really need to get him a pair of joggers though for when LIttle Athletics starts. In summer we do thongs, sandals and barefeet.

[ashlukris]

At the moment, DD only has 3 pairs of shoes! lol.

A pair of ugg boots
A pair of Bobux i-walk mary jane's (quite an investment but a great, sturdy & good looking shoe)
A pair of Everlast sneakers that DH insisted on

In summer she had a couple of pairs of Bobux slippers, but otherwise went bare.

[Saffi]

Summer - crocs
Winter - 1 pair of runners and a pair of slippers. Thinking about buying some gumboots.

Usually only have 1 pair of each.

[~Kim~]

My poor DS only has 1 pair - sandals, and DD's not much better, a pair of croc type closed in shoes and her thongs ATM.
Usually though I like her to have going out shoes, home shoes appropriate to season and slippers for winter.
Funny though, shoes are never really what I think about when I buy them clothes - it's more of a buy as they need them thing.

[Pandora]

shoes, runners and sandals. Prb clarks as thats what I tend to get when they are little.
I dont like the softer shoes on their feet.

Hmm slippers...DS1 has never had slippers and hes 4..thats bad isnt it?

[Ozziehoffy]

Lol I'm a bit of an Imelda Marcos with my shoes and ALSO with the two little ones.....

Oskar has: gumboots, play runners, good runners, nice black canvas shoes, nice beige/green shoes.... summer we have 2 x thongs, sandals x 2 and bare feet at home. This is a lot less than when he was smaller lol.

Elijah: I'm not entirely sure as some of Oskar's old shoes will fit him but I haven't been through them properly yet. The main difference with them as this age and foot size is Oskar wasn't walking so his were more pre-walker shoes... so not proper soles. For that reason I have bought a couple of new ones for Elijah just recently. So, he has a nice pair and a semi good pair on top of pre-walkers which there's probably about a good half dozen pairs - ahem ...lol. He only really started wearing shoes as it got cooler though. I'm actually trying to find some not exy play shoes for him so he doesn't trash his nice ones in the backyard playing.

Oh and they both have slippers too... forgot about that...lol.

[deletedit]

We have two pairs of whatever seems practical and is on special at Kmart (they have a good range of kid's shoes there) and slippers. Need *two* pairs of shoes because someone loves to play with water outside, so we need options for when one pair is drying. I've been leaning towards more 'cloth' shoes than leather/vinyl just because they dry faster and are less likely to shrink.

The slippers are so she can wear the same as everyone else inside. Big sister has pink fluffy ugg boots so little sister does too.