Our little daughter started walking shortly after her 1^st birthday. We had heard that for the health of her foot and to help with her balance it is best to keep her barefoot as long as possible. That was easy as long as we stayed inside. Once she got the hang of walking, though all she wanted to do was walk, walk, walk! Venturing outside onto the dirty sidewalk and to the park required that she wear shoes. We went out and bought her a popular brand of first walker shoes which seemed like clown shoes on her little feet. She would lift her legs up high as if she were wearing weights on her ankles. She constantly tripped over them as she walked and would complain and “ask” to take them off. Then, my sister who has two children, told me about pedipeds. We gave them a try. What a difference! These shoes really are the “next best thing to bare feet”.

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