New Shoes

LJ got new shoes today. This was kind of emotional for me as he has outgrown his first pair of shoes. Anything that reminds me that he is growing up is an emotional thing for me. I’ve decided that I have to get over this though…I mean this will continue to happen for the rest of his life, so I need to learn to cope with it now. I tried to cope by using my favorite coping mechanism – denial, but I was, shall we say, denied (ha, ha, ha). I thought, “We’ll just buy the same shoe, but in a bigger size and then it’ll be like his foot never grew at all.” Smart, huh? Turns out, his first pair of shoes was a “cruiser” and they only go up to a certain size. His size only comes in “walker” shoes, so I guess the manufacturer decided that, by the time your feet are as big as LJ’s, you really should be walking.

Perhaps you remember seeing his first pair of shoes in an earlier blog, but in case you don’t remember…
Here is his new pair. They are size 6 ½ W. The W stands for wide and this accounts for our inability to find shoes at a place like Target or Wal-Mart. No, LJ’s feet are wide and we have to go to THE shoe store to buy them (READ: they cost more than you think a shoe of this size should cost). His feet kind of look like miniature Paw Paw (my father) feet.
We think a pair of sandals are in order for the upcoming (who am I kidding, it was pretty warm on our walk today) warm weather. This pair seems nice, but we have decided it is better not to buy two pairs of shoes at one time. We need time to recover from the shock.



Sandals or not, you will all be glad to know that LJ’s feet are in well-made shoes and that we are making sure that he has no impediment in his motor development.