Like Mother, Like Daughter

Today, my husband and I took the girls to a children's shoe store for the first time. Usually, I buy their shoes without having them try them on, or on the internet. Today, they were going to be trying shoes on for the first time. I was frustrated with the fact that all of Lola's closed-toe shoes seemed tight on her and bothered her, and that I couldn't get Eva's feet into a single pair of shoes. They both seemed to be in between sizes. I had heard that the fit specialist at this store was excellent. Lola kicked her size 7 Pedipeds off in the car, the adorable brown ones with the polka dots that I've always loved. Apparently, they hurt. Eva was shoeless as always. We started by measuring Lola's feet. 8 to 8 and a half, the nice woman announced. I was shocked. When did this happen? How did she go from a size six a couple of months ago to a size eight? And no wonder she had blisters on her poor little feet. Their stock was low, but we did manage to find an adorable pair of brown Stride Rites with a pink flower accent. link

Eva turned out to be a little bigger than a 3. "We'd put her in a 4 to give her some growing room." Ouch! How could my baby have outgrown crib shoes??? We also concluded that her feet weren't wide, which was something of a relief, but that her tendency to curl her toes made it difficult to put her shoes on. (The trick? If you let her stand, she'll flatten out her feet!) I sidestepped the size issue by choosing an adorable pair of black Pedipeds in a 6-12 month size that fit her perfectly. (She has 3-4 other Pedipeds at home in the same size, so at least now I know she's wearing the right shoe!) I love them! link

All I could think of were the cute gold holiday shoes en route to me from Janie and Jack. Lola's are a too-small 7 and Eva's a questionable 3. Check out Lola's link and Eva's link.

As soon as I got home, I ordered Lola's in the next size up. I'll wait and see on Eva's, since that is the largest in the crib shoe style and I think it's too cute!

So the conclusion is, of course, that the Manley women have big feet. Lola and I both wear an 8-8.5 - the same shoe size! Hopefully, unlike their mother, they'll have the height to match.