Jul 01 2008
Rolling Ankles (update)
Well, we saw the PA at Zoe’s doctor’s office last week. She said she didn’t see anything too alarming at this point but that we’d watch it. The PA said mostly she’s just spoiled (she was joking).
She said we could “try” high-top shoes with hard leather soles (like the walking shoes I—and probably most of us—wore as a getting ready to walk baby.) Everything I’ve read online says that’s not recommended.
I did go to a Stride-Rite store (they sell adult shoes too, not just SR) hoping that I could get her measured and then find something for less on eBay so I played it as though I hadn’t been to the doctor yet. They didn’t want to waste their time and mine measuring her if that wasn’t what the doctor was going to recommend. I was less than impressed. 
They told me they haven’t sold a pair of the hard-bottom shoes in more than 10 years and recommended a store in a neighboring town if that’s what the doctor recommends.
We went there next. They were awesome. They did have some hard-soled shoes and a softer rubber soled shoe but they were close to $50 and they told me that really she should be primarily barefoot while learning to walk.
So, here I am, a week later with no shoes. I’ve stopped putting the robeez-like shoes on her feet for daycare to keep her barefoot while trying to cruise—which she does some now, but mostly under protest. At this point, my plan is to wait until Zoe’s 15 month appointment and see how she’s doing at that point. If I need to get more supportive shoes, I’ll figure it out then.
