My son loves these shoes, we are on our third pair. I purchased this pair as a back-up for when his current pair wears out. We always have drama at the shoe store as my son wants the EXACT pair of shoes he just wore out, and as we adults know, styles change and that's not always possible. There was slight drama between pair number 1 and 2 when the color changed from blue to black, but once the tears dried, my little man decided he liked the black better anyway and that trauma was over. I'm sure there will be some drama when this pair comes out because as the shoe is exactly the same, the lights have changed to red instead of white. While this delights me, who hates those bright white lights, I'm not sure how the little man is going to take it. Red lights are cool, red lights are cool, red lights are cool......

While I don't want my baby to grow up too quickly, I can't wait until the day when no lights are cool! Anyway, I like the Stride-Rite shoes, they are well made, and hold up well to the abuse my little man puts them through, and also go through the wash well, and come out with the lights still intact (darn!) Pair number one ended up with holes after 3 months, but I guess when your kid grows 2 shoe sizes in that same period and is running around outside everyday, that isn't really the fault of the shoe. Pair #2 is still going strong after 4 months now that his grown spurt has slowed down.