Overall I like these shoes.  After reading the reviews I was worried about the shoe being too narrow so I ordered a couple sizes up.  My daughter just tuned 1 and is almost grown out of her size 4 shoes.  Since she was about to be a size 5 I decided to go with size 6.  I put her foot in these shoes today and she easy has at least 2 cm of room for growth in them, but it seems that if her foot grew any wider these would become too tight.  My daughter doesn't have a very chubby foot, so I think that this wouldn't be the shoes for a baby that has chubbier feet.  Other than that, the shoes are very cute with a nice flex to them.  I am not a fan of the "stiff" shoe.