I still have no idea if the pair we got were manufactured wrong, or if my son simply couldn't stand the fit of these shoes. Both my previous children loved these shoes as first walkers.

He'd had on other shoes before he could walk without any real problem, but the first time I tried these on him he sat right down and started shaking his foot to get it off. By the time I got on the second shoe he was starting to cry. The other pair of stride rites we bought at the same time he absolutely loved and sits right down to have them put on for going outside.

Maybe it was the "high top" to these shoes, or maybe the pair we got had a manufacturing issue that I couldn't find. Either way, I suggest caution when buying these shoes.