I'm so glad that I paid $5 dollars more and got these IPlay rainboots from amazon. I saw the kids rainboots at Target and the plastic was so hard. I couldn't imagine how my kid would walk in them. These IPlay rainboots are soft.  My kids actually grew into these and I got a couple of years out of them. The boot lasted pretty well. I would wash them afterwords and they looked like new again. They didn't smell like plastic and again, the plastic was very soft.  My kid was able to move her foot around in them, and bend her foot.  I would recommend these.