These shoes were an all around letdown. They don't open except for you to pull the tongue open against the elastic laces... good luck getting a baby to sit still while you hold the shoe open with one hand and stuff his foot in with the other hand. They aren't solid at all, pretty much made completely out of soft cloth. I only give this two stars because they look cute in pictures. Took me ten minutes to get them on, two seconds to take them off, and half a second to decide how to review these.