My daughter had these shoes for a few months and wore them several times a week. My daughter is almost 24 months and moderately active. She loved to wear these shoes and they are very flexible, which is something I look for in shoes for her at this age as she was still a clumsy walker and needed a full range of foot motion. These shoes met the Stride Rite standard that I am accustomed to. They are very durable and she only stopped wearing them because she recently outgrew them. These were easy to get on and to secure with the closure. I also liked the color as it's a soft white and pink. The only drawback to these shoes it that they are quite slippery on snow. I believe this is due to the sole being more of a soft rubber.