We had such a hard time finding good shoes for our baby to learn how to walk. Even though all the books say that your baby can learn best when she is barefoot and that therefore any baby shoes should be really soft, so many of them have these hard rubber soles that just look like shoes for bigger kids in small. And if they don't have a terribly hard sole they have a slippery leather sole in which the babies can't even stand up properly and safely.

Therefore, I was really happy when a colleague of mine recommended pediped. Actually, he told me that those were the only shoes to be taken into consideration for babies. I was impressed - he does not usually get that passionate about baby gear - but now I really understand his enthusiasm. These shoes are absolutely perfect - they have a non-slippery, super soft leather sole, they fit perfectly (my 10-months old wears the 12-18 months comfortably but she has huge feet), they are easy to get on for us and hard to pull off for the baby and they look absolutely adorable. These brown ones pretty much match all the clothes we have. We might get a second pair of pediped sandals as the weather gets hotter but for now this is really all we need for shoes.