Outdoor shoes for just walking baby

[LeeMiller]

Sorry if this is the wrong section. DS is 13 months, has just started walking properly after a few months of crusing, but is still crawling as well. Indoors he goes barefoot or wears thin grippy socks but he needs something for outdoors as we don't have much space for him to practice his new skill indoors!
I'm looking at first shoes (bobux and startrite after recommendations) but the first steps walking shoes seem very solid and bulky... Should he/could he wear the lighterweight cruising shoes for walking initially while he is getting the hang of it? And does he need ankle support? I'm finding it really hard to get some objective information on what is needed as opposed to what people want to sell us!

Just realising shoes are going to be a big new expense - presumably he'll need a new pair every couple of months at first?

Shoes are the worst! Both for confusing advice and also for having to buy them at random times. For the confusing, I think that the most important thing about children's shoes is that they fit well.

My kids went up a EU size every half year or so. But then I was going to buy my daughter a new pair, measured her and suddenly it was two sizes up so I'm glad I measured..

That said, if you don't need to bother with seasonal shoes and can just get a pair for year round, I'd buy the next size as well already just so you're ready. It's more of a hassle if you've bought trainers for the summer and they wear their winter boots all winter and grow past the summer shoes size you'd guessed before summer..

Elefanten and Pediped do beautiful, buttery soft shoes with incredibly squishy soles. Perfect for beginners.

I always buy a few pairs in the next sizes when they are on sale, saves a fortune (but I'm pretty confident fitting shoes correctly)