In praise of my local shoe shop :-) - they were fabulous with ds today!!

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Took ds1 for his feet measuring yesterday and he had a real fit - tears rolling down his cheeks, really upset!! . Today we went back armed with grapes as a bribe

Unfortunately ds1 was not to be distracted - really upset again, but we persevered! The shoe lady first measured ds2's feet, which intrigued ds1, then she brought him two little cars which he was allowed to keep! She measured his feet so quickly that it was done in an instant, then fitted his shoes equally quickly, all the time praising ds1 for co-operating. She even brought him a tissue to wipe up the tears!! Once ds realised it was done he was all smiles again and "thank you"s for the cars!

Very little choice of shoe (in fact, only one), but they were so brilliant with him I really didn't mind

Awwwwww

I remember once sitting for 2 hours with a mum and her ds because he was so scared of having his feet measured and shoes fitted.

I certainly earnt my wage that day

She's a granny, califrau - apparently her dgs goes up to little children in the shopping trolleys in the supermarket, squeezes their toes (in the manner of a shoe shop lady), sighs and says "too big!"

Aww, lovely.

in praise of my son having his feet measured today- he was fab, behaved him self at the boot makers shop, didn;t trt=y and eat any shoes , only drooled on eth floor a bit. coperated with standing on the measure AND with having his feet drawn round which i think tickled as he kept wriggling so teh girl had to draw round them about 6 times.
Will pick up his new black with red stiching T bar shoes in 3-4 weeks.