Is 15 months old enough to wear trainers?

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Vans, converse etc? Assuming they're properly fitting?

But they won’t be fitted properly because they don’t do widths do they? Also expensive for something that will fit for maybe 6 months max?

Depends really on the trainer and if/how well your 15mther is walking yet etc in my opinion. The key thing I believe is the soles of the shoe thinking back to my DD's first couple of fittings - 'First Walkers' should be really soft and flexible almost to the point where you can roll them into a spiral around themselves.

DS has some Cons for his first birthday, but he didn’t wear them as his main shoes. They are not very supportive (or weatherproof) but a bit too constraining if you’re going down the “barefoot” shoes route.

Start Rite go coloured canvas trainers for toddlers and young children which are designed for them.

I always found with babies and toddlers that the shape/ width of the feet varies quite a lot and it was always the case of getting then measured and then seeing what would fit their size, rather than choosing the shoe first. But if you get them properly fitted I guess why not?

Bear in mind that they will grow out of them quickly! My DS is 18 months and started walking on his first birthday. He's just gone into his 3rd pair of shoes!

sorry, I meant Clark’s do a range of coloured canvas trainers for children.

If they fit properly then there's no reason try can't wear them.

Mine couldn't wear either, DS' feet were way too wide and DD's were too narrow so they would flap around.

Clarks Doodles are amazing though and so much funkier!

They do trainers on happylittlesoles.co.uk. Not the brands you mentioned but all the shoes on there are barefoot shoes so much better for growing feet.

Depends on the stage of walking- at first my LO was in some Clark’s boots- then once fully established and running around she did have a pair of Adidas- converse and vans I’m more wary of as they are known for offering little support

I was children's shoe fit trained for Clark's and Start-rite. All those types of shoes are terrible for all feet (children and adults) they are completely flat, have no arch support, don't come in width fittings. Also children have triangle shape feet, adults have different shape feet. Brands like Clark's and start-rite make their shoes to the correct shape of children's feet, most brands just scale down the size of their adult shoes so the foot shape is wrong for children's feet.
You can buy trainers by decent children's shoe companies which come in width fittings and with correct support etc.
As a shoe fitter I would never put my kids in things like you're suggesting - terrible for their feet.

@sighrollseyes Very interesting thank you. He's currently in a pair of Clarks so we'll stick with them until he's older. How old do you think? 2? 3?