Which trainers for a 3yr old?

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Hi all,
My 3yr old attends nursery full time. He currently has light up trainers from Sportsdirect (www.sportsdirect.com/character-light-up-infants-trainers-024132#colcode=02413291)
My school age DC have their feet measured every year and buy from Clarks. DS loves character trainers. He seems ok , feet are ok. No problems. but are they comfortable?

Should I stick to character trainers or get from clarks?

the advice is to get the shoes properly fitted, as their bones are easy to damage in their feet at this age and they need proper support (which trainers can't always provide). so it doesn't need to be somewhere like clarks, but they do need to fit well and offer support. you could get him some character socks instead and then get some bright coloured trainers?

I agree, get the feet properly measured and go for one of the well known names that actually support the correct developmental growth and shape of the feet. I'm not sure that trainers do this at 3 years of age - more of a gimmick IMHO.

At that age, I went for barefoot brands (Pepiped, Bobux etc) as they’re light and very flexible, with a roomy toe box. All of which are good for rapidly growing feet. If you have a proper independent shoe shop near you, they will probably stock some of them. They are pricey, but on the other hand at 3yo my kids only had one pair of shoes (plus wellies / sandals depending on the season) so they do get a lot of use.

I buy my dc Adidias or Nike trainers (from sports direct) and look for the tiny versions of the adult shoes.

I'm not a brand lover at all - however I cannot pay double in Clarks when an actual sports equipment company makes proper sports shoes at a reasonable price. I use Clarks for everyday shoes and school shoes.

I don't know; I always thought it was a good idea to get properly fitted shoes, but the kids I'm looking after at the moment have only ever worn off the shelf trainers or hand me down shoes and wellies and they don't have any issues at all with their feet. As long as they are comfortable and you check regularly that they fit well, trainers are ok.

We go to clarks till DC is properly walking, after that I don't bother because they never have anything nice in!

My nephew has problems with his legs & feet and falls over just as much in his clarks shoes as he does in his trainers from Primark 🤷🏻‍♀️

Used to buy Start-rite. Are they still going?

So much misinformation on this post. Sports shoes aren't better for feet. Clarks aren't better for feet. The only types of shoes and trainers that are backed up by research to be better for feet are unstructured, minimal support and flexible shoes and barefoot stylr such as brands @SheShriekedShrilly mentioned. Happy Little Soles has lots of good information and when you know what to look for you can buy cheaper off the shelf shoes from anywhere if they are suitable. I have had £5 Asda shoes much better for growing feet than £50 Clarks ones, but I do buy Clarks sometimes too if they tick the right boxes.

My son has sketchers for school bit trainers are really bad for kids feet especially mini adult styles. Kids feet are nothing like adult feet! I'd recommend Bobux shoes in general.