Measuring feet

[Wallyboots]

Live in a little town where the only shoe shop has suddenly stopped measuring children's feet so I've bought a gauge to measure myself.

Child (2.5 years) is measuring bang on 6 on the lines on the gauge. He's currently in a size 6 shoe from when the shop last measured his feet and has been in them for months so I'm getting the impression that if the gauge says 6 you're actually needing to put them in a 7. Is that right?

I've had a feel at his toes and I don't think they're squashed but also don't think there's a great deal of room.

Is it roughly right that whatever number the gauge says, they actually need to size up from that or have I got it all wrong ?

Don’t kids shoes go up in 1/2 sizes

Well yes the gauge shows the lines between the sizes for half size. I've never bought a half sized shoe before. He started in a size 4 when he was walking. Then 5 and 6 🤷🏻‍♀️

I would just get him measured regularly and the woman told me his size and I bought a new pair if he'd grown. Now I'm faddling it out on my own.

You have to try them in, start with 7 and see how it fits. All brands are different.
My daughter has long, narrow, shallow feet and only a few brands actually for her properly!

Thanks. He has small, wide feet. I've stuck with the same brand since he went in shoes as I couldn't get his feet in any shoes from places like Next etc. I'll try him in the 7s tomorrow as I've a pair waiting that I bought at the same time as the 6s.

Yeah, we use ricosta or ecco usually. With ricosta fitting better.

Why are you shrugging???? That’s a bit impolite.

If he’s right up to the size line then it’s the half size that’s next up not the full size.

Make sure the legs can freely swing with sat on a chair
I measure both sides twice with typical socks you would wear in the shoes
Go with with biggest size across the two feet
If it's on the line you want X size. If it's between X and X.5 get X.5 and if it is between X.5 and Y you get size Y.
We have the start rite gauge and do try to buy with them but have also bought from Clarks. My daughter lost one set of size 5 shoes at Christmas, just before Christmas she was a size 5 and when we measured her after Christmas for replacement shoes she was between a 5 and a 5.25 across the 4 measurements. I got her some 5.5 shoes and they were a tad too big. When the original shoes turned up we hid the new shoes were put away until her feet grows. My daughter is a slow growing and we get about 9 months out of a pair of shoes going up in half sizes so I don't think we would jump a full size. How long does a full size last you?

Thanks this is really helpful. Seems he should still stay in the 6s then.

He's been in shoes since he started walking at 13 months and he's now 28 months. He's been in a size 4, 5 and now 6 in that time.

@New2024

I'm not shrugging to be rude. I'm shrugging because I feel clueless. You are saying if he's on the line of 6 he should be in a 6 and a half. Another poster says on the line of 6 means 6.

It seems that the woman in the shop only ever sold full sizes. She would say that there was plenty of growing room for him. So I've never bought half sizes.

If you have gone up 2-3 full sizes in 15 months i would probably stick with that otherwise you would be buying new shoes every 8-10 weeks. If you buy a full size up and find that they are a bit too big then find a pair to fill the gap. I would expect at some point their growth would slow and make the half sizes more useful.

To clarify I have been taken the size as the size to buy as that is what they have done when we have had her measured in the shop. I believe the sizes takes into account the growing room when we do this and buy her shoes she has a good amount of room if we press on her toes. When we bought her the size 5.5 and she was measuring between 5 and 5.25 there was more room than normal and her feet slid about a bit when walking.

Thank you. This is what I was failing to describe: if their feet are right on the line of the number does the corresponding shoe size account for a bit of growing room.

I wondered if 6 meant get them in a 7 for the growing space. Or 6 means they're still in a 6. I should have got the woman to show me in the shop but tbh it was always a total drama and he hated it. He's much happier with me measuring him at home now.

I'll keep checking him and bear half sizes in mind.