Toddlers brand new nikes scuffed

[Cherlyynn]

The fabric is showing through and these shoes are only a month old :( does anyone know how I could possibly fix them as I have twins and don’t fancy buying another pair of trainers I would rather try and fix
thanks in advance!!

Really agree with this. The shoes are fine they’ve just scuffed in that way because it’s fake leather. It’s only cosmetic and even if OP gets a replacement it’ll just happen again. Such a pointless worry.

My toddlers literally look like this after a day!
That's just one go on a balance bike in our house, the little foot dragging nutcases!

I once bought some gorgeous little Clarks dolly type shoes with bright colours and white polka dots. Ruined immediately! I was devastated! Learnt my lesson, were going to invest in some Vans for my 3 year olds next pair see if they do better with the wheels.

I probably wouldn't do anything with those, trying to fix them would make them look worse / draw attention to it in my opinion. Just let her wear them til she grows out of them and avoid puddles!

Just to clarify we've got crappy cheap ones since then!

This is so weird to me, it’s like complaining to the manufacturer that your child spilled paint on their jumper!

Amazon have many shades of self adhesive patches for shoes, down jackets, waterproof clothing etc. Cut a practice shape first (I’d use a plaster), then use the repair fabric. I don’t know how to link.

Yes toddlers are hard on clothes/shoes etc but that does not mean people should just accept the crappy quality of items. A shoe sold to an 18month old should be able to withstand more than four weeks before they start wearing away.

I would always try for the refund or replacement if this happened to anything I brought as they are not fit for use.

Yes it is cosmetic but at this rate they will look super trashed in another month and the OP paid good money for them.

Do people not buy width fitted shoes for toddlers and preschoolers any more? The other problem with most kids trainers is that the soles are quite thick and it makes learning to walk and balance on different surfaces more difficult. At this age mine lived in whatever was width fitted and on sale, so could be anything from Clarks, stattrite etc I know not the point of the thread, but I'm really surprised so many would buy something like this at all.

It is not at all like that, spilling paint has nothing to do with the quality or durability of the item.

I tried Clarks and wasn't a fan of the quality, I also found them to be very ugly. I wasn't impressed with Startrite either.

Nike have been the best fit for us so far.

Argh! Annoying when this kind of thing happens. Could try nail polish and/or maybe gluing a few diamantés on to cover up the scuff - bling them up! I've had this with cheap shoes before but not with Clark's or other well made brands.

Any shoe like this will scrape off a layer of fake leather when literally dragged across the ground like cheese on a grater. That’s life with toddlers.

The only way to avoid it is real leather shoes with toe bumpers. Then when the leather gets scuffed you can polish it up. The toe bumpers extend the life of the shoe.

You can’t buy a shoe like this and complain when it becomes knackered by kids being kids.

It’s damage from playing, it’s got nothing to do with quality. Any leather type coated shoe will scuff on the toe from toddlers crawling along the ground, kicking the ground when they are on swings, dragging their feet along on balance bikes or scooters. It’s all perfectly normal kid play and will result in scuffs but perfectly durable and functional shoes.

Nike quality is crap these days, especially for women and girls shoes, which are often considered more "fashion" than functional, especially compared with the men's range. The idea is that girls just sit around looking pretty, and so their shoes don't need to be as hard-wearing as boys.

Those aren't scuffed, by the way. They're peeling. And that is pretty crap after a month of wear, especially in a shoe which is supposed to be designed for toddlers. If you bought for twins and the other pair is fine, it might be worth bringing them back to the shop and asking for a replacement. I do think Nike are crap these days, but it's possible you got a faulty pair. Especially if Twin B's shoes don't look like this, and they do all the same activities.

Some shoes have more of a rubber bumper at the front so that might be more hardwearing.

I see your 1 month, and I raise you with my 4 year-old's record of THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES!!!

Each day it's getting worse (pic 2 is 24 hours later), going to attempt covering it with a down coat repair patch and make the patch look like a toe bumper on each shoe. Also will maybe give shoe goo a go. 🤞

These shoes will just show every mark anyway though. You’ll spend time covering this one and another will come up due to the way children wear shoes and their daily activities.
You can’t expect them to keep their shoes pristine like an adults, their daily life is so different.
If you buy impractical shoes for a very young child you just need to accept the normal wear and tear.

I'm going to advise once again not to use Shoe Goo on a toddlers shoe, it's not safe if licked or eaten. Really not safe, the tube has a warning of it being possibly carcinogenic.

Sorry OP but this is normal wear and tear for toddlers. I bought my 2 year old some new shoes a few weeks ago and it literally took him 2 days to wreck them 😩 he spends so much time crawling around and climbing things that it’s inevitable although absolutely gutting. He’s still going to be wearing them for the next few months until just before we go on holiday and I get him a new pair.

Toddlers really don’t give a crap about brands op.

Teenagers are not the same as toddlers who still crawl and climb.

Compared to other shoes they haven't lasted well. I think I'm perfectly fine to have a go at making them a bit more fit for purpose. I don't want them to let water in, and I'm keen to see if I can make the toes a bit more robust for example.

I don't think you read my post properly anyway, I'm not going to only cover the hole.

I'd rather try something than give up on them!

Out of interest, why do you say they are impractical?

I agree they’re impractical. One look at them and I know I’d never buy them for my 3 and a half year old.

I feel like I’m living in an alternate universe when I see kids in shoes like these. They’d be utterly trashed in a day with mine. Some kids must have wildly different ways of playing and exploring the world.

A friend of ours kid is the same age as mine and I watch them playing. My son will be fully sprawled out in the sand pit at the park or climbing trees, and their son will just be sort of pottering about. If he’s in the sand pit he sort of squats down here and there to dig a little, never fully sitting in the sand or feeling it with his hand. Whereas mine comes home with nails filthy and boots full of sand. He just never fully throws himself into any kind of play, and shoes and clothes look pristine for months on end.

What happens with kids who wear these shoes when there’s sand or mud or puddles? What about for nursery where they spend so much time playing outdoors? We live at the seaside so mostly wear wellies or crocs in the height of summer as we’ll walk along the beach most days anyway.

Buy Keens next time. They’re bombproof in the toe.

The colour and finish is impractical for a young, playing child if you’re overly concerned about scuffs and scrapes showing.

Light coloured shoes, particularly with a thin pleather coating, are never going to be hard wearing on children. That’s just the reality of how they move.