Do you hand shoes down to younger siblings?

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Or is it best just to buy new ones? I have a box full of ds's shoes that I'm hanging on to in case there's ever a ds2. But TBH most of those shoes are in pretty worn condition. Am wondering if I ought to bin them. What do y'all do?

I did hand down early shoes which generally had very little wear and wellies but shoes that were very worn or moulded to DS1s feet were binned. Also shoes which DS1 had only worn a couple of times were passed onto DS2.

TBH, once they started walking a lot the shoes were worn out really quickly and were a disgrace!

Not realy an option as I had dd and then ds.

Advice is not to re-use shoes as they do mould to te feet, and everyone's feet are different. Also the sizing might not be quite right.

I'll happily use hand me down clothes but not shoes.

And ds's shoes are totaled by the time he has finished with them!

I've reused some doodles and wellies as these seem both less worn and less moulded than proper shoes. Will probably do same with trainers when dd has bigger feet !

I do with things like beach shoes and wellies that are quite new and were never fitted properly in the first place, but nothing else (although like hmb I have a ds and a dd, so most wouldn't be much use anyway- can't see dd being willing to go to school with dinosaur holograms on her shoes )

Yes. Ur not supposed to, tho.

Much easier to get dd to do that than for me to get ds to go to school in pink Doodles!

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I will show this to DH as he hoards all of DS1's old shoes for DS2 (10 months) and I just found out he wants to ship the old shoe collection back to Australia with us. WTF??
Well if he's taking up room in the packing budget then I'm sure as eggs is eggs taking my Waitrose Food Monthly magazines (oh the dilemas faced by the middle classes )

I have four kids (3 ds and a dd). I certainly re-use wellies, plimsols, sandals and the like. I keep every day shoes but only for younger ones to wear on occasions, eg desert boots, trainers at the weekend or old school shoes in an emergency, ie if their usual shoes were wet or fell apart unexpectedly.

ds is aged 10
I still have his first ever shoes, cherry red Doc Martens size 5... dd will have these on sentiment alone but then it stops !!!

Blimey, it worked!
DH just said 'Fair Enough'!
The power of Mumsnet is truly a thing of awe.

I'm keeping some in case there's a DS2 but the ones I'm keeping are almost new or new. DS has a very pronounced arch so many shoes he could wear them only once before we couldn't use them anymore (is difficult to know with a baby... fine the first week, and the second on is a bit too tight on the middle). All the ones who have been used enough are binned (or kept by sentimentalist granny!)

Gobsmacked that so many of you have shoes you would even consider passing on. DD's shoes are held together by renovating polish after a few weeks and she usually goes through a couple of pairs in each size.....She is obviously unusually hard on shoes.

Reuse wellies and beach "jellies", also inadvertently re-using a pair of ds1's trainers - little worn, they were only used at school for gym - as ds2 discovered them and has refused to take them off - despite them being two sizes too big! Would not consider reusing anything else even if it was a possibility, which it isn't - after the first few weeks, ds1's shoes look only fit for the bin with seams coming loose, velcro hanging off etc!

Soupdragon said it for me. I do exactly the same.

suzy, how you doing on the Waitrose Food Monthly negotiations??

Agree with most here. The lady in Clarks said it was OK for me to pass down wellies from ds to dd as they get very little use so I buy in unisex colours generally. Other shoes are usually too knackered anyway.

I would but i dont think orthapeadic boots would be suitable for my son

I hand down ds's shoes to dd as long as they are in good condition, with no uneven wear on the soles, and as long as they fit her of course! I even take her to JL to check whether they fit.

I'd probably think twice if it was the other way around - why does it seem ok for girls to wear boys' things, but not for boys to wear girls' things?

I ought to mention that mine are 3 and 1, so they don't get much wear out of their shoes in any case.

I heard it was ok as long as there aren't toe marks on the inside (worn into their shape) plus I only do it if they're in pretty good nick and they're the exact same width. Both dds went through phases where they'd only wear their shoes abut 6 weeks before spurting up to the next size and as we always have either trainers or doodles on the go as well I don't think it's unreasonable. If in doubt I take them into Clarks to get the fit checked ()!

Am v. amused by those of U who pass down wellies/sandals "because they get so little wear". Those r the main footwear in our house! Sandals r the shoes least likely 2 get passed down.

I cant resist a bargain so my ds always has a shoe collection to rival imelda marcos. i love to pass them on just to make room for more. i must get out more.

Should have said my ds has no younger siblings but a nephew. he was an uncle at 3 as his second sister is married with a baby. works well as we can pass anything in good condition to him