My son has wide feet.

[Kerrylou92]

Hey ladies

My son will be 1 on Tuesday. He had quite wide feet. Clark's do not help! They just give him a bigger size, (which makes him fall over a lot )they don't actually help with the width. My HV did mention a few shoes shops that would help, but I can't remember what they are called.

Can someone who has a child with wide feet help me. I just want him to be comfy and sturdy in shoes

Do you have any independent shoe shops near you? They will have a wider variety and better quality shoes than Clark's.

Startrite and Hushpuppies tend to have more widths available. You might be able to look for a local shoeshop that stocks startrite and see if they can help.

Another good option is to go for soft shoes instead for a while - I can't remember the names of the soft leather pull-on type I had for indoors when my son was little but they had elastic at the back and were excellent.

My son tended to trip up a lot until at least the age of 5 as he was usually in shoes that were too long; as well as wide his feet were deep and as a toddler he got whichever pair of shoes I could physically get on his feet ... It does get better eventually though, he's in "normal" adult shoes now.

I am following this for advice on shops! My DD has narrow feet. 'C' width. Clarks don't make shoes for her fit!
Don't mean to hijack OP but seems to be if a shop do wider foot they might do narrower foot.

I find next are good for both DD's and my brick like feet!

We have two local shoe shops that stock a whole range of different brands and styles. A lot of the shoes are continental and can be expensive but are worth the money and last ages.

Try the Asda first walkers - they seem quite wide to me

This is the bane of my life 😣. We've had success with Geox shoes and trainers in the past for DS. I don't have any confidence in Clarks - they always just wanted to size up to fit DS into what were then trippy clown shoes.

Look into barefoot shoes. Check out the Happy Little Soles website.

Do you have a Charles Clinkard near you? They sell different ranges of shoes in their stores so you can be fitted as best you can be across Geox, Start Rite, Clark's etc.

Go to a good independent.

Bane of my life. And DS and DD.

Be prepared to pay more.

I second barefoot shoes and happy little soles! Bobux xplorers were great at that age.

Is his foot actually wide or just deep? Clark’s say my DS’s feet are too wide for their shoes, however it isn’t actually the width- his feet are too deep so the straps don’t go over the top of his foot.

I use an independent shop that stocks more European brands. It costs me a fortune but I can usually get something that’s a good feet.

As someone else mentioned I’ve managed to find Asda little walkers not too bad and have wellies and some doodle style summer shoes from there.

My DS is now an adult. I remember the discussions with Clarke's shoe assistants. They would put him into a bigger size and he's be tripping all over the place.

In the end we found a really good independent shoe shop and the owner was really good at fitting children's shoes. It was the type of shop where they measured the feet and came out (or not) with what would fit you.

As an older teen we discovered my sons feet are a 6x wide fit. So high street shoes have been impossible to find.

We had a breakthrough recently. Sketchers do an XX wide fitting online in about 4 shoe choices. At last we have shoes that fit.

New balance trainers are good too. But expensive.

I'd try Startrite - they have such good shoes for little children and go up to H width fitting this pair also looks nice and flexible with adustable fastening so maybe a bit expandable.

www.startriteshoes.com/balance-blue-boys-riptape-pre-walkers

They also have nice wide toe boxes! Our boy has wide feet and his feet literally looked square when he was little. So I found it wasnt just the width fittings needed (he was only a G width in the end) but the shape of the shoe - with rounder or squarer wide toe boxes. Startrite are good for that - so many of them are too pointy shaped.

My DS has HH fitting feet, team that with an adult size 11 at 14 years old, we have a terrible time getting shoes suitable for school as he's also autistic & suffers from Hypotonia & Dyspraxia, he can't tie laces so we have to get either Velcro or slip ons. He had a GG fitting when he had his feet measured for his first shoes as a toddler, must be hereditary as both me & his dad have very wide feet.