Barefoot Shoes

[purpleme12]

My child (age 12, size 3) has sensory issues I believe. Notably in shoe shopping. Trainers not too bad but the type of shoes you can wear for school are incredibly problematic over the last few years. Shoe shopping stresses her out.
Before September we tried every shoe in town in her size there was only one that felt comfortable for her. And those shoes broke after a month.
So trying again. She's tried better quality shoes on today and again every shoe she tried on the fit was uncomfortable.

Has anyone/children tried Barefoot shoes?
Are there as good as they're supposed to be?
Is there any ones/places you'd recommend?

I tried them for my daughter. I have worn vivo barefoot myself and they are very barefoot style shoes as in you can really feel every bump in the floor. I would try those because you will get the best idea if barefoot is what you are actually after. I ordered online. It is hard to find shops which stock them.

Yeah that's the problem. I would never normally order online to be honest. But got no choice. She's so so hard to buy school shoes for that I feel like I've got to at least try it now

They've been great for my son, who had a real issue with shoes. They had to be done up super tight, which I thought initially meant to liked super structured shoes. But then thought perhaps it was because they felt clumpy, so he needed them 'well attached'.

We got a pair of Vivos, which he likes very much and will happily wear.

https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/primus-trail-knit-fg-juniors?colour=Deep%20Teal

We got black, and he wears them for school as well. I keep an eye on Vinted as well for other pairs.

They are best avoided. Many like Pure Step are just drop shipping and you don't always get your shoes delivered. Huge mark up on the price. They seem to get a lot of bad press.

They got delivered fine and in good time

She was really happy with them. Comfortable. She was happy to wear them. And frankly it was a huge relief after the stress of every other shoe.

The only complaint I had was the sole started to come away after a couple of months. Which is not what I'd expect. But I would order barefoot shoes again for her because they worked for her

You've just been lucky that you got them delivered without a hitch. I ordered 30th June and still waiting....have to wait 15 days before any kind of recourse with the bank to attempt getting the money back.

Glad your DD now has comfy shoes that suit her. Maybe you can glue them back together if they are falling apart especially if she's finally happy with them.

Happylittlesoles.co.uk sell lots of barefoot brands. They’re uk based and are free returns.

i like Shapen barefoot shoes, but hates feeling the floor so i put an extra insole in them