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I've just brought something I vowed I never would....

23 replies

OllieWollieWoo · 01/09/2008 14:20

Shoes for DS1 with flashing lights! Oh dear.........

Is their a Mumsnet stance on this??

(In my defence we don't live in the UK, choice is terrible, found Geox ones which look very cute from the front, am hoping flashing light battery gives out after 6 weeks!!!!)

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Mamazon · 01/09/2008 14:21

put them through the wash..it'll kill 'em.

I woudl resist but im sure both of mine would love flashy light shoes.
Iguess they are good for winter evenings crossing the road

Nbg · 01/09/2008 14:23

They're ok.
And washing them doesnt work.
I accidentaly slipped one of ds's into the wash and it still works now.

RedHead81 · 01/09/2008 14:24

I bought DS some flashing slippers once - he kept stamping all the time to make them flash more and fell over more because he was more interested in looking at the lights and not looking where he was going! lol

VinegarTits · 01/09/2008 14:27

Whats wrong with flashy lights shoes? i wanted some for me

solidgoldbrass · 01/09/2008 14:29

DS has had a few pairs of them. Partly because they annoy the crap out of his father who thinks they are 'chavvy'. I think they are fun.

twoluvlykids · 01/09/2008 14:31

my ds loved his when he was younger,dd very upset coz they didn't make them for girls then. i think they're harmless fun (apart from the falling over,of course)

Laweezil · 03/09/2008 23:41

flashing shoes rock!!!! I agree with VinegarTits!!!

worzella · 03/09/2008 23:43

Are they the Geox Spiderman like ones? My Ds has those and I think they're great!

tortoiseshell · 03/09/2008 23:50

I vowed no flashing, but ended up with them last year, and they're ok. Ds1 has flashing ones again this year, dd's don't flash. Her's were quite nice last year - purple lights. But the shoes ended up falling to pieces after 10 months hard wear, and the wires were hanging out of the heel...not good!

Overmydeadbody · 03/09/2008 23:52

Children love flashing shoes!

Smoetimes it is more important to let your kids have their choice rather than enforce your own preferences on them, so I don't tihnk you did anything wrong!

Besides, thewy grow out of them

Califrau · 04/09/2008 00:48

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AnotherFineMess · 04/09/2008 00:51

I wish flashing shoes had been invented when I was little...

...we just had to paint our feet black and lace our toes together.

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TooTiredToday · 04/09/2008 02:28

but they do set off airport xray security...
DS had to be 'done' with a hand held scanner, and so wore flip flops on way home!

AnnVan · 04/09/2008 02:55

Wht's the general opinion on heelies? I personally hate them cos of how many times I've neaely been bowled right over by pre-teen girls zooming round the supermarket.

mummyfantastico · 04/09/2008 03:04

Heelies are awful, I'm sure they must be pretty bad for feet and kids in them don't seem to look where they're going.
I really wish I could have a pair though

mangolassi · 04/09/2008 05:16

Lights are okay, we're also not in the UK and ended up with squeaky shoes once. Fortunately it took dp about 10 minutes to find the squeak and disable it.

We're so far from the UK I don't even know what heelies are

sakurarose39 · 04/09/2008 05:33

Heelies are shoes with little wheels in the heels, so you can sort of skid along on the heel of your foot...they were trendy here in Japan a few years ago, and I noticed quite a few kids wearing them in supermarkets in the UK over the summer when we were visiting.
Can't abide them, meself, death-traps, shouldn't be allowed, in my day...blah, blah (grumbly old woman emoticon)

mangolassi · 04/09/2008 05:41

Skid along on the heel of your foot? Skid straight onto your arse, no? Perhaps a blessing I'm too old to try them...

Round here showing knees and/ or shoulders is considered edgy and not polite, so I don't think I'll have tweenies on heelies interrupting my shopping for another couple of decades!

tjacksonpfc · 04/09/2008 06:07

heelies are deadly my niece got bought a pair over the summer she had lept on about them and her parents kept saying no then her brother went on holida with school so they gave in and bought her some. she had them on for 10 mins went in a shop put the wheel bit up so they were trainers and the wheel came down again and she slipped dislocating and fracturing her ankle it was so sever when she went to a and e she immediatly had to go nad have and op and have the ankle manipulated they thought about pinning it but luckily it didnt need that so her holidays were spent in plaster abover her knee and she has now had it reduced to below her knee. i certainly wont be buying my dcs them luckily they arent old enough yet.

Buda · 04/09/2008 06:34

DS has had numerous pairs of flashing shoes. Not by choice usually - sometimes all that Clarks had that fitted him. They don't bother me. Last year he got flashing ones in preference to the ones with toys in that I refused to buy. This year he had ones with toys but the toys were taken out on day 1 and he seems to have forgotten about them.

mangolassi - I used to live in Asia and remember those squeaky shoes - hideous!

Heelies a no-no in this house.

DonutMum · 04/09/2008 06:37

Flashing lights - yay!

Heelies - boo!

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