Yup, 6W! That's our 16 month son's feet size! I took Nathan to the Stride Rite store to get him measured for some new shoes and sandals today and found out that Nathan should be wearing size 6 or 6.5 shoes. I'm sure that's a perfectly normal size, but you see, we've been putting Nate in size 4 and 4.5. It seemed to fit just fine but I guess we were wrong! Alas, so sorry Nathan for making you wear small shoes and thanks for being so perfectly happy to run around in them these past few months! That's what you get for being first born - tons of love and the bearer of our many first-time-parent mistakes!
By the way, not only is Nate a size 6, he's a size 6W. The sales person took Nate's shoes off and said immediately, "He's definitely a wide, that's for certain!" Nathan, you'll have to thank Dada for that one (and the flat feet)!
It's not only a first-time parent thing! We just did the same thing with Esme about a month ago--exact same deal. She'd been wearing a 4.5 (which we knew were starting to get a tad too small), and when we took her to Stride Rite they said she's a 6.5 or 7! (In all honesty, I think the Stride Rite people are taught to build in a little bit of "room to grow" or something. Esme's been wearing her Stride Rite 6.5's, but today I put a pair of Meg's old Circo brand size 5's on her and they fit perfectly. Or maybe all the brands just vary that outrageously...
ReplyDeleteLove your header picture with Nate in his denim shirt! You guys sure got yourselves a cutie. :)
It must run in the family. My kids have always jumped 1.5-2 sizes seemingly overnight!! Neither complained or whined but I felt awful when feet would be measured and shoe sizes jumped so dramatically. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteAnd, because I didn't comment on your last post, WAHOOOOOOO!!!! Can't wait to see the new house! Miss you guys.