Pre-Walker Baby Shoes Ideas - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Pre-Walker Baby Shoes Ideas When your child's learning to walk it's really important to choose the right shoe for him and her. If you don't do so, it could result in some really serious foot problem. So, it's very important when you are choosing a shoe for your child that's learning to walk to make sure that it's soft soled. So, we love Pedipeds for that reason, they make this really soft leather sole that is going to provide them protection if they are trying to walk on the sidewalk, or, even on the grass, that might be a little bit prickly, on hardwood floors... . You're going to want a little bit of protection in these situations. Then again, these won't interfere. So, the first shoe here is a cute little sneaker, these are actually machine washable. They've got the Velcro opening, so they're super easy to just put on her little foot and then close back up. These are thirty-four dollars, by Pediped. The second example is a little boy's sneaker here. Similarly, we've got the easy-easy, uh, Velcro opening so you can slide it on his foot. Uh, you know they're going to get dirty, so, you can just pop them in the washing machine, also, thirty-four dollars. Just really versatile, great for a shoe, because they've got that flexible sole. The last shoe here is a dressier shoe, Pediped, uh, they make, both girls' and boys' dress shoes. I've got a little girl example here, this is a silver 'Mary Jane,' uh, it looks very fancy here with the perfect 'Mary Jane' strap, but it is also Velcro, so, you're just going to slip her foot right in. Because these are one hundred percent leather, they are not machine washable, but they're really easy to spot clean just with a little bit of a damp cloth. And, again, most importantly, they've got that soft sole, like you saw with all my top picks here. You just really want to have the soft sole so you're getting protection but you're not getting interference.