Last November we had to get Ethan some stability shoes. He had a pronation that was pretty bad and so we needed something that wouldn't let his feet turn in. My friend, who is a physical therapist, recommended that we go to a local sporting goods store, so we tried it out.
When they measured Ethan's feet, he was too small for the men's shoes so they found the most "boy looking" woman's shoe they could and ordered it in a 5 1/2 for him. Yes, at 8 years old his feet were the same as a woman's 5 1/2! They have been great shoes but now they are too small. So I took him to the same store to get another pair.
The man measured him and said that he was a woman's 6 1/2 to 7 now but when Ethan tried on that sized shoe it wouldn't fit. The man brought out a woman's size 8 (I'm an 8 1/2) and it fit perfectly but... a woman's size 8 equates to a man's 5 1/2. So now Ethan can wear men's shoes!! He was super excited. (The man helping us just laughed at Ethan's reaction.)
So this opened up so many more possibilities. Did you know that most women's running shoes have purple, pink or baby blue on them? Yup. Ethan was pretty limited before but now he has all kinds of blue, green and black shoes to choose from. He picked out the same shoe he has been wearing but it has lime green on it and he is super happy. They ordered them and now we just have to wait a week.
I tried to joke with Ethan and tell him that we can now share shoes but he doesn't seem to think that's funny. ;)
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