*shakes head*
I'm all for cool and trendy things but these are just stupid.
In the most important part of a childs life in terms of motor skills, having something like this on their feet is just plain silly.
Babies need flat thin soles, or no shoes at all in order to learn how to walk properly. I can't believe that a shoe where the heel 'folds' down' is going to provide the proper support to allow a child to learn to walk properly, let alone what it will do to the shape of their feet.
When my kids were learning to walk (and #2 still is in that phase), I went to specialist baby shoe stores to make sure I wasn't going to do something to deform or affect my kids feet/walking... (given several of my friends who had kids earlier than me have now ended up with their children having to see podiatrists because they shoved their feet in 'any old shoe' when they were learning to walk)... I just can't see these shoes being good for a baby's development.
And honestly... gah - they look truly awful.
What is it with this trend to make kids look grown up when they're so young??
