adventures in shoe shopping

[emmacrew]

This afternoon we hit Stride Rite to get Pip some sneaker-type shoes (they have P.E. twice a week and are supposed to wear appropriate shoes, plus he needs fall shoes). So I pick up one style and am showing the sole to wrog because it makes a reptile footprint, which seemed sort of cool. And a woman who was there with two boys (ages 4 and 7, I'd guess

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[skittl1321]

That does seem strange- but kind of nice unsolicited advice. Sometimes it's hard to think of everything.

Did you end up getting them? That does seem like a neat shoe.

[emmacrew]

Sadly, they didn't have any in his size.

Luckily, Pip doesn't seem to have problems with switching shoes. But it is a good idea, and something I probably wouldn't have come up with.

[skittl1321]

That's good- every little thing that isn't an issue is a good thing. I'm glad to hear school went well too.

I've been learning a lot of new things about Autism Spectrum Disorders this past week- the book I'm copy editing is on them, so it pretty much consumes all free time.

[tvini]

That is a weird coincidence.

Emily used to refuse to wear anything but the same outfit every single day. Tan pants and a white shirt with a particular design on it. Trying to put other things on would provoke screaming fits and refusal to wear clothes at all. It wasn't just a regular-kid tantrum, there was clearly something else going on there. Once we established that this was how it was going to be, I went back to the store where I got the shirt and picked up a few more. It helped a lot. But yes, I remember being horrified on the day I realized that they had discontinued her shirt.

Eventually she did get over it and while she still has her preferences (who doesn't?) she's willing to dress in other things now. That seems to be an autistic characteristic she's aged out of, thank goodness.

[z111]

I saw some book reviews on autism that fascinated me and thought I'd pass you the url.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1861239,00.html

One of the books follows a group of kids who were diagnosed as autistic childhood. The author was one of those kids and was not talking at the age of 4.

[happyneedle]

That's funny, we get Beastie's shoes from Stride Rite too. Mostly because his fat little hobbit feet need size X-wide -- plain old wide won't cut it! The other reason though is that they are very patient with sizing his feet and understand that he can't tell them how the shoes feel and he won't run and jump in them on command. It gives me peace of mind that someone who has been fitting shoes on little feet for years can probably tell me if they are fitting right since Jay can't do it himself.

Just curious -- How did she know Pip had autism? I mean I often see it and whisper to my husband but I don't know that I would ever have the courage to make an assumption to the parent.