Man I must be cheap!
July 10, 2008 by kellys
Filed under baby products, budget, clothes, news
After 2 kids, I have noticed a pattern when dressing my infants. Until they start walking outside, I usually don’t put them in shoes. Their feet are so hot and sweaty all year round that I just let them go bare footed or in socks. Not to mention, this is the cheapest way to dress them since they don’t need to protect their feet anyway. After all, they aren’t using the bottoms of their feet anyway. Knee pads might be more reasonable at the crawling stage and I just don’t care that much about being fashionable.
It obviously doesn’t bother my daughter’s love of shoes either since she loves shoes of all kinds as long as they are pink <Wink>.
So when I ran across this article from ABC News and saw an interview on Fox News, I was mortified for so many reasons. Why in the world would you want to spend $35 to put your infant daughter in high heels and sex her up?!?!?!?!?! I don’t know a single male who would not admit to finding at some point a connection with high heels and sexy women. I just don’t want my daughter being seen like that. If you didn’t connect high heels with looking desirable, then why wouldn’t we see more high fashion models and dance club attenders wearing ballet slippers with low cut, revealing dresses? I only see those kind of dresses associated with high heels.
What do you think? Is it worth the $35 for a pair of shoes they will only be able to wear for a few months anyway? And am I missing the boat with the connection? Looking forward to hearing from you.
Oh that is just sick, plain and simple. Why would you do this? Take a look at some of the kid modeling pictures and it just scares you. Why are they making a 6 year old look sexy! It is not about cheap, it is about values!
I agree about the image your setting for the young one but on the flip side we need people like that to keep spending money to keep the economy going. So I let say let them spend $30 on a single Onsie (hehe).
I agree, that’s sick. And insane. I’m cheap too. Babies don’t *need* shoes. I’d argue that often times we don’t really need shoes at all, but that’s just b/c I don’t like wearing them.
And people wonder why girls are kidnapped and raped at such an early age. Its sick. What are these mothers thinking!?
I have never and will never pay more then 15 dollars on a pair of shoes for my baby. They grow out of that size within the month!
No shoes are healthiest for foot development and growth anyway. And it makes beginning walking easier without those extra weights on their feet. Forget the shoes.
not to mention it is best for stinky little boy feet
This is a sign of the times. It is hard to find clothes for little girls that are cute anymore–they are all “hoochie-mama” clothes. Why are people pushing children to grow up so much. I know some people think it is cute, but I don’t think so. In response to spending $35.00 on baby shoes, I CRINGE when I have to spend over $12.00 on shoes for my little man when I know he will be out of them soon. I always try to catch the end of season sales to pick up a good pair of Stride Rite tennis shoes that will carry him through the winter. I enjoy being in good, cheap company with you!
I can’t say that I think it’s making babies into totstitutes or anything. I am very modest in how I dress (nothing sleevless, no cleavage, nothing more than an inch above the knee ) but like to wear high heels with my dresses. I do think however that it looks ridiculous and I would never buy those shoes even if they were under $10, which is the most I will EVER pay for baby shoes.
I don’t consider these really offensive, just stupid and overpriced. Many people think it’s cute to put their babies in “adult” like clothes, infant boys look adorable in little suits just like dad’s and I see many little girl’s outfits that look like a tiny version of something I might wear! As long as your not putting them in little fishnet stocking with their heels, I don’t see the issue. I see more of a problem with the pre-teen style of clothes were seeing now. I have also seen platforms/heels in sizes for infants 9months and up (some of the worst at Journey’s) WHY would anyone put a toddling child in a shoe with any height to it?
Please ignore the errors in punctuation and grammar in my previous post, I type faster than my brain can function sometimes
If I had a little girl and these were at a Tag sale for 50 cents I might let her get them, but only if they were for her dolls, not her feet! They do make me glad I have all boys and I don’t even have to deal with issues like this!
I am so glad I wasn’t too far off on my thought process.
Leigh, I am so glad you brought up the “hoochie-mama” phrase as I just said that exact thing in a conversation to my SIL. I hate those cut off mini skirts in a newborn size! UUGGHH!@!
Why do they do that to our little girls. Why can’t we let them be little? They have to grow up so fast anyway.
They’re horrible. I would never put a child of mine in those – they are in remarkably bad taste. As for spending a lot of money on them … let’s hope that there isn’t really a market for them. Or that the babies pull them off and throw them into the hedge, into a puddle, into the freezer compartment at the supermarket, chew the heels off them …
Kellys. I completely agree. There is no reason for parents to dress their little girls up like prosti”tots”.
suagar and spice and everything nice…..that’s how little girls should act and be dressed. the mothers who are in such a hurry to dress their little ones up as teenagers/adults have obviously never been the parent of a teenage girl. it’s hard enough at the teen stage to find clothes that’s stylish and in line with their peers without them looking like they just landed a job working the nearest street corner. another thing i’ve never understood are the little miss beauty pageants….i can see a pageant where the baby girl’s natural beauty shows through….they’re so sweet with such perfect skin and gorgeous natural highlights to their hair…why in the world would you want to cake makeup on that baby soft face….why would you want tease and spray their hair into ridiculous styles….why would you want to put them into outrageous outfits and teach them to bump and grind as they walk?????? i just don’t get it….to me my baby girls are here for me to love, protect and cherish…not exploit. $35.00 for a pair of infant high heels? mind boggling to me.
unfortunately there seems to be a huge market for the shoes. It makes me sad but I am glad that free enterprise is alive and well. (I had to find the silver lining around this. It’s my talent)
I gotta agree with you here on EVERYTHING 100 percent!!! Dressing up little kids like sex-goddesses is shameful and making them wear shoes when they cannot even walk yet is just plain silly!
I would never buy these for a little girl..but I do not think they are skanky or horrible. Just not my style.
I don’t think it exploits kids.
However, I do spend upwards of 35.00 or more for my little boys shoes.
He had Robeez when he was younger…sometimes 2 or 3 different styles at a time and they are 35.00 regular. I did try to find them on sale but not always an option.
Now that he is almost 3, I do like to buy good quality footwear. I like Nikes and New Balance for his sneakers but try not to pay over 40.00. And I always buy high quality winter boots (harsh winters here in NS Canada)…and they normally cost me about 50.00
Sadly, this is just another status symbol, marketed to those moms who dress their kids in kiddie couture, http://www.miamiherald.com/360/story/530937.html and own a Bugaboo stroller, which retails at almost $1000. $1000? My boys are 4 and 7, and I’ve had one Graco stroller, that I am just now selling. The carrier has long since been passed on, but the stroller is still going strong.
Think of these baby high heels like the “pet rock”. It’s a joke. When I saw them I laughed! They look funny sitting on a shelf, and there are people out there that will buy them because it doesn’t bother them to spend $35 on a joke!