Family Friday: Squeaky Toddler Shoes
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Kids grow fast — it’s like they eat clothes and shoes for breakfast. I’m always eternally grateful to my fellow parent friends who generously share their kids’ outgrown clothes and shoes.
One such friend gave me two pairs of lightly used ikiki toddler shoes — they’re fabulous! We have the pirate one and dragon one. My son’s favorite part is that they squeak every time he takes a proper step (no more tiptoeing!). I like the squeaks because I can keep track of him. (If you find the squeaking annoying, you just slide a little button and it turns it off.)
These roomy, lightweight, and flexible shoes also accommodate braces and orthotics (and they sell single shoes too).
The shoes available in sizes 2–13 and are $29.95 each (save 10% when you buy two pairs).
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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Here’s a little cute kid story to start the day – apparently when husband was dropping LO off this morning, he spotted a friend from his class and was SO excited, ran over to him and was like, “[Friend]!! This is my daddy, is that your daddy??”. With COVID we haven’t really seen or met most of his friends, so it was really cute to hear about them interacting and how excited he was to ‘introduce’ his buddy to DH.
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