Shoe size in children

Choosing the size of shoes for children - the task is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. After all, from how the shoes or shoes will sit on the leg, depends on the gait, the formation of the foot and the convenience of the baby. Many questions are not so much with the choice of the model, but with the correctness of the size.

The problem arises when the mother discovers that the size of the shoes is in children, or rather the size grids, several - European, English, American, domestic, Chinese and others. We will try to understand this confusion and choose the right size.

How to determine the size of a child's shoes?

In the CIS countries, footwear is manufactured that corresponds to the length of the baby's foot. Such a system was still under the Soviet Union and remained unchanged.

To determine the size of children's shoes by age in centimeters, it is necessary to put the child exactly on a sheet of paper and mark the two extreme points - the heel and thumb - with a pencil. This is the size you want. After that, it should be added about 1 cm to the outgrowth, and the desired value will be found.

Trying on shoes by applying to the stalk, moms make a mistake, because the outer size can drastically differ from the inner one in the smaller direction, and you risk buying a tight pair.

American and Canadian sizes of shoes for children is very different from the usual for us, and have a few half sizes. This table begins with a minimum value of 1.

Very similar to the tablet of English-sized shoes for children at the previous, but with a difference of one centimeter.

And although England is the same Europe, but the table of European sizes of shoes for children is different. It is similar to Russian, but with a difference of one division.

If there is such an opportunity, it is still better to buy a toddler with a fitting, because there is still such a thing as the completeness that modern producers point out extremely rarely.