Mini Melissa Ballet Regular Toddler Girls' Shoes and Flats Review

Baby Mu usually wears a size 5 which fits her foot perfectly. So I ordered a size 6 for this Mini Mellisa shoe and it fits great. There is a bit of room for the toe, about 5mm. (But it's still smaller than I thought. I recommend going up a size!) The arch support elastic is too tight, which bothers and hurts the top of my child's foot. So I hope he loosens up later. And it is too bright a color close to a fluorescent coral + orange-red. Thought they were red shoes but so far so good.

It is very cute and my daughter got a lot of compliments. They're easy to put on, stay on your feet and I like that they're cool like sandals but protect your toes. She wears a size 10 mary jane baby with velcro straps as they are more dressy and she likes to wear socks with them. I bought them in size 9 and 10 and although size 9 fits, they won't last long. Given that she can't even wear her other style in a size 9 without socks, I'd say these are slightly larger than these.

I don't know which sizes are bigger (of course size 10 is gigantic?) but size 7 is awfully small. I took 5 pairs of size 7 sandals, laid them side by side and took a picture so you can see 2 pairs of white MMs next to 3 pairs of Crocs, Tom's and Natives. It's a shame because the shoes are great. But when you're sizing by "age" (seriously?) (vs. inches or equivalent US STANDARD sizing), then it's like jumping 2 feet from the finish line. This goes to show that there is no value in determining…