Chloe has never worn shoes, socks yes, but shoes no!… Well, she wore the fabric shoe/sock type a few times, but that’s not included because they are like socks!
Why hasn’t she worn shoes? Don’t really know why! Maybe because she couldn’t walk, hence, we never really thought about it!
All of a sudden, Mama suggested that we buy Chloe some shoes, as she was approaching her first birthday and this may encourage her to walk?!?! Well, Mama, Chloe and I went to a few shops and eventually came across some shoes… The first ones we picked were white in colour (as we thought, this would be easier to match her clothing), then we picked up a few others (mainly pink)..
Chloe was in the pram at this point and we proceeded to try the white pair of shoes….
*SCREAMS* Chloe went crazy as I tried to put the white shoes on her feet… she would kick, scream, tears came from her eyes and she wanted to run away (like the horror with the white bunny!)… But there was nowhere for her to go as she was strapped in!!!
Oh man! What happened there?! Could the white shoes have reminded her of the bunny experience?!?! Anyways, we had no luck in tying on the shoes, but we ended up buying 2 pinkish pairs so that she could ‘play’ with them at home and get used to them!
Well, so far, she has flicked them away when I put the shoes near her, she will run away from them, she will cry… She is petrified…
Today, Allan and I managed to get them on her feet - but she wouldn’t look at her feet and wouldn’t move them… She would just cry and want to be hugged! Don’t really know what’s going on - but if my girl doesn’t like shoes in the future, she’ll save so much money!! hehe
Let’s see how this shoe saga ends up!
“What country is Singapore in?” Very often I hear this question… from people living overseas. Some people might also attempt to answer their own question by continuing.. “is it somewhere in China?” or “Now which part is it in Japan, east or west?” or the ultimatum “Are you very controlled by Chinese (PRC) government?”