I order this item for my 5 year old daughter as her graduation gift from pre-school, she loved them so much but refused to wear them after a couple of times. I forced her to wear them last week because i did not want her to grow out of them while they were still new, she cried by the end of the day - the button insider of the right shoe pushed into her feet and made it red and swollen.<br /><br />They are beautiful shoes if they are purposed to be displayed on the shelf.