No, hard-bottom shoes are not good for babies. Hard bottom shoes normally restrict free and flexible movement. Now, your baby is still tender, and still gaining mastery over his or her footsteps, hard bottom shoes would only make this difficult. Hard bottom shoes are meant for those that already have a firm grip on their walking steps and have already developed strong feet muscles. In fact, if your baby starts using hard bottom shoes, it could deform his or her bones and cause them to develop abnormally. Hard bottom shoes make walking uncomfortable for your baby, as they have hard soles which are not good for your baby's soft and tender feet bones. More so, they are usually too fitted and firm. And this does not make your baby's feet comfortable and flexible when walking in them.