Over the weekend we took Elijah to the park. Most of the time when we go out on weekends I take him in our stretchy wrap because I find that it's so much easier than getting the pram in and out of the car all the time. And it also means we have more space in the car for our shopping.

He's at this stage where he's so close to walking, but he doesn't quite have the confidence just yet to let go of our hands. Just the last week or so he has started walking beside us holding one hand which is a huge improvement. A few weeks ago he didn't even want to stand in front of us without gripping on to us with two hands and holding on for dear life! Sometimes when we're at home and he's walking around the furniture he will let go and take two or three steps towards us but that's the most he'll do by himself.

So when we were at the park he was wanting to walk up to the other kids to see what they were doing and play with them. And when we were getting ready to leave, he wanted to walk in between us holding our hands as we walked along the path through the park. On the way home, we went to get his feet measured so we could start looking to get him some proper first walking shoes.

Since then I've been looking online to find some to buy for Elijah, which hasn't been easy because his feet are quite small at a size 3.5 UK. However, I have found some that I love so I wanted to share with you a few of my favourite ones. Here are my top 5 picks of shoes for boys: