Stinky Shoes!

We rotate shoes. One son uses a pair every 3 days. It's not as expensive as it sounds as he's very hard on shoes anyway, so we're not really purchasing extras. Rotating gives the shoes a chance to dry out and not grow stinky stuff.

C., several women have said that Payless, Walmart and cheap shoes will end up stinky. That is true, but I also had an expensive pair of Doc Marten's for my daughter when she was little and they ended up very stinky too! I don't know why a sandal would end up that stinky, she never got them wet, her feet were washed every day in her bath, I could never figure it out. I ended up replacing them with another pair and they did the same thing. They were made out of leather too. I am interested in finding out what all of the advice is going to be that you get.

I've had sticky feet all my life. I've tried baby powder to deodorant on my feet; but never got good results. I have found that if i put lavender oil on the bottom of my feet, they don't stink at the end of the day. I am an independent consultant of YoungLiving Oils. They are 100% pure Therapeutic-grade essential oils, not the imitation you get at the stores. I wish I would of known about these oils a long time ago! Could of saved me some embarressment! If your curious you can go to the www.youngliving.com If you would like any assistance just email me back.
Good Luck! :)

i think that it is just the boy in him!! HA HA no really boys just seem to have extra body*--*foot odor . my suggestion would be to make sure that at the end of the day you let the feet air dry --no shoes no socks. and if you have the need to put socks on him you could add cornstartch--baby powder--inside them .

if they are cheap shoes throw them out you can try anything in the world and it wont get rid of the smell. Buy shoes that are natural products I have two boys and I have learned that cheap shoes will make your house smell.

Are they from Payless Shoe Source, by any chance? I swear, every pair of sandals I have ever gotten there make my feet stink to high heaven! Other than making him wear another pair of shoes, or socks with the sandals (and who wants to do that when it's hot?), you might be stuck with the smell. You could try washing the sandals in the washer and see if that helps...good luck. Stinky feet are the worst!

Make sure he stays out of water in them, that is the number one cause of stinky shoes and feet. Try putting baking soda in his shoes to air them out over night. I know my son can get stinky feet from his shoes fast but it is typically from them getting wet and drying back out and from then on they are nasty smelling.

go to wallmart (or anything like it) and go to the pharmacy area. Look for the athelets foot cream and get the odor eaters spray. Works a charm.

non medicated and absorbs the odor and can help prevent it for a bit