Cute or Creepy?

High heels for babies? Well, not exactly. But if you're looking for a really unique baby shower gift – or have a shoe fetish that is playing out on your infant – you should surf over to a company called Heelarious.

The products, billed by Heelarious as "her first high heels," are soft, adorable little booties for non-walking baby girls (newborns to 6 months) that are the kind of satiny pumps that Elle Woods (Legally Blonde) would have been born in, if she could've. They come in all shades and varieties, as you can imagine, from the bright red "Stella" ($34.50) with a leopard-print lining to the two-tone pink "Sadie" ($39.50) cowboy boot, complete with shiny-silver fabric spurs.

They're unequivacably adorable – and you'll probably get a chuckle out of seeing these on kicky little baby feet – but is this cute or just a slight bit creepy? Are we telling our daughters at a very early age that they should aspire to this look of 4-inch stilettos and make fashion choices for the benefit of others' enjoyment? Are we objectifying infants by dressing them up as though they were baby-sized Barbie dolls? Or am I overthinking it?

I've been a shoe-aholic as long as I can remember, and my mom didn't have these to feed my love of foot fashion. And the satisfaction I get from finding a great pair of classic patent-leather pumps is purely my own invention. Or is it?

Leave a comment or email me at carolyn.graham@parenthood.com and tell me what you think!