Well, I always put socks on mine when it was chilly. Not having shoes on make their feet grow wrong? That is one of the silliest things I've ever heard. Although I did have a lady tell me once that I should be socks, shoes and more clothes on my baby (he was just in a patterned onesie in the 90+ degree summer day) so he "didn't get ideas about running around naked when he was grown." Hee hee.