Welcome to For Little Eyes!
We’re glad you found us! This site pulls together advice, tips, stories, and resources from parents who have been there. If you’re new to the world of having a small child in glasses, you may want to start with our guide “when you’ve just found out your young child needs glasses.”
On this page, we have pulled together answers to a lot of questions that come up when parents are navigating having a young child with vision issues. We hope you find this helpful! Please take a look around our site for more resources, or browse our huge collection of stories in our blog.
Frequently Asked Questions
Just Getting Started
What happens at a child’s eye appointment? How should I prepare?
Check out our guide to your child’s first eye exam.
How can I encourage my child to wear their glasses?
While every child is different, consistency, staying positive, and finding a way to distract your child seem to be the key ingredients. Also know that it can take time, but it will happen. Read more…
How do I find glasses that fit my child?
Good fit is extraordinarily important when it comes to glasses. Take a look at our guide to finding glasses that fit your child well.
Talking to your child
How can I teach my child to take care of their glasses?
Guide to taking care of your glasses (written for kids).
How do I explain glasses to my child?
Explanation of how glasses work (written for kids).
Day to day questions
What should I do to make sure my child care provider can help with my child’s glasses?
Guide for talking to your child care provider about your child’s glasses.
Should I leave my child’s glasses on when we’re breastfeeding?
Totally up to you. We did a poll, and it’s pretty evenly split.
Since getting glasses, my child’s eyes now cross even more when her glasses are off. Are the glasses making things worse?
This is one of those questions I wish eye doctors would discuss more. Short answer, it’s normal. Read more …
Patching, contacts, and surgery
How can I encourage my child to wear an eye patch?
Patching can be quite difficult, we have a couple of guides to look at. This one is a general one. This is specifically for toddlers. This one looks at strategies for patching full time.
Can my child wear contacts?
How can I encourage my baby or toddler to wear contacts?
I’m going to send you to Eye Power Kid’s Wear who has a great post on Infant Contacts 101.
How do I prepare for my child’s eye surgery?
More questions
I’m trying to figure out what a word means
When are glasses normally prescribed?
Prescribing glasses is an art and a science, with many different factors at play such as whether a child’s vision is different the each eye and whether their eyes are aligned and how well they’re functioning. Read more…
How do eye doctors get an accurate prescription when a child can’t talk or read an eye chart?
There are a quite a few ways, both subjective and objective, to test a young child’s vision. Read more…
How do I find a good place to buy glasses?
Is there a simulator that lets me see what my child sees?
There are vision simulators, but vision is very difficult to simulate accurately, especially based on a glasses prescription. Read more…
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