It’s not easy to treat with Atrophine drops, but worth the effort.
It is not easy to put eye drops into a wriggling 2 year old who is screaming “NO MOMMY IT HURTS.” We have it down to an art. She chooses […]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
blog-keeping updates
Couple of quick updates. First off, I’ve finally gotten around to getting the domain littlefoureyes.com. So now the title and URL of the blog match, which should be a lot […]
vision acuity simulator
This comes via Bright Eyes News (where I get almost all my vision-related news): an online vision acuity simulator – you can enter a prescription and see a simulation of […]
eye doctor visits
Another question from a reader – how often does your child go in for eye appointments? I’m well aware that the answers will vary wildly based on how long your […]
occluding lens for patching
This post comes from Danielle, who’s daughter, Mia, had a cataract in one eye. If you’re new, you may also want to read Mia’s story and update. – Ann Z […]
Introducing Chelsea
I ran across Chelsea’s blog, Roots and Rings, this weekend (apologies for not posting earlier, I later got hit by a nasty trojan requiring the reformatting of my laptop – […]
Poll – sunglasses
What do you all do for your kids when it’s sunny out (it’s hard for me to imagine such a thing right now, but I’m sure it’ll happen here sometime)? […]
dreaming of little four eyes
I had a dream last night that we decided to have a little four eyes meet-up in Australia. There were a whole bunch of us with our kids (in their […]
exams under anesthesia (EUA)
There’s been some discussion in the comments about exams under anesthesia, or EUAs, which are pretty much what they sound like: an exam of your child’s eyes while your child […]
new banner
I’m thrilled to unveil our new banner for the little four eyes site, by Scott Donaldson! I had been looking for a new header image for a while because as […]
Your 4-eyes is BEAUTIFUL
Live with Regis and Kathy are doing a Beautiful Baby contest in connection with Parenting Magazine. As I was glancing at their entries already posted, I was very disappointed. Our children […]
10 Reasons I love my Ophthalmologist and Staff
We just had another appointment this week and I wanted to share with you why I feel so LUCKY to have found our Pediatric Ophthalmologist Office. Here are 10 reasons […]
short stories
To add to the list of reasons to like glasses: When it’s cold and all the toddlers are bundled up in winter coats, hats with earflaps and scarves so you […]
What would you say?
A friend lent me her February copy of Parenting Early Years. On page 79, there is an article called Healthy Ever After. One topic discussed is vision. The article says […]
For Little Eyes 