Days like this
It has been a long time since we have had a lot of questions and comments about Elly’s glasses. This weekend we took a family get-away to the beach and […]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
reader request – growing out of farsightedness
This comes from a post on the little four eyes facebook group. -Ann Z I am interested in hearing about stories of success..or even progress, on babies who grew out […]
Monday morning round-up (March 30)
Young children’s eye care in Nepal. A very interesting and eye-opening (pun intended. sorry) account of traveling to Nepal to provide eye care for children there by the organization Seva […]
guilt
There’s been quite a bit of discussion in the Photo Gallery comments sections on the guilt that we parents often feel (myself included), especially when we first learn that our […]
Children’s Eye Foundation’s photo contest
Update – July 24, 2009 – the winning photos have been announced. Congratulations to Zoe, Braden, and Reid who will appear in the calendar. That means a quarter of the […]
The new glasses are here!
We were so excited to get the new glasses (after almost 3 months of waiting) In those 3 months, both of Elliana eyes started turning out more than before. Our […]
Monday morning round up (March 23)
I think I’m going to try to keep the Monday morning round up as a way to share things I’ve come across that I don’t have the time to devote […]
unexpected benefit
I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 8 – with a brief break in high school when I wore contacts – over 20 years in total. Nearly two thirds of […]
Your stories – Introducing Ellie
Corrie, a regular commenter, sent in her daughter Ellie’s story. (Interestingly, both Amomofelly’s daughter and Corrie’s daughter are named Elliana). If you’d like to share your child’s story, please email […]
Interview with Chelsea, part II: Vision Therapy
Chelsea has worn glasses since she was 2 and is currently doing vision therapy to strengthen one eye. She has graciously agreed to answer some questions about doing vision therapy. […]
Why isn’t she looking at me???
I started to really notice that Elly would just glance at me for a second or 2 when I was talking to her. I knew she was listening, but started […]
Monday (now Tuesday) round-up
You know how sometimes things just seem a lot harder than you think they should be? Yeah, I’m having one of those nights, so this is just going to be […]
Question: if you don’t have a good selection of frames:
I’ve seen a lot of questions about what to do if the glasses providers near you don’t offer a good (or any) selection of frames for such young kids. I […]
open thread: how’s it going?
I try to follow all the comments in different threads, and I know that some people have appointments coming up for their kids or are dealing with getting new glasses […]
Coloring page!
Amomofelly has written before about activities to do with your child to help encourage good visual development. One recommended activity is to color with crayons, markers, pencils, pens and more […]
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