are they real?
First, apologies for not updating the site or answering emails this week, my grandmother passed away unexpectedly and we were with family. There should be a lot of updates and […]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Week 1 – MYI Occlusion Eye Patches
Welcome to our patch challenge- WEEK 1. My daughter is 2 ½ and has Amblyiopia. We are currently trying to help her brain recognize her right eye. She has […]
When do the glasses come off?
I got this email question the other day from Lisa (I’m a little behind on getting through my emails): Do any parents whose children wear their glasses full time allow […]
Free Headstrap from Framehuggers.com
In my quest for a perfect patch, I have been introduced to Camille at http://www.framehuggers.com. Her patch will be featured on one of my future Friday postings. She asked if […]
Reader question: Patching babies
This question comes from Nicole, whose daughter Penny is 3 months old and has cataracts and possibly strabismus. -Ann Z With the possibility that Penny might have strabismus, I’ve been […]
Monday morning round-up (April 20, 2009 edition)
New links to the resources page – the Wisconsin Families of Visually Impaired Children (WIFVI) and a link to Nicole’s blog “Carrots make you go blind?!?!” about her baby daughter […]
The Patch Challenge
I have decided to take this patching challenge on in full force. At the last visit PO that my daughters vision was worse (they did tell me this could happen […]
Any Zenni Pros out there?
A few people have posted that they have used Zenni in the past. Since Elly is so light sensitive and we live in the “Sunshine State,” I wanted to get […]
Reader question: nearsighted child seeing double with glasses
Tanya posted this question in the archives and I wanted to re-post it here to see if anyone else has run in to this particular problem when their child first […]
Activities to do when patching II
Here are some more activities to do when patching. For Babies: Put a mobile or pictures that contrast with the ceiling and wall Play with bold colored blocks with patterns […]
True or False: A teacher’s story
Pat writes a humor blog these days and lives in New York City. She started out as a an elementary school teacher in a rural area and shares one of […]
Reader Post: Worry over tomorrow
This question comes from Bowenian Mom whose two sons both have extreme myopia (nearsightedness) – Ann Z How many of the parents on the site are dealing with potentially lifelong […]
adjustments
I feel like my life has revolved around glasses adjustments this week. One of the unanticipated (for me, in retrospect, it seems obvious) consequences of Zoe having two pair of […]
Monday morning round-up (April 6, 2009)
Study on the prevalence of eye problems in young children – A recent study was just published in Ophthalmology this month, which is believed to be the first comprehensive eye […]
Contacts
Zoe and I re-watched the Yo Gabba Gabba episode “Differences” that I’d written about before. Previously, I wrote that I was disappointed that Muno got glasses that episode (which has […]
For Little Eyes 