I just stumbled across this page – A Child’s Eyes – and was struck by just how much great information is here – information on different types of frames, how to know if your child’s frames fit right, age-specific hints to get kids to wear glasses, and more. I’ll add it to our list ofContinue reading “Great web resource: A Child’s Eyes”
Author Archives: Ann Z
Toronto Event: Eye of the Tigger – a panel discussion on strabismus treatment
I wanted to share this information from Lisa: To Parents of Children with Strabismus… Strabismus: A condition in which the visual axes of the eyes are not parallel and the eyes appear to be looking in different directions. I had/have strabismus. Now my sweet baby Lúa also has strabismus. I am creating an event, anContinue reading “Toronto Event: Eye of the Tigger – a panel discussion on strabismus treatment”
Monday morning round-up: May 18 edition
Hearing and vision– an interesting and important post by Amblyopia Kids about her daughter’s difficulties with a hearing screening while wearing a patch (she passed with flying colors when she didn’t have the patch on). Definitely worth reading and keeping in mind for hearing screenings. Anesthesia and learning disabilities – Danielle alerted me to thisContinue reading “Monday morning round-up: May 18 edition”
milestones, eye exams, and preparing your toddler for vision tests
Zoe is young enough that most of her eye exams didn’t use any of the eye charts that we normally think of to determine her prescription. They used Teller Acuity Cards – where they showed Zoe a grey card with a box of black and white stripes, if she looks at the box, then sheContinue reading “milestones, eye exams, and preparing your toddler for vision tests”
ordering glasses online
There’s some good discussion and tips on the open thread on glasses about ordering glasses online. I think I will add a section to the Collected Wisdom page about that. So if you have any additional hints or tips, let me know. The discussion was spurred by a question from Monica who is looking forContinue reading “ordering glasses online”
just for fun
Not sure what was going on, but I stumbled upon two articles about dogs and glasses today. I know it’s a little outside the normal topic of the blog, but I had to share. I hope you all enjoy as much as I did. First meet Chanel, who at almost 21 is the world’s oldestContinue reading “just for fun”
Photos in the photo gallery
I know I’m way behind on this, but I finally got 2 new photos added to the photo gallery (Conall and Penny), and updated the photo of Paris. I feel like I may have missed someone though. If you’ve sent me a photo, either by comments or email, and it’s not on the page, I’mContinue reading “Photos in the photo gallery”
Update on Mia: glaucoma valve shifting and corneal scarring
Danielle posted this comment recently, and I wanted to post it on the blog for anyone else dealing with glaucoma or cataracts. -Ann Z I just wanted to give everyone an updated on Mia, she went in for an EUA (exam under anesthesia) on Thursday. Her PO told us that her glaucoma valve shifted evenContinue reading “Update on Mia: glaucoma valve shifting and corneal scarring”
Visitor map
Create your own visitor map! Just testing out this map of visitors that Amomofelly mentioned.
Open thread: Where are you all from?
Nicole asked on the little four eyes facebook group about where everyone is from, and I have to admit, now I’m curious, too. Leave a comment with where you’re from – at whatever level of detail you wish (yep, you can just say you’re from Earth, if that’s the case…).
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 additions to the photo gallery coming in the next couple of days. I’ve noticed that recently we’ve gotten a lot more questions about whether Zoe’sContinue reading “are they real?”
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 their children to nap with them on? My nearsighted 3-year-old is still in a crib and takes naps some of the time. However, often heContinue reading “When do the glasses come off?”
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 Penny who has bilateral cataracts. If anyone else has a blog you’d like me to add, please let me know! Guide to strabismus surgery –Continue reading “Monday morning round-up (April 20, 2009 edition)”
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 glasses is that it doubles the number of frames that might need adjusting. Friday I took Zoe in to get her red frames adjusted, theyContinue reading “adjustments”
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 disease study among urban pre-schoolers, “Prevalence of Refractive Error among Preschool Children in an Urban Population: The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study.” (Abstract – whichContinue reading “Monday morning round-up (April 6, 2009)”
For Little Eyes 