I ran across this post this weekend: The frustrated princess, the gracious mother and the good eye doctor and I had to share it with everyone. The post is written from the perspective of someone who had glasses at a very young age, she talks about having cataract surgery at age three, and having toContinue reading “encouragement”
Author Archives: Ann Z
100!
I’m very excited that little four eyes just passed the 100 posts mark today! I started this blog in mid-March, 3 months after Zoe started wearing glasses, because I just wanted to find other parents of young kids in glasses to talk with, and exchange ideas and tips and just generally connect. Since then we’veContinue reading “100!”
things
I’d been thinking recently about the extra little things we keep around now that Zoe has glasses that have made our lives just a bit better. Then GeorgeB left a comment on the Collected Wisdom page about the home repair shop that he’s set up: “… after many a face plant, an encounter with aContinue reading “things”
how did you even know…
I wrote a guest post for our local newspaper’s (Minneapolis Star Tribune) parenting blog, Cribsheet. The post talked about how we learned that Zoe needed glasses, and signs for parents to watch out for that could indicate a vision problem. I wanted to thank everyone for sharing all their experiences here on little four eyes,Continue reading “how did you even know…”
cross-generational eye surgery
Right around the time that we learned that Zoe would need strabismus surgery, my grandma learned that she had put off cataract surgery for as long as was possible, and, as the ophthalmologist put it, her choice was to schedule the surgery now, or by her next eye exam, it would be too late. TheContinue reading “cross-generational eye surgery”
Dear Doctors of our Children’s Eyes
tjmtoms’ post about their first eye exam got me thinking again about how tough these eye exams can be, not just for our kids, but for us, as well. And I’m wondering if there are things that could make it easier for us. What suggestions would you give an eye doctor who was going toContinue reading “Dear Doctors of our Children’s Eyes”
Poll time!
WordPress now lets us make polls. So here’s one to get started… Any other polls you’d like to see?
Update on Zoe
I was looking at a picture of Zoe that we took Monday evening, and I think it was the first time I really internalized just how straight her eyes are now. And I felt the need to share. To say I’m relieved and pleased would be such an understatement as borders on ridiculous. JustContinue reading “Update on Zoe”
numbers
Yesterday at church they presented the third graders with bibles. Three out of the 24 kids up there were wearing glasses. 1 in 8. Or 12.5%. It got me wondering about what percentage of kids under the age of 5 wear glasses, and how that compares with the population as a whole. I mean, it’sContinue reading “numbers”
Interview with Dr. B
Dr. Bonilla-Warford is an optometrist with a passion for children’s vision. He writes the Bright Eyes News blog, and has commented here a few times. If you haven’t read his blog, you should absolutely take a look, it’s readable, and he writes often about news and advances in children’s vision research. He graciously agreed toContinue reading “Interview with Dr. B”
I [heart] our eye clinic, I do not [heart] pink eye
This afternoon, just as I got into work, I got an email from Chris saying that Zoe’s daycare had called, she probably had pink eye, her primary clinic was booked for the day so we’d have to take her to an urgent care clinic, which we’ve never had to do before and he wasn’t sureContinue reading “I [heart] our eye clinic, I do not [heart] pink eye”
follow-up eye exam
Zoe had her follow-up eye exam on Friday. She’s been to the eye clinic enough times now that she just marched in there like she owned the place. Which the receptionist commented, she kind of does. While I know that our ophthalmologist sees other children, the waiting room rarely has many kids in it, butContinue reading “follow-up eye exam”
wait, what did you just say?
Yesterday morning as we were heading in to church, the usher looked at Zoe’s glasses and asked if they were Sarah Palin glasses. Wait, what? Umm, no? I was so thrown by the question that I just smiled awkwardly and hurried to a seat. I still have no idea what the point of the questionContinue reading “wait, what did you just say?”
patching
I’ve noticed that we get a lot of visitors to Little Four Eyes who come here looking for information and tips on dealing with kids and eye patches. We only had to do patching for 6 weeks with Zoe, so I don’t have much to offer, but I know others have a lot more experienceContinue reading “patching”
health disclosure
We got a note from daycare the other day about a “stretch and grow” class that Zoe can take at daycare once a week. It sounds like a nice program, it’s not expensive at all, and so we’re going to enroll Z. So I was filling out the enrollment form when I hit the “HealthContinue reading “health disclosure”
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