Georgina kindly shares the story of her daughter’s diagnosis and treatment of PHPV with us. Many, many thanks! – Ann Z I wanted to share our story and experiences of discovering that our little girl had something wrong with her eye – a condition called PHPV (Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous, also known as Persistent FetalContinue reading “Your stories: Evie’s little eye adventure”
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Your stories: The adventures of Ruby & her eye patch
Many thanks to Megan for sharing the story of her daughter, Ruby – Ann Z Ruby is just like any other 16 month old. She’s working on mastering the art of walking, enjoys searching for the perfect bedtime book by pulling them all off the shelf and playing with her parents and little friends. She’sContinue reading “Your stories: The adventures of Ruby & her eye patch”
Book review: Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
Thank you, thank you, to Julie for her book review. You can read more of Julie’s writing at Balancing Mama. Interested in reviewing a book? Email me (ann@shinypebble.com). – Ann Z With just a basic Internet search, you can find children’s books about glasses, but it is more difficult to find cute and fun bespectacledContinue reading “Book review: Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly”
Your Stories: Measure twice, cut once
Julie wrote previously about bifocals for young kids. Here, she shares her story of her daughter’s strabismus and surgeries. Her story is not yet finished, but I’m very grateful to Julie for sharing the story so far. You can read more of Julie’s writings at her blog, BalancingMama.com. – Ann Z Measure twice, cut once.Continue reading “Your Stories: Measure twice, cut once”
Your stories: Bifocal Q&A
Many, many thanks to Julie for sharing what she’s learned from having her daughter in bifocals. Julie is a part-time working mom, mother to 4-year-old Amelia, and the blogger behind BalancingMama.com. – Ann Z Our little princess has been wearing bifocals for only a few weeks now. We had two failed strabismus surgeries, and are givingContinue reading “Your stories: Bifocal Q&A”
Your stories: New Eyes New World
Many thanks to Cassie for giving us her permission to re-post her lovely story of watching her daughter really see on her first day in glasses. You can read the original, and more of her posts at her blog, Love Me Vegan. – Ann Z The phone rang at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. My 16Continue reading “Your stories: New Eyes New World”
Reader request: anyone’s child with antimetropia (one eye farsighted and the other nearsighted)?
This comment came in yesterday, and I have permission to re-post it here, as Giri is looking for other parents facing the same situation. – Ann Z Hello, My 12 month old son got a prescription for glasses, which more of them saying is rare (OD +6.50 +1.0 x90 / OS -7.50 Sph) Dr. recommendedContinue reading “Reader request: anyone’s child with antimetropia (one eye farsighted and the other nearsighted)?”
Your stories: A Green One
June is Cataract awareness month, so we’re featuring stories from families that have dealt with pediatric cataracts. Many thanks to Melissa for sharing her update on Anderson! You can read more of Melissa’s writing at A perfect boy, a not so perfect eye. – Ann Z In honor of Cataract awareness month, I wanted toContinue reading “Your stories: A Green One”
Reader post: June is Cataract Awareness Month
Many thanks to Sheri from Stewart Snippets for writing this, and giving her permission to re-post it. You can read the original here. June is Cataract Awareness Month, and so I’m publishing a series of posts on pediatric cataracts. If you’d like to write something this month, please let me know – Ann Z —Continue reading “Reader post: June is Cataract Awareness Month”
Reader post: imoms for a chance
Thanks to Melissa who wrote this post on her blog, perfect boy. A not so perfect eye, and gave her permission to post it here. She’s written for us before, with her fantastic post on patching a toddler, and the lovely, eye believe. You may also want to check out her other posts about her sonContinue reading “Reader post: imoms for a chance”
Reader request: survey on eye patching and books
Janine has asked me to post a survey about eye patching, she writes: I am the mother of a little boy who is having difficulty accepting his glasses after 4 months. We have now started to patch and this has just added to his, and his Mummy’s and Daddy’s, frustration. Added to the worries andContinue reading “Reader request: survey on eye patching and books”
Tutorial to keep Miraflex glasses from folding down your child’s ears
Missy Adams created this tutorial of how she manipulates her son’s Miraflex glasses to keep them from folding down his ears. She originally posted it on the Little Four Eyes facebook group, and I wanted to post it here as well, so it’s easy to find again. And by special request, I’ve also made thisContinue reading “Tutorial to keep Miraflex glasses from folding down your child’s ears”
Reader Request: Poll about accommodative esotropia
Updated: I’ve added Vision Therapy as a choice, but it’s not showing up yet. It should show up shortly. Sorry for that, I knew there was something I was forgetting when I hit publish. One of our readers, Heather, asked if I’d do a poll about how many children with accommodative esotropia end up patching.Continue reading “Reader Request: Poll about accommodative esotropia”
Reader request: pictures of kids with a difference in prescription in each eye
Dara just posted this question in the comments, and I thought I’d pose it here: My daughter was just diagnosed with amblyopia in her left eye. Glasses and patching for 2 hours a day is the plan… her left eye is +4.50 , her right eye just says PL. My huge concern is that oneContinue reading “Reader request: pictures of kids with a difference in prescription in each eye”
Your stories – Our experiences with a teacher of the visually impaired
Many thanks to Sarah who sent in her account of working with a teacher of the visually impaired. – Ann Z My nearly four-year-old daughter Isabella has multiple ocular diagnoses: severe hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism, mild macular hypoplasia (“underdevelopment of the macula, a small area on the retina responsible for seeing in detail” – read more)Continue reading “Your stories – Our experiences with a teacher of the visually impaired”
For Little Eyes 