Hellokittiemama over at Amblyopia Kids recently reviewed the book 45 Lazy Eye Exercises, and raved about it and recommends it “especially to parents who are just starting out with patching, as well as parents like me — who may have been patching now for several months but feeling like they’ve hit a wall on thingsContinue reading “Book Giveaway at Amblyopia Kids: 45 Lazy Eye Exercises”
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Fixing My Gaze give-away!
Update at the end I mentioned in my review of Fixing My Gaze, that I had two copies of the book to give-away, so here’s the details. If you’re not sure what the book is about, Fixing My Gaze, by Susan Barry, is an autobiographical account about the author’s experiences growing up and living mostContinue reading “Fixing My Gaze give-away!”
Book Review: Fixing My Gaze by Susan Barry
Fixing My Gaze: a scientist’s journey into seeing in three dimensions (find it at a library | buy it from Amazon.com), is an autobiographical account by Susan Barry about her experiences growing up and living most of her life stereoblind, and then later in life regaining her stereovision through vision therapy. While that may soundContinue reading “Book Review: Fixing My Gaze by Susan Barry”
More poetry: My Surgery
This came in from Anne at Is this a boarding house or something? Her son Alex had eye surgery when he was 7 1/2 for strabismus and amblyopia. This is the poem that he wrote a month after the surgery. All of the original spelling has been preserved. I really love the cadence and rhythmContinue reading “More poetry: My Surgery”
To patch or not to patch at the airport?
We have stepped up our patching the last 2 weeks and done away with the atropine drops since she is keeping the re-usable patches on SO much better than the “peel and stick” variety. This weekend, we are traveling across the USA to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Minnesota. Since we arrive in the airportContinue reading “To patch or not to patch at the airport?”
Prevalence of refractive errors in young children: The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease study
I finally got around to reading the full article published in Ophthalmology on the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease study (link to the abstract, link to a press release). The study looked at nearly 2300 children ages 6 months to 5 years old. The researchers examined the children and recorded the refractive error and astigmatism toContinue reading “Prevalence of refractive errors in young children: The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease study”
Week 3 – Patch Pals
Welcome to our patch challenge- WEEK 2. My daughter is 2 ½ and has Amblyiopia. We are currently trying to help her brain recognize her right eye. She has perfect vision in her left eye and -7.75 in her right. The patching only and Atrophine only solution is not working, so our PO has recommendedContinue reading “Week 3 – Patch Pals”
How can you tell what they are actually going through?
Being a toddler is tough enough.Everyone is bigger, stronger, smarter, and faster than they are. Then, add a few vision issues and limited ability to communicate and as a result we parents become their vision advocates. So how can we tell what is really going on? Let me explain the situation. Sunday 2:00 A.M. EllyContinue reading “How can you tell what they are actually going through?”
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 For tummy time, use a solid-colored blanket that contrasts with play toys For Toddlers: Memory Game – limit the choices based on the age, weContinue reading “Activities to do when patching II”
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. She previously did an interview with us on growing up with glasses. You can read more of her writing on her blog, Roots and Rings.Continue reading “Interview with Chelsea, part II: Vision Therapy”
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 in bullets (in fact, things took so long it went into the next morning. sigh. All better now). More coloring pages!! I just got 4Continue reading “Monday (now Tuesday) round-up”
vision acuity simulator
This comes via Bright Eyes News (where I get almost all my vision-related news): an online vision acuity simulator – you can enter a prescription and see a simulation of what a vision chart would look like to someone with that prescription who isn’t wearing glasses. [Updated 3/1/2009: As Annie notes in the comments,Continue reading “vision acuity simulator”
Introducing Chelsea
I ran across Chelsea’s blog, Roots and Rings, this weekend (apologies for not posting earlier, I later got hit by a nasty trojan requiring the reformatting of my laptop – the two incidents are completely unrelated, I promise), and I was instantly hooked. Chelsea is not just a good writer who is fun to read,Continue reading “Introducing Chelsea”
Activities to do with your toddler when patching or wearing glasses!
Our Ophthalmologist encouraged us to make sure patching time was active learning time. This encourages both sides of the brain to interact and is better for this age than traditional eye exercises. One-on-one activities will help strengthen our children’s eyes as well as providing a strong educational foundation. We found it also helped keep the patchContinue reading “Activities to do with your toddler when patching or wearing glasses!”
Patching vs Atropine Drops
Since we have patched for many months and struggled with keeping it on daily, our PO recommended Aptropine drops. The Atropine blurs the near vision in the better-seeing eye and has statistically shown the same improvements in Amblyopia patients. The Pros of the drops is that the children do not have an option to takeContinue reading “Patching vs Atropine Drops”
For Little Eyes 