Tips for making the most of your child’s reading experience
I know that the majority of information we take in is done through our eyes and that providing children with literacy-rich environments and activities at an early age has significant […]
Category Archives: day in, day out
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 […]
a new wrinkle
We’re now past the one year mark with glasses – and into the age of the terrific (or is that terrifying?) twos – and Zoe’s throwing us a new twist. […]
“no glasses purple cat”
Zoe has started pointing out whether or not characters wear glasses when we read books before bed. I’m not sure how to feel about that. I don’t want Zoe noticing […]
thankful
It’s Thanksgiving today here in the US. As it’s naptime right now, I thought I’d list of few things I’m thankful for: microfiber cleaning cloths warranties on frames and lenses […]
children and glasses and TV shows
Last month, we saw that Zoe’s favorite TV show, Yo Gabba Gabba (warning, the page is a little, um, flashy) was having an episode where one of the main characters […]
good frames
We made it 10 1/2 months before Zoe did anything horrifying to her frames. Made it through the first couple months of her ripping them off and throwing them at […]
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 […]
Pre-School
Hello! It’s been a long time since my last post here on Little Four Eyes, but I guess that’s a good thing because it means nothing new has happened with […]
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 […]
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, […]
on the durability of glasses
Samsmama’s post yesterday about Sam breaking his glasses got me to thinking about how long we can really expect frames for our kids to last. I know I was surprised […]
seeing through their eyes
I wanted to point everyone to this post by MotherhoodandPotatoes on her blog – she’s the mom of C (scroll down near the bottom of the gallery for C’s picture) […]
So your toddler needs glasses?
My daughter Zoe got glasses at the age of 14 months to correct strabismus due to her being far-sighted. This is her on her first day with glasses It’s been […]
