Category Archives: kids with glasses

marathon glasses adjustment

I should have taken Zoe in to get her glasses adjusted a long time ago.  Her blue glasses have been leaving red marks on her nose for quite a while now, but she wasn’t complaining about it.  Her red glasses have been looking crooked for almost as long, but again, she wasn’t really complaining.  ThenContinue reading “marathon glasses adjustment”

I’m Birdi’s Mom.. It’s What I Do.

Well if I’m going to be completely honest, I’m Diane, Amy, Birdi and Frank’s mom. They are each a bit more than two years apart, and I may be one of the older 30-year-olds that I know. Birdi is not my first child to need glasses, but she’s the youngest of the crew so far,Continue reading “I’m Birdi’s Mom.. It’s What I Do.”

kids’ first self-portraits with glasses

Shortly after Amomofelly posted about self-portraits of kids in glasses, long-time reader/commenter Annie’s daughter Aubrie (4) came home with a picture she drew at school of herself, wearing glasses.  Annie wrote that it was the first time she’d ever included glasses on a picture of herself. Heidi also posted a link to her son Bennett’sContinue reading “kids’ first self-portraits with glasses”

Where did you buy your child’s glasses

It can be hard to find optical shops that have a good selection of frames for kids, and that are reasonable, and nearby.  So what type of shop did you go buy your child’s glasses from? Don’t forget our page of recommendations if you want to recommend your place to others.

Fresnel Prism on my 3 year old’s glasses

Glasses – Check Occlusion – Check Surgery – Check Prism Adaptation – Check Hmmm… is there something related to little ones in glasses that we haven’t tried yet????   Not that I know of!  We went to the ophthalmologist on Friday due to Elliana’s eyes becoming more over corrected. (major bummer) It appears that she is reactingContinue reading “Fresnel Prism on my 3 year old’s glasses”

what our kids say about their vision

Recently, the question has come up in the Little Four Eyes facebook group about what our kids say about how well they see – particularly once they get their glasses.  Zoe has never really told me that she sees better (or worse) with her glasses, though when we talk about why she wears glasses, sheContinue reading “what our kids say about their vision”

Ficklets Review

Have you ever heard of Ficklets? Not me. At least not until a few weeks ago when someone online introduced me to them. But they are cute and apparently make all the difference for some children who would rather not wear glasses at all. We were thrown into the world of children’s glasses back aroundContinue reading “Ficklets Review”

Your stories: winning against uveitis

This story came from Natalie.  -Ann Z 1 in a 1000 children are living with juvenile arthritis. My 3 year old daughter is one of them. She was diagnosed at 20 months. Around 20% of these children, particularly young girls, are eventually diagnosed with uveitis. For my daughter, this happened one year after her originalContinue reading “Your stories: winning against uveitis”

Your stories- Brendan’s glasses

Hi, I’m pretty new to Little Four Eyes and this is my first “guest” post.  I can’t remember exactly how, but I think I may have found Little Four Eyes by searching the web after I found out my oldest, Brendan, was going to need glasses. My husband and I have two boys, Jack andContinue reading “Your stories- Brendan’s glasses”

Open thread – getting frames

There’s been a few questions posted at the Little Four Eyes facebook group about where to go to get glasses, especially when local stores don’t have a good (or any) selection of very small frames.  So where did everyone get their child’s glasses?  Independent optical shop?  Chain optical shop?  A big retailer like Wal-Mart orContinue reading “Open thread – getting frames”

vignettes from the weekend

We went sledding this weekend, which was a lot of fun up until the final ride when she fell off the sled and ended up getting snow pushed up between her glasses and her eye.  Ouch and brrrrr, Zoe was really – understandably – upset.  Miraculously, the glasses weren’t scratched. ~ ~ ~ After aContinue reading “vignettes from the weekend”

Graduating from the eye clinic

Anne from Is this a boardinghouse or something? just sent me a note with some great news.  Her son, Alex – now 9 years old, has worn glasses since he was 3 1/2, and has struggled with amblyopia for years.  From her post: Over the years, we patched, dropped, argued, bribed & begged. We hadContinue reading “Graduating from the eye clinic”

Nickelodeon characters in glasses

Just today I ran across a couple of different cases of Nickelodeon characters wearing glasses or going to the eye doctor.  Maybe Nickoledeon is a big First, Ann W sent me a link to the book  The Eye of the Fry Cook: A Story About Getting Glasses (Spongebob Squarepants).  It’s a Spongebob Squarepants story aboutContinue reading “Nickelodeon characters in glasses”

understanding your child’s glasses prescription

Edited on 26-Jan-10 to correct the errors that Dr. Bonilla-Warford pointed out (thanks Nate!) – Ann Z Glasses prescriptions can be confusing – lots of numbers and abbreviations that aren’t necessarily easy to figure out, or at least, they weren’t when I first tried to understand Zoe’s prescription.  And in fact, I thought I understoodContinue reading “understanding your child’s glasses prescription”