Category Archives: kids with glasses

“Why he doesn’t wear glasses?”

Zoe’s 3 and well into the “why” stage of life.  “Why it’s called ‘breakfast’?”  “Why it is snowing?”  “Why I can’t wear a dress and a skirt at the same time?” And recently, “why he (or she) doesn’t wear glasses?” (Her word order for asking questions isn’t quite right, but I find it kind ofContinue reading ““Why he doesn’t wear glasses?””

on the question of straps

I felt like I kept running in to mentions of glasses straps the past couple of days.  First, Camille from Framehuggers (one of the highly rated patches that Amomofelly reviewed) tweeted that she had finished developing a head strap for infants and children and needs moms to test it out for free.  Update: Camille hasContinue reading “on the question of straps”

Surgery Update (now with even more updates)

Dec. 23rd Elly just woke up (for more than 30 seconds) in good spirits. It has been 7 hours since her surgery.  The first thing she wanted to do was see her red eyes and because of the book “Pinkalicious,” she wanted to drink something pink. If you haven’t read this book, I reccomend it before thisContinue reading “Surgery Update (now with even more updates)”

Good news at the eye doctor

Zoe had her regular eye appointment this morning.  I had been looking forward to it for a while because I was anxious to know whether she has developed any binocular vision.  Zoe was looking forward to it because she knows the eye doctor doesn’t give shots.  She had been asking about the shots in particularContinue reading “Good news at the eye doctor”

open thread: introductions and updates

We’ve gotten quite a few comments recently from parents new to the world of young kids and glasses.  Welcome!  I’m so happy you found us, and I really hope you’ll post any questions you have, and stick around and let us know how things are going for you. I thought it would be nice toContinue reading “open thread: introductions and updates”

Patching Success Story

Yeah for patching! I am very excited to share with you that we have now had 3 visits where Elliana is measuring at 20/40 and 20/50 (with glasses of course) Our 12 hour, full time, patching has paid off. The PO said that she never imagined her vision getting to this level of vision andContinue reading “Patching Success Story”

four eyes are better than one?

I loved the Mr. Men and Little Miss books as a kid, so I was excited when Dr. Holser at Advanced Eye Care in Grand Rapids posted a video of the three characters from that series that wear glasses (Little Miss Whoops, Mr. Persnickety, and Mr. Nervous) doing a glasses are cool rap. But afterContinue reading “four eyes are better than one?”

Reader question: glasses and physical activity classes

I just got this question from Jenny.  Her daughter is almost 4 and has just (this weekend) gotten glasses for strabismus, amblyopia, and farsightedness.  She’s wondering whether her daughter should wear her glasses in her gymnastics and skating classes.  She was also thinking of signing her up for skiing class this winter, but is hesitantContinue reading “Reader question: glasses and physical activity classes”

Monday round-up: November 2, 2009

Humor and patching – at Insights, a sweet post about her daughter’s sense of humor around patching. Interview about Corneal Reshaping – Dr. Bonilla-Warford (Bright Eyes News) has an interview with Dr. Despotitis, an author and Doctor of Optometry who specializes in Orthokeratology (corneal reshaping – I wrote about it here).  He has written aContinue reading “Monday round-up: November 2, 2009”

Reader question: siblings of a child in glasses

This came up in a comment from Erin, “I would love to hear what people say about the younger siblings is the glasses.  My son is ALWAYS grabbing at mine and my husbands and we’re not as close to the ground as my daughter is.” Zoe is an only child, so we don’t have anyContinue reading “Reader question: siblings of a child in glasses”

Monday round up – October 26, 2009

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these… Pictures – Amblyopia Kids has a post about her daughter’s preschool pictures.  When her daughter got out of school that day, she said that the photographer took her glasses off for the picture.  Do you have pictures taken of your child with orContinue reading “Monday round up – October 26, 2009”

Polls: How often have you replaced your child’s glasses for non-prescription change reasons?

Since GeorgeB asked…  How often have you had to replace your child’s frames or lenses in the past year for non-prescription related reasons (that would be broken or scratched lenses, or outgrown, broken, bent, twisted, or otherwise destroyed frames).  I did two polls, one for lenses and one for frames.  You can vote more thanContinue reading “Polls: How often have you replaced your child’s glasses for non-prescription change reasons?”

how often do your child’s glasses prescriptions change

A friend asked me this morning how often you could expect a child’s glasses prescription to change, and I don’t have a good answer (though I’ll try to do some research when I get a chance).  The answer will no doubt depend on your child’s age, and their vision, but I wanted to get aContinue reading “how often do your child’s glasses prescriptions change”

Reader Posts: the importance of thorough vision exams and pediatric specialists.

Tami sent me this story about her experiences in getting her daughter diagnosed.  I have more to write about the importance of vision exams over vision screenings, but there is so much good advice in this story, that I wanted to publish it on its own.  -Ann Z My daughter, Lilly, turned 5 in June.Continue reading “Reader Posts: the importance of thorough vision exams and pediatric specialists.”