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 Franklin’s glasses. Neither pair of glasses has been in need of care in the past few months, we haven’t had any meaningful conversations about wearingContinue reading “Pre-School”
Category Archives: kids with glasses
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 about what percentage of kids under the age of 5 wear glasses, and how that compares with the population as a whole. I mean, it’sContinue reading “numbers”
Interview with Dr. B
Dr. Bonilla-Warford is an optometrist with a passion for children’s vision. He writes the Bright Eyes News blog, and has commented here a few times. If you haven’t read his blog, you should absolutely take a look, it’s readable, and he writes often about news and advances in children’s vision research. He graciously agreed toContinue reading “Interview with Dr. B”
Glasses at school
This came in as a comment from Beth to the Collected Wisdom page, and I wanted to post it on the front page to see if anyone has any good suggestions for her: My kinderdgartener will not wear her glasses at school (she will for speech only). We have tried everything I can think of.Continue reading “Glasses at school”
Well crap.
My 6 year old daughters had a check up today and Emma failed the eye exam. Now, I’m not really surprised at this, since I’m half blind, the man of the house was until the lucky dog had lasik surgery and of course, Sam wears glasses. We have all that lovely family history on myContinue reading “Well crap.”
you might have a young kid with glasses…
You might have a young kid in glasses if: You can spell “pediatric ophthalmologist” without pausing to looking it up. Your child has a tan line across the bridge of her nose from wearing glasses outside. You have multiple glasses repair kits and cleaning cloths around the house. When your doctor asks if your childContinue reading “you might have a young kid with glasses…”
how did you know?
It’s one of the most common questions we get when people ask us about Zoe’s glasses: how did we have any idea that she needed the glasses? At first, I got tired of answering that question so many times, but then it occurred to me that many of the people asking were parents, worried thatContinue reading “how did you know?”
Glasses for children with Down syndrome
Knowing how few choices there are for frames for little kids — and that’s with us having a great children’s eye glasses store with better selection than most places — I can only imagine how much more difficult it must be to find good frames if your child has Down syndrome. Children with Down syndromeContinue reading “Glasses for children with Down syndrome”
More on Costco
Happy last day of June! I’m back from picking up Franklin’s SpongeBob glasses at Costco and have a report: Costco is gearing up for the school year (as I’m sure many places are), so their selection of children’s glasses is really good right now. I saw many styles to choose from and many more smallerContinue reading “More on Costco”
Just when a person starts to relax…
About a week ago now, Franklin came home with the weirdest glasses-related wound I’ve ever seen (look under his left eye). Apparently, one of the girls at daycare somehow hit his glasses with her shoulder and jammed them right up into his cheek. Details are fuzzy, but the resulting cut was very strange. Has anyoneContinue reading “Just when a person starts to relax…”
CNN story on glasses and eye patches for kids
I just found this story on CNN via the Bright Eyes blog. It’s about glasses and eye patches for kids. They talk about the Bjort & Company’s “Eye Patch Kid” video. I love the story about how the video came to be – their 2 year old son was resisting eye patches until he sawContinue reading “CNN story on glasses and eye patches for kids”
Poseur
Well, I’ve been reading everyone’s posts lately and enjoying the new look and picture gallery (nicely done, Ann Z!), and I have to admit, I feel like such a poseur. As in, “What am I doing on this site?”, I can’t even imagine what it must be like to deal with what most of youContinue reading “Poseur”
your wisdom, collected and compiled
There’s been some good advice shared here, in the posts, but also a lot in the comments. Since it can be kind of hard to find all of that, I’ve compiled the more practical hints and tips and helpful advice on this blog and put it on a page on it’s own (I’ve left allContinue reading “your wisdom, collected and compiled”
scenes from a wedding
Apparently the bride and groom only invited kids with glasses. Other than Zoe, the only other kid at the wedding was a girl, probably about 6 or 7 (I’m horrible guessing ages), with super stylish purple Hanna Montana glasses. She was really shy when I complimented her on the frames, but they were really cute.Continue reading “scenes from a wedding”
good news for kids with glasses
Found via Blogging Parent, who found this through Boing Boing. Apparently a recent study in the journal Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics has found that kids think that other kids who wear glasses are smarter and more honest, and that the glasses don’t affect their perceived appearance. The study was done on kids aged 6-10, soContinue reading “good news for kids with glasses”
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