Peeps Eyewear was created by Kristin Ellsworth in response to her young daughter saying she didn’t want to wear glasses because “princesses don’t wear glasses.” She designed fun and durable glasses for kids aged 2 – 7, and wrote a book to go along with it, “Princesses wear glasses.” You can customize the book withContinue reading “Princess Peeps package giveaway from Peeps Eyewear and Eye Power Kid’s Wear”
Category Archives: kids with glasses
Pie chart responses to questions about kids in glasses and eye patches
Yesterday in our facebook group (if you’re not a member, you should be!), Jessica shared an upsetting story which she gave permission to share here. She was with her son in the waiting room of their eye doctor. Another woman was there with a young boy, and the woman told the boy that if he didn’tContinue reading “Pie chart responses to questions about kids in glasses and eye patches”
Call for photos for a calendar
Jessica D is putting together a calendar with pictures of kids with glasses, eye patches, or other vision issues, and little blurbs of why your little one wears glasses or what vision impairment they may have. All proceeds from the sale of the calendar will go 50/50 to help with next years Great Glasses Play DayContinue reading “Call for photos for a calendar”
Reader request: advice for keeping glasses on a severely disabled child
SNP Teacher left a comment asking for some advice. I’m hoping someone out there has some experience and insights to share. – Ann Z Do you have any advice for keeping glasses on a severely disabled child? She is almost 5, but functions more in the range of a 12 month old. I am herContinue reading “Reader request: advice for keeping glasses on a severely disabled child”
Reader posts: Dear Emma
Lindsay blogs about her son Jack, who was born with cataracts, at Jack’s Journey. She shared this lovely letter that she’s written to her new baby girl. – Ann Z Dear Emma, Someday, you might be reading this blog and wondering why I wrote all of this for your brother. Well, now that you’re atContinue reading “Reader posts: Dear Emma”
Great Glasses Play Day 2013 is almost here!!
Festivities for the Great Glasses Play Day kick off in just a few hours. I can’t wait to hear how all the celebrations go, and I’m looking forward to making some new friends at our event in St. Paul. Even if you’re not able to make one of the meet-ups, make sure you take aContinue reading “Great Glasses Play Day 2013 is almost here!!”
Preparing for your child’s first eye exam
Maybe your child failed a vision screening at the pediatrician’s visit and you were given a referral, or maybe you’ve noticed that there seems to be something off about the way he looks at things, or maybe her teacher mentioned that she crosses her eyes, or maybe you’re being proactive and making sure his visionContinue reading “Preparing for your child’s first eye exam”
2013 Great Glasses Play Day details
Last year, when we started the Great Glasses Play Day, I hoped that we’d have at least one or two locations for local meet-ups. Thanks to some amazing volunteers, we had 5 (Portland, Philadelphia, outside Washington DC, Madison, and Minneapolis), and it was awesome and fun. And now this year, we have 16 confirmed locationsContinue reading “2013 Great Glasses Play Day details”
thoughts on the Consumer Reports article on buying eyewear
Consumer Reports magazine has a feature in their August, 2013 issue called “Save Big on Eyewear.” The article isn’t free online, but if you don’t have a subscription, you can still read their Eyeglass Store Buying Guide. I’d still recommend seeing if you can find a copy at a library if you’d like a moreContinue reading “thoughts on the Consumer Reports article on buying eyewear”
update on the Great Glasses Play Day
We’re less than a month away now from the 2nd annual Great Glasses Play Day, and we’re starting to get details on many local events. We’ll start posting those details on the Great Glasses Play Day site next week! We also have fantastic t-shirts this year, designed by the very talented Jessica of Eye PowerContinue reading “update on the Great Glasses Play Day”
Survey for families in the UK
Vicky, who runs the facebook group, Kids in Specs UK, has a short survey about support for UK families when they learn their child needs glasses. It is completely confidential. She wants to use it to highlight to NHS services how important it is to provide parents/carers with some support after a child is prescribedContinue reading “Survey for families in the UK”
What keeps me up at night: uncorrected refractive errors in children
Do you know what keeps me up at night? It’s the fact that there’s a really high percentage of kids out there who need glasses to see well, and they don’t have them. It sounds overly dramatic to say that, but there are a lot of kids out there, who, if they had glasses, wouldContinue reading “What keeps me up at night: uncorrected refractive errors in children”
Reader request – looking for other parents of kids with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Leah wrote asking if there were other parents of children with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Her son was just recently diagnosed and she wanted to touch base with other parents to see how it had affected their children’s vision. Her son Nolan’s vision went from “normal” to amblyopic with significant astigmatism in the course of one year, but hasContinue reading “Reader request – looking for other parents of kids with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome”
Children’s Eye Foundation photo contest – Updated June 2
Updated, June 2, 2013: I’ve added photos at the bottom of this post that have been submitted from this community. Because of the way the photos are organized and displayed, there is no way for me to link directly to the page that a photo is currently on. You’ll need to page through to findContinue reading “Children’s Eye Foundation photo contest – Updated June 2”
Kickstarter for Eye Power Kid’s Wear
Jessica Butler’s son, Scott, was born with a cataract. He had his cataract removed at 4 weeks. Since then, he’s been rocking a contact and glasses and eye patch. Jessica is also a freelance graphic designer and has decided to put her talents to great use in designing fantastic, fun, creative, and stylish shirts (andContinue reading “Kickstarter for Eye Power Kid’s Wear”
For Little Eyes 