Category Archives: kids with glasses

Your Stories: Measure twice, cut once

Julie wrote previously about bifocals for young kids.  Here, she shares her story of her daughter’s strabismus and surgeries.  Her story is not yet finished, but I’m very grateful to Julie for sharing the story so far.  You can read more of Julie’s writings at her blog, BalancingMama.com. – Ann Z Measure twice, cut once.Continue reading “Your Stories: Measure twice, cut once”

Your stories: Bifocal Q&A

Many, many thanks to Julie for sharing what she’s learned from having her daughter in bifocals.  Julie is a part-time working mom, mother to 4-year-old Amelia, and the blogger behind BalancingMama.com.  – Ann Z Our little princess has been wearing bifocals for only a few weeks now. We had two failed strabismus surgeries, and are givingContinue reading “Your stories: Bifocal Q&A”

Little Four Eyes for Kids: How do glasses work?

This is my first attempt in the Little Four Eyes for Kids series.  The series is targeted at kids in preschool through kindergarten.  I’d love your feedback! How do glasses work? Glasses help people to see better.  Just like some people use a cane or crutches to walk better, and some people wear hearing aidsContinue reading “Little Four Eyes for Kids: How do glasses work?”

Little Four Eyes for Kids

Stacy left a comment asking about ways to explain glasses to kids, and it reminding me of something I’d been meaning to try.  There are quite a few sites out there that explain vision to kids (Marie’s last post talks about one of them from Prevent Blindness Ohio), but I’ve had a really hard timeContinue reading “Little Four Eyes for Kids”

Happy Great Glasses Play Day!

The day has arrived.  I hope you’ll celebrate the Great Glasses Play Day with us!  Celebrate our children who wear glasses, their unique style,  and the advances in eyewear  that help our children to see!  (I feel like I’m saying “celebrate” a lot, but heck, it’s the Great Glasses Play Day, let’s celebrate!) Please feel free toContinue reading “Happy Great Glasses Play Day!”

link round up – taking photos, patching kits, and the Great Glasses Play Day

I thought I’d do a quick link round-up, since it seems like there’s a whole lot going on right now: Celebrate the Great Glasses Play Day with me on Sunday! – I know I’ve been talking about it a lot, and the day is nearly here!  Check out the list of all the different waysContinue reading “link round up – taking photos, patching kits, and the Great Glasses Play Day”

Great Glasses Play Day update and request for help

I’ve been behind on posting – I apologize!  I’ve been busy working with Kristin Ellsworth on the first annual Great Glasses Play Day.  It’s been a lot of work so far, but I’m getting very excited about how it’s shaping up.  We have events lined up in 7 locations across the world  for families toContinue reading “Great Glasses Play Day update and request for help”

“Arlo Needs Glasses” photo contest

There’s a new book for kids who need glasses, Arlo Needs Glasses, by Barney Salzberg.  You can see the extremely adorable trailer video below: I’ll be posting my own review in the next post.  (I’ve posted it – 6/27/2012) To celebrate the release of the book, the publisher, Workman, is holding a photo contest onContinue reading ““Arlo Needs Glasses” photo contest”

Reader post: June is Cataract Awareness Month

Many thanks to Sheri from Stewart Snippets for writing this, and giving her permission to re-post it.  You can read the original here.  June is Cataract Awareness Month, and so I’m publishing a series of posts on pediatric cataracts.  If you’d like to write something this month, please let me know – Ann Z —Continue reading “Reader post: June is Cataract Awareness Month”

Child care and glasses

One of my biggest worries when Zoe got her glasses was how she would do with her glasses when she was at daycare.  While they’ve always been wonderful with Zoe, I was sure that they would not be interested in spending all day fighting with her to get her to keep her glasses on.  WhenContinue reading “Child care and glasses”

things to say (and not say) to young kids with glasses

Update 6/16/2014:  Thank you for all the great responses.  I got some great suggestions and I’ve updated this in response.  As I was reading through the comments on my last post (asking for favorite comments about your child in glasses), it got me thinking about the good things to say to young kids in glasses,Continue reading “things to say (and not say) to young kids with glasses”

Little Four Eyes store: happy new glasses cards, t-shirts, and stickers

I’m pretty excited to let everyone know that I’ve started a Zazzle store with some Little Four Eyes items.  I asked Meagan Nishi, the artist behind a lot of our coloring pages, to create some images for new glasses cards, t-shirts, and stickers.  At the moment, there are 3 designs for cards, 2 designs forContinue reading “Little Four Eyes store: happy new glasses cards, t-shirts, and stickers”

Children’s Eye Foundation photo contest

Update #2: There have been some technical issues with voting.  Any computer will be able to vote for a photo only once (not once a day, just once).  This means that parents who have entered their child can’t bug friends and family to vote for their picture more than once. If you haven’t already, pleaseContinue reading “Children’s Eye Foundation photo contest”

Speaking of polls…

After reading the comments on the poll about how long it takes kids to leave their glasses on, it sounds like people were interested in whether the prescription strength makes a difference in how well a child takes to glasses.  So I’ve decided to put together a huge survey of experiences of young children inContinue reading “Speaking of polls…”