Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day
Today, April 6, is Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day. Bohring-Opitz Syndrome is a rare genetic syndrome, with myopia being one of the common features of the syndrome. You can read more […]
Category Archives: myopia (nearsighted)
Wonderful video of a baby getting glasses for the first time
I saw this video and just had to share it (with the permission of the parents, of course!). The baby is 6 months old and has just gotten his first […]
World Prematurity Day – Visual issues associated with prematurity
Today, November 17, is World Prematurity Day (yes, the byline for this blog says Nov. 18, but it’s still the 17th where I am). It’s a day to focus attention […]
Reader request: anyone’s child with antimetropia (one eye farsighted and the other nearsighted)?
This comment came in yesterday, and I have permission to re-post it here, as Giri is looking for other parents facing the same situation. – Ann Z Hello, My 12 […]
Reader request: questions about extreme and possibly progressive myopia
Penguin has a daughter with extreme, and possibly posted some questions about her daughter who has extreme and progressive myopia. She’s hoping to connect with other parents who are facing […]
Reader question: clumsiness due to vision issues, or normal kid clumsiness?
This question came in from Ingrid, whose daughter Paris is 3, and wears glasses for nearsightedness in one eye, her other eye needs no correction (anisometropia). – Ann Z I […]
your stories: growing up legally blind
Many thanks to Melissa for sharing her story about growing up legally blind. I hope you enjoy it, and find it as helpful as I did. You can read more […]
Better and better…
My son Nicholas has ectopia lentis, a congenital condition that causes his natural lenses to move, or dislocate, from their normal position. As a result we’ve had to manage high myopia, anisometropia, amblyopia, […]
Reader request: Looking for other parents dealing with optic nerve hypoplasia, nystagmus, and myopia
This plea was posted by Dawn in our facebook group. She asked if I could post here, too to see if anyone has dealt with something similar. -Ann Z My […]
The eyes are looking good
The chunky funky frames are a slightly higher prescription that we are trying to see if filling her whole script will help reduce the squinting. Her left eye is looking […]
Reader Post – growing up with myopia
This comment came in from Karen. I wanted to put it up as a regular post so that everyone can see it because it’s such a helpful and interesting story. […]
What, no lifetime warrantee?
It’s been some time since I last posted an update regarding my son Nicholas and his experiences with glasses and patching. N has ectopia lentis, a congenital condition that causes […]
Reader question: child terrified of walking after getting glasses
Melody recently posted this question to the Little Four Eyes facebook group, and I wanted to post it here, too to see if anyone has run into this or has […]
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) […]
when are children prescribed glasses
I recently got a question about when a doctor might not prescribe glasses for a child, even if the child was nearsighted or farsighted. I did some research and found […]
For Little Eyes 