Hello! I’m Amber. Ann recently posted about Stella, my little “fashion visionary.” She honestly does love wearing that “pirate girl” onesie! Stella very recently turned two and, in addition to wearing glasses and patching three hours a day, is two weeks into vision therapy. I’d love to share our vision therapy stories and hear aboutContinue reading “Vision therapy for toddlers… an exercise in patience.”
Category Archives: patching
Patch Stash
As a self-proclaimed expert patching parent, I have decided to assess the patches in our stash and share with you the ones that we are no longer using. The first 2 up for grabs are for patching either eye. The lime green has sparkles and is made of felt (fit great when she was 2 and 3),Continue reading “Patch Stash”
Free Eye Patch Tutorial
For all you parents who lovingly patch your little ones. Make these, give them away, but just don’t sell them! These are inexpensive, light weight, covering, re-usable, and have a smooth texture. They can be personalized to fit your child’s personality and the shape of their glasses. The idea came to me late one night from trying allContinue reading “Free Eye Patch Tutorial”
Your stories – wearing glasses for protective purposes
I asked Karla to write about her experiences with her son wearing glasses for protective purposes: because he has very low vision in one eye, he wears glasses to protect his sighted eye. You can see a picture of her son in the previous post. Many thanks to Karla! – Ann Z Caleb’s Story IContinue reading “Your stories – wearing glasses for protective purposes”
New patches – Make your own, Elly style
There are benefits to being awake nursing a baby at 3:00 in the morning, one of which that I have time to think by myself (well, without a chatty 3 year old) This is the patch that I came up the other night / morning. It is light weight, covers 98% of all light, easyContinue reading “New patches – Make your own, Elly style”
Fresnel Prism on my 3 year old’s glasses
Glasses – Check Occlusion – Check Surgery – Check Prism Adaptation – Check Hmmm… is there something related to little ones in glasses that we haven’t tried yet???? Not that I know of! We went to the ophthalmologist on Friday due to Elliana’s eyes becoming more over corrected. (major bummer) It appears that she is reactingContinue reading “Fresnel Prism on my 3 year old’s glasses”
Amblyopia Patching
To Our Patching Families, Sometimes it is hard to remember why we are patching. After placing the patch over our child’s stronger eye vision or pealing a sticky patch away from their reddend skin, it is easy to say, “We’ll skip patching today.” The most important thing to remember though, is that if your child’sContinue reading “Amblyopia Patching”
Your stories: you make the best decision based on the information you are provided with
This update comes from Danielle, whose daughter Mia had cataract surgery as an infant, and continues to deal with glaucoma, patching, and contacts. You can read more of Danielle’s posts about Mia here (introducing Mia, after her second glaucoma surgery, occluding lens for patching, glaucoma valve shifting and corneal scarring, Mia’s contact lens). -Ann ZContinue reading “Your stories: you make the best decision based on the information you are provided with”
Graduating from the eye clinic
Anne from Is this a boardinghouse or something? just sent me a note with some great news. Her son, Alex – now 9 years old, has worn glasses since he was 3 1/2, and has struggled with amblyopia for years. From her post: Over the years, we patched, dropped, argued, bribed & begged. We hadContinue reading “Graduating from the eye clinic”
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?”
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 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.”
Pumpkin “Patch” Time
Elly was super excited about patching at the pumpkin patch today! Using a stack of foam from the dollar store, a black permanent marker, packing tape, scissors and an exacto knife… we came up with this patch. I would say it is only sturdy enough for a one or two time use, but we had aContinue reading “Pumpkin “Patch” Time”
Book Giveaway at Amblyopia Kids: 45 Lazy Eye Exercises
Hellokittiemama over at Amblyopia Kids recently reviewed the book 45 Lazy Eye Exercises, and raved about it and recommends it “especially to parents who are just starting out with patching, as well as parents like me — who may have been patching now for several months but feeling like they’ve hit a wall on thingsContinue reading “Book Giveaway at Amblyopia Kids: 45 Lazy Eye Exercises”
For Little Eyes 