Corrie, a regular commenter, sent in her daughter Ellie’s story. (Interestingly, both Amomofelly’s daughter and Corrie’s daughter are named Elliana). If you’d like to share your child’s story, please email me ann @ shinypebble . com -Ann Z So, I have been writing some comments here, now it’s time that I introduce our Elliana to you. Continue reading “Your stories – Introducing Ellie”
Category Archives: patching
Coloring page!
Amomofelly has written before about activities to do with your child to help encourage good visual development. One recommended activity is to color with crayons, markers, pencils, pens and more – encouraging them to stay in the lines of coloring books. And now we have our very first little four eyes coloring page, created byContinue reading “Coloring page!”
the eye doctor video game
Chris found this post at Baby Toolkit and passed it along. It’s a story about how one set of parents used their young son’s love of video games to make the first eye doctor appointment less scary, and even fun: Slightly skewed perception: Scoring at the Eye Doctor, the “video game”. I think it’s prettyContinue reading “the eye doctor video game”
occluding lens for patching
This post comes from Danielle, who’s daughter, Mia, had a cataract in one eye. If you’re new, you may also want to read Mia’s story and update. – Ann Z Our daughter Mia just received an occluding contact lens that she will use as a means for patching her left eye. She began wearing aContinue reading “occluding lens for patching”
The Patch
Today was McKenna’s followup from getting her glasses. Dr. Glaser says that he does see a slight improvement and also says that the fact that her right eye occassionally crosses in is a good thing. That since her right eye crosses in, her left eye gets used. He does though want us to patch herContinue reading “The Patch”
Clumsy
I’m re-posting this comment from Anna who is looking for anyone with ideas or experiences with their child getting clumsy after getting their glasses. -Ann Z My 23 month old son, Frank, was diagnosed with Strabismus. Right before Thanksgiving we noticed his left eye turning in. We took him to the doctor immediately because thereContinue reading “Clumsy”
Patching vs Atropine Drops
Since we have patched for many months and struggled with keeping it on daily, our PO recommended Aptropine drops. The Atropine blurs the near vision in the better-seeing eye and has statistically shown the same improvements in Amblyopia patients. The Pros of the drops is that the children do not have an option to takeContinue reading “Patching vs Atropine Drops”
Make it!
I have found if my toddler helps me make it, she is more likely to take more ownership over it and as a result take more care in it. We have made doll beds, doll clothes, skirts and jumpers for her, a bed quilt, wall art, and even a rug for her bedroom. Here areContinue reading “Make it!”
encouragement
I ran across this post this weekend: The frustrated princess, the gracious mother and the good eye doctor and I had to share it with everyone. The post is written from the perspective of someone who had glasses at a very young age, she talks about having cataract surgery at age three, and having toContinue reading “encouragement”
Our first Eye appointment- Eek!
I am so happy that I found this site! I need to vent. My daughter’s pediatrician first noticed a crossed eye at her 9 month check up. But, she only saw it once and thought maybe it was pseudo strabismus. Of course then I started to notice it more and more-then at her 12 monthContinue reading “Our first Eye appointment- Eek!”
patching
I’ve noticed that we get a lot of visitors to Little Four Eyes who come here looking for information and tips on dealing with kids and eye patches. We only had to do patching for 6 weeks with Zoe, so I don’t have much to offer, but I know others have a lot more experienceContinue reading “patching”
your stories – cataracts
I’ve moved this post from the comments, because I wanted to have it on the front page for everyone to read. I really love reading everyone’s stories about their kids and their glasses – I feel like I’ve learned so much from them, and I hope others do too. Please keep them coming (as alwaysContinue reading “your stories – cataracts”
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”
very little four eyes
I was back at the eye glasses store with Zoe today (she’d lost a screw from her glasses and we didn’t have any small enough for her frames), seriously, I feel like we’re there all the time. While we were waiting for her glasses to get repaired, another family came in with a little babyContinue reading “very little four eyes”
how did they know she needed glasses? Part II
We were reassured after the first eye appointment, and didn’t really worry about it until around her first birthday when we noticed her eyes crossing a lot more again – specifically, it seemed that her right eye was turning in. This time we sent digital photos to the ophthalmologist and based on the pictures, sheContinue reading “how did they know she needed glasses? Part II”
For Little Eyes 