strabismus (misaligned eyes)

Ask Little Four Eyes: surgery for

This community is amazing and has a wealth of experience between all of us. So “Ask Little Four Eyes” is your chance to ask the full community. If you have a children’s glasses or vision-related question, submit it here and I’ll post it to the blog as well as the facebook page and group. I’llContinue reading “Ask Little Four Eyes: surgery for”

Ask Little Four Eyes: strabismus after a fall?

Ask Little Four Eyes: question post-strabismus surgery

Your stories: Lucky Duck

Huge thanks to Tarsha for sharing this lovely letter that she wrote to her youngest son. He has albinism, is legally blind with esotropia and nystagmus. As she said, “Sometimes I think it’s harder on us than them.” – Ann Z My Dear Sweet JoJo (or Joseph as you prefer these days), Our days areContinue reading “Your stories: Lucky Duck”

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 on the global problem of premature births. Many of the readers of this site and our facebook group have children who were born premature. ToContinue reading “World Prematurity Day – Visual issues associated with prematurity”

Frequently asked questions: My child’s eyes cross without their glasses, are the glasses making their eyes worse?

This is one of the questions that comes up very often in the Little Four Eyes facebook group. The question usually reads something like this: My child just started wearing glasses a few weeks ago for farsightedness. Before getting glasses, we noticed that her eyes would cross, but only occasionally. When her glasses are on,Continue reading “Frequently asked questions: My child’s eyes cross without their glasses, are the glasses making their eyes worse?”

5 years in glasses

As we approach the fifth anniversary of Little Four Eyes, I’ve been thinking back through our own 5 year journey of Zoe in glasses. I know when I was starting out, I wanted to know what to expect and fervently hoped it got better (it did). Obviously, every kid is different, so I’d love toContinue reading “5 years in glasses”

Your stories: Pick a Doctor

Julie sent in this update to her daughter’s journey. Many thanks again, for sharing! You can read more of Julie’s writing at Balancing Mama. – Ann Z I have learned a lot about personalities this year, especially how different personalities can affect our medical journey through strabismus and surgeries. Physicians, believe it or not, are people. TheyContinue reading “Your stories: Pick a Doctor”

Now What? A Mother’s Thoughts Post Strabismus Surgery

We are a couple months out from our second strabismus surgery with my two year old son, Joel. We have been working through eye issues since he was about six months old. I was getting into a groove with it all. The monthly doctors appointments, the patching, and strategizing how to keep the latest pairContinue reading “Now What? A Mother’s Thoughts Post Strabismus Surgery”

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”

Interview with Kristin Ellsworth on giving back

I’ve been talking a lot about the Great Glasses Play Day that’s happening this Sunday. And it would not have happened at all without Kristin Ellsworth, the founder of Peeps Eyewear and the author of “Princesses Wear Glasses.” She is the Program Chair for Prevent Blindness Wisconsin and was recently appointed to its Board. SheContinue reading “Interview with Kristin Ellsworth on giving back”

Reader Request: Poll about accommodative esotropia

Updated: I’ve added Vision Therapy as a choice, but it’s not showing up yet. It should show up shortly. Sorry for that, I knew there was something I was forgetting when I hit publish. One of our readers, Heather, asked if I’d do a poll about how many children with accommodative esotropia end up patching.Continue reading “Reader Request: Poll about accommodative esotropia”

Your stories – Our experiences with a teacher of the visually impaired

Many thanks to Sarah who sent in her account of working with a teacher of the visually impaired. – Ann Z My nearly four-year-old daughter Isabella has multiple ocular diagnoses: severe hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism, mild macular hypoplasia (“underdevelopment of the macula, a small area on the retina responsible for seeing in detail” – read more)Continue reading “Your stories – Our experiences with a teacher of the visually impaired”

reader question – child with strabismus closing one eye in the sunlight

Ingrid wrote me with the following question: I’m wondering if any parents of children with intermittent exotropia notice that their child constantly closes one eye in sunlight? Of all that we go though with Paris’s eyes, including patching, this for me is the thing that bugs me and bothers me the most. Especially as weContinue reading “reader question – child with strabismus closing one eye in the sunlight”