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Category Archives: strabismus (misaligned eyes)
Ask Little Four Eyes: strabismus after a fall?
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 […]
Ask Little Four Eyes: question post-strabismus surgery
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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