Category Archives: toddlers with glasses

Reader question: 15 month old using her weaker eye

I was just sent this question, and have no experience with this, so I thought I’d see if anyone else had dealt with this: My daughter has been crossing her right eye for about six months and it is getting progressively worse. We finally got in to the children’s hospital and the doctor was shockedContinue reading “Reader question: 15 month old using her weaker eye”

understanding your child’s glasses prescription

Edited on 26-Jan-10 to correct the errors that Dr. Bonilla-Warford pointed out (thanks Nate!) – Ann Z Glasses prescriptions can be confusing – lots of numbers and abbreviations that aren’t necessarily easy to figure out, or at least, they weren’t when I first tried to understand Zoe’s prescription.  And in fact, I thought I understoodContinue reading “understanding your child’s glasses prescription”

research on nearsightedness and children

There’s been a lot of news about myopia (nearsightedness) recently, much of which I thought might be of interest to some of you. In December, the results of a large survey were released in the Archives of Ophthalmology.  The findings were that the number of nearsighted people in the United States (age 12 – 52)Continue reading “research on nearsightedness and children”

My Sunday Morning Plea

“I am a princess. Princesses do not wear glasses. Cinderella doesn’t have glasses. Belle doesn’t have glasses. Arielle doesn’t have glasses. Tinkerbell doesn’t have glasses. Nemo doesn’t wear glasses.”  says Elliana on this cold Sunday morning.  She has refused to put her glasses on for over an hour. Please DISNEY, hear my plea… will youContinue reading “My Sunday Morning Plea”

on the question of straps

I felt like I kept running in to mentions of glasses straps the past couple of days.  First, Camille from Framehuggers (one of the highly rated patches that Amomofelly reviewed) tweeted that she had finished developing a head strap for infants and children and needs moms to test it out for free.  Update: Camille hasContinue reading “on the question of straps”

delurk for sight 2010!

It is once again International Delurking Week in the blog world – that’s the week when bloggers try to encourage their readers to comment and let us know you’re reading.  As with last year, I’m providing some incentives during the week to encourage you to comment. For the next 7 days, that’s the very endContinue reading “delurk for sight 2010!”

Dear Doctor of My Child’s Eyes,

Dear Doctor of My Child’s Eyes, Thank you for being so positive about my child’s vision and taking the time each visit to answer all of my questions.  I am very nervous about Elliana’s muscle surgery tomorrow, so much that it is hard to sleep and I have often found my eyes welling up withContinue reading “Dear Doctor of My Child’s Eyes,”

pictures of kids in glasses with a strong prescription

Thank you to everyone who commented on my earlier post about strong prescriptions and sent in pictures of their kids with strong prescription glasses.  I thought I’d make this a new post to show some of the pictures to give people a sense of the distortion that happens with high prescription lenses (hint, it’s reallyContinue reading “pictures of kids in glasses with a strong prescription”

open thread: introductions and updates

We’ve gotten quite a few comments recently from parents new to the world of young kids and glasses.  Welcome!  I’m so happy you found us, and I really hope you’ll post any questions you have, and stick around and let us know how things are going for you. I thought it would be nice toContinue reading “open thread: introductions and updates”

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?”