Our guide pulls together the most important advice and information for parents with young kids in glasses in an easy to read 2 pg guide. Updated November 23, 2015 This post is for anyone who just found out their young child (baby, toddler, or preschooler) will need glasses and did what I did – hitContinue reading “when you’ve just found out your young child needs glasses”
Category Archives: toddlers with glasses
It’s not easy to treat with Atrophine drops, but worth the effort.
It is not easy to put eye drops into a wriggling 2 year old who is screaming “NO MOMMY IT HURTS.” We have it down to an art. She chooses the “treat” for being brave. My hubbie and I both wash our hands. Then I pick Elly up and sit on a chair. I holdContinue reading “It’s not easy to treat with Atrophine drops, but worth the effort.”
vision acuity simulator
This comes via Bright Eyes News (where I get almost all my vision-related news): an online vision acuity simulator – you can enter a prescription and see a simulation of what a vision chart would look like to someone with that prescription who isn’t wearing glasses. [Updated 3/1/2009: As Annie notes in the comments,Continue reading “vision acuity simulator”
Introducing Chelsea
I ran across Chelsea’s blog, Roots and Rings, this weekend (apologies for not posting earlier, I later got hit by a nasty trojan requiring the reformatting of my laptop – the two incidents are completely unrelated, I promise), and I was instantly hooked. Chelsea is not just a good writer who is fun to read,Continue reading “Introducing Chelsea”
dreaming of little four eyes
I had a dream last night that we decided to have a little four eyes meet-up in Australia. There were a whole bunch of us with our kids (in their glasses) about to head out into town, but then we ended up taking a train to South America. Dreaming about meeting you guys and goingContinue reading “dreaming of little four eyes”
Your 4-eyes is BEAUTIFUL
Live with Regis and Kathy are doing a Beautiful Baby contest in connection with Parenting Magazine. As I was glancing at their entries already posted, I was very disappointed. Our children are severely underrepresented. I did not see ANY babies and toddlers with glass. And our children ARE in my opinion the cutest darn kids inContinue reading “Your 4-eyes is BEAUTIFUL”
10 Reasons I love my Ophthalmologist and Staff
We just had another appointment this week and I wanted to share with you why I feel so LUCKY to have found our Pediatric Ophthalmologist Office. Here are 10 reasons why I love them! 1. They SMILE 2. They listen to me and make me feel like my concerns are important 3. They are kidContinue reading “10 Reasons I love my Ophthalmologist and Staff”
short stories
To add to the list of reasons to like glasses: When it’s cold and all the toddlers are bundled up in winter coats, hats with earflaps and scarves so you can’t seem much of them at all, it’s much easier to pick your child out of a group of other tots if she’s the onlyContinue reading “short stories”
What would you say?
A friend lent me her February copy of Parenting Early Years. On page 79, there is an article called Healthy Ever After. One topic discussed is vision. The article says that “children may not complain about near-sidedness until they’re school age, but it can be detected as early as 3, says Dr. Dankner.” The goContinue reading “What would you say?”
open thread on glasses
There have been quite a few questions in the comments recently asking about what frames people have for their children and whether they like them – and possibly more importantly, if their children like them. So, comment away. What frames have you owned for your kid(s) – do you like them – did they lastContinue reading “open thread on glasses”
Pay attention to light
Learn from my mistake – pay more attention to light. The other night Elliana came running out of our bathroom and into our lowly lit bedroom. She smacked right into the corner of our bed and bruised her arm. I felt SOOOOO bad. The bed has always been there and is big and wood colored. Continue reading “Pay attention to light”
I need to vent about repairs
We have only had our Hush Puppies frames with cable temples 3 months and already the cable plastic has ripped and is coming apart. If you read my post about getting the glass – you know I am already not the happiest with Lange Eye Care. Since then, I have found an amazing one. BecauseContinue reading “I need to vent about repairs”
new rule
Last night’s daycare pick up was a major battle. Zoe wanted to put her coat on herself, but couldn’t quite get it right and so was frustrated, and angry, and didn’t want help, and basically, was being a typical 2 year old. Being in Minnesota, going outside without a coat was not an option, soContinue reading “new rule”
Why couldn’t it have lasted a few more months?
I’ve never seen glasses do this before, but one of the coatings is peeling off of Sam’s glasses. It is really bad right in the middle of the left lense, so we are going to replace that one. He has an appointment coming up with his eye dr in just 2 1/2 months, and oddsContinue reading “Why couldn’t it have lasted a few more months?”
So far…
Things have been going pretty well with the patch. The first two days she did not want anything to do with it, and even hit me. Then the third day she didn’t try at all to take it off, I was very surprised. I thought it was going to be a continuous battle. As longContinue reading “So far…”
For Little Eyes 