Last night and this morning, there was a nerve-wracking build-up to Stella’s check-up, wherein her developmental optometrist would gauge how patching and vision therapy have helped Stella, or not. I’ve worked very hard (okay, harder on some days than others) during Stella’s first three months of vision therapy, sometimes pulling my hair out, often swallowingContinue reading “Vision therapy update: Stella’s first progress evaluation”
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Vision therapy for toddlers… an exercise in patience.
Hello! I’m Amber. Ann recently posted about Stella, my little “fashion visionary.” She honestly does love wearing that “pirate girl” onesie! Stella very recently turned two and, in addition to wearing glasses and patching three hours a day, is two weeks into vision therapy. I’d love to share our vision therapy stories and hear aboutContinue reading “Vision therapy for toddlers… an exercise in patience.”
little crossed eyes
Looking back, I’ve realized that I’ve taken fewer pictures of Zoe, and shared even fewer online. I’m pretty sure that this is largely because of her crossing her eyes, I’ve been more conscious about how she looks. Not that I’m ashamed of her, but I’m feeling self-conscious about whether I should have tried to getContinue reading “little crossed 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”
how did they even know she needed glasses?
Probably the most frequently asked question I get is how we knew that Zoe needed glasses. And fair enough. Zoe’s not a big talker yet, it’s not like she could read off letters on a vision chart or anything like that. Around nine months, we noticed that Zoe’s eyes weren’t always aligned. (notice that evenContinue reading “how did they even know she needed glasses?”
For Little Eyes 