When you've just found out your young child needs glasses

Surgery redux

Patching

Story about a corneal surgery to save a baby’s sight
Kristin from Children’s Hospital Boston’s pediatric blog, Thrive, wrote about a baby undergoing a new surgical procedure, called keratoprosthesis to replace her damaged cornea with an artificial one.  It’s an interesting story with a hopeful ending.  I have to say, writing this blog has given me a new appreciation for vision, and how fragile it can be, and some of the amazing advances in medicine.  I feel like I’m forever learning more and more (that&#

Reader question: glasses and physical activity classes
I just got this question from Jenny.  Her daughter is almost 4 and has just (this weekend) gotten glasses for strabismus, amblyopia, and farsightedness.  She’s wondering whether her daughter should wear her glasses in her gymnastics and skating classes.  She was also thinking of signing her up for skiing class this winter, but is hesitant now with her daughter in glasses.  What, if any, physical activities has your child done with glasses?  Any constraints or tips? Posted in amblyopia (lazy eye), glasses, hyperopia (farsighted), kids with glasses, strabismus (misaligned eyes) Tagged: gymnastics, skating, skiing

Monday round-up: November 2, 2009
Humor and patching – at Insights, a sweet post about her daughter’s sense of humor around patching. Interview about Corneal Reshaping – Dr. Bonilla-Warford (Bright Eyes News) has an interview with Dr. Despotitis, an author and Doctor of Optometry who specializes in Orthokeratology (corneal reshaping – I wrote about it

Reader question: siblings of a child in glasses
This came up in a comment from Erin, “I would love to hear what people say about the younger siblings is the glasses.  My son is ALWAYS grabbing at mine and my husbands and we’re not as close to the ground as my daughter is.” Zoe is an only child, so we don’t have any experience with this, but I’ve always wondered about this particular question.  So those of you with more than one kid, have you run into problems with grabbing of glasses or jealousy or teasing by the child without glasses?  Any advice? Posted in babies with glasses, kids with glasses, toddlers with glasses Tagged: siblings

Monday round up – October 26, 2009
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these… Pictures – Amblyopia Kids has a post about her daughter’s preschool pictures.  When her daughter got out of school that day, she said that the photographer took her glasses off for the picture.  Do you have pictures taken of your child with or without your glasses?  Would you want a photographer to take their glasses off?  Stop by and leave your thoughts.