Comments on: when you’ve just found out your young child needs glasses

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:20:06 +0000

Hi Ann, Thank you so much for your reply, and your great website! I’ve been on it almost all the time the last couple of days! Roxanne is our third child and we never had any eye issues with the boys, not even one of us. It’s hard to beleive she can hardly see as her developement is so amazing and she grabs things and it looks like she can she everything – she even carries on in waiting rooms till people look at her and then just laughs! I still can’t believe it. She had a squint in the left eye and we had it looked at – and we walked away with much worse news we were expecting.
We have ordered the frames – tomato. Apparently her eye lashes are too long for some of the others (one good thing ).
Thanks again for your great site!

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:46:13 +0000

Hi Jo! Welcome, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this, but happy that you found us! Those will be thick lenses, but depending on the shape, they may not be too bad. Here’s a few pictures of kids with similar prescriptions – http://littlefoureyes.com/2009/12/15/pictures-of-kids-in-glasses-with-a-strong-prescription/, the lenses are thick, but I think it’s less noticeable than you may think when the glasses are actually on. Have you ordered the glasses already? There’s a way of cutting lenses, aspheric, that can make the lenses a bit thinner. It’s worth asking about whether that’s an option.

Many babies who have had cataracts removed do wear contacts. It’s hard to take them in and out, and leads to a lot of lost contacts at that age, but it can be done, and sometimes it’s the best choice.

Good luck! Please let us know how you and your daughter are doing with her glasses when they arrive. I know the sadness that comes with your child getting glasses, but watching them really see and seeing their vision develop makes it a little less painful.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:44:58 +0000

so sad! our little Angel 7mths is getting glasses! Her eyes tested +11.5, getting a prescription for +9 to start with…. What will she look like, how thick will those lenses be!? Anyone ever heard of contact lenses for infants?

By: annie

annie — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:55:37 +0000

Hi all, I posted here yesterday about my sons new glasses. He puts them on with no problems but soon after is complaining that the glasses are making everything blurry, is this normal. I have a hunch that they may be too strong and now i’m worried about damaging his good eye. I have booked an appointment for paediatric opthalmologist which is in 5 wks. The doctor that gave us the prescription was not a kids specialist.

By: melanie

melanie — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:50:07 +0000

yes its normal for a child 2 wear glasses for farsighted. my son is 7yrs old. We found out he needed glasses for farsighted 5mths ago. He has perfect vision is his left eye and +3.00 for his right eye. Hes got glasses on full time and is doing great. Once a child notices a difference in his sight wearing glasses, they r happy wearing them. 2 Weeks ago my other son got glasses for farsighted too, but only needs them for working. Im getting my youngest son (hes 2 yrs) tested tomorrow, im praying hes fine. Its really odd, im shortsighted…. all the best to u and ur wonderfully brave lil man

By: annie

annie — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:05:19 +0000

just discovered 3 days ago that our beautiful 5yr son is very farsighted +5.5 and +3.5, they also found that he has a slight turn in one eye and so needs glasses and patching. We are completely devastated to say the least, I have cried for 3 days solid. He is a very cute, active little boy and I worry about the huge impact this will have on his life both at home and in school. I picked up his glasses today and was shock at how thick they are even after thinning. I have already made appoint with paediatric opthamologist for second opinion which I am dreading. Like many others here I feel I am mourning the loss of that beautiful little face I have love for 5 years but I want the best result for him. Also I just wanted to ask if it is normal for farsighted people to wear glasses all day, I thought it was just for close work. Great to have a site like this to talk with others, my husband does not understand and feels I am being dramatic so I feel really alone with the issue.

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:48:27 +0000

Glad I came across this site! We noticed our daughter Kendyl (4 1/2) always had to stand right in front of the TV, ALWAYS. I liked to be close when I was younger so I didnt think too much of it, we’d just tell her to scoot back. However, shed just scoot right back up to it and at one point said she couldnt see as well from the couch. Coloring or drawing she’d always be closer to the paper than it seemed she needed to be, so we took her in. Turns out shes farsighted and has an astigmatism in her right eye. It was liitle upsetting, thinking she was going to be wearing glasses the rest of her life, along with all the fears i’ve read other mother have had, but I was positive the whole time (it helped I had a hunch she needed them going into it) We picked out frames together, made it a special trip to the doctors and that it was really exciting she was going to wear glasses. We havent recieved the glasses yet, we get them in a week…. but she seems to be looking forward to it. Im just really nervous how she’ll feel after… She does gymnastics and loves to be wild and crazy. This is not a kid who likes to sit still or not be jumping or rolling around 24/7. How does that work with glasses? And gymnastics? Soccer? I want her to be able to enjoy everything just as much as she did before without wearing glasses being a problem for her….

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:40:22 +0000

Hi Jen, thanks for your reply. We’ve been working so hard with the glasses over the past 2 months, and my son (now 14 months old), has shown a lot of improvement with keeping the glasses on. He just had his check-up this week, and the doctor wants to wait 3 months for another check-up to decide if he thinks he needs surgery or not. It’s helpful to know others have been through similar situations.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:37:08 +0000

Hi Belinda, I wanted to let you know you inspired me to get a new pair of glasses to support my son (1 yr. old) who has recently gotten glasses. I normally wear contacts and had an old pair of glasses to wear at night, but this week, I got a new pair of glasses so I can wear them too. Thank you! Ann, I have gotten one mean comment too. Someone asked me if my baby “really wears glasses that young.” People will always be ignorant about some things I guess.

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:14:03 +0000

Welcome Belinda! I’m glad you found this. It sounds like you’re doing a wonderful thing being to supportive of your daughter. If it helps, in her 4 years of wearing glasses, Zoe has only ever had one mean comment, and it wasn’t even that mean (a boy a couple years older than her said to her dad, “want to hear something funny? That baby is wearing glasses.” Both the boy’s father and I explained why she needed them and he was very good about it after that.)

Good luck to you and your daughter and keep us updated.