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By: Becky Bonitatibus

Becky Bonitatibus — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:28:32 +0000

Hello everyone, I’m very happy to have found this site….my 20 month old daughter (who is a twin) has strabismus in her left eye. We saw the eye dr and she has suggested glasses. Both my husband and I are very skeptical of her keeping these glasses on…so we started yesterday and zero success. We give her lots of praise and positive comments when we get them on for a split second but she pulls them off right away. We both wear glasses so we showed our daughter that we wear glasses and we put glasses on her doll and on mr potatoe head etc etc.
Our daughter won’t even keep a winter hat on or summer hat let alone glasses!
Suggestions, tips and any information is extremely welcomed!! I’m just learning about all of this so I’d love to be educated on this.
Thanks in advance!!
Becky

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:10:01 +0000

We to tried to start patching our 16 month old son’s good eye half hour a day. He just rips it right off. Any tips?

By: The OT E-Connect : Children Who Wear Glasses

The OT E-Connect : Children Who Wear Glasses — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:20:34 +0000

[...] And what types of resources are there to support the parents? Those questions led me to the little four eyes website. It was started by Ann Z. when her daughter started wearing glasses at 14 months old [...]

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:39:47 +0000

Welcome Melissa! It is overwhelming. Since your son is 4, I’d follow his lead and see what he likes in frames, you can also talk to the optician and only have them put out frames for him to look at that you’d be willing to buy. I think at that age, involving them in the selection of glasses can help! You might want to look for frames that have spring hinges, or that will hold up well to wear and tear. I’d also ask about warranties, both for the frames and for the lenses – the lenses get so scratched up, and prescriptions can change quickly, so it’s good to know what warranties are available. I’d also think about getting a second pair if that’s possible. Given how quickly glasses can break or get scratched, it’s nice to have a back up pair.

Good luck!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:21:05 +0000

Hi, Thanks for all of the great information on this blog! My son just turned four and was just diagnosed with +7 farsightedness and astigmatism this week. It has all been a little overwhelming. We go to get glasses on Monday! Any advice on what to avoid or look out for?? This is all so new, I have no clue what to look for! Thanks!

By: Lisa Eichlin

Lisa Eichlin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:33:50 +0000

Hi my name is Lisa Eichlin How do I go about getting a review of my children’s book The Bravest Boy I Ever Knew? Thanks so much

By: nikki

nikki — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:42:40 +0000

Thank you for this blog and all of the valuable information! My son has been in glasses since he was 11 months old, all expensive, none great. About a year ago we purchased a pair of Lindberg glasses. They are amazing, never need to be adjusted, light, durable and very cute.

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:21:03 +0000

Hi Victoria, Just wanted to clarify, we don’t have a store, I did write a post about the “Nerdy But Cute” t-shirt – http://littlefoureyes.com/2011/08/21/do-glasses-still-equal-nerdy/ – which is sold by Children’s Place. I have thought about seeing if we could design some fun shirts that celebrate glasses, though.

By: Victoria Downes

Victoria Downes — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:42:52 +0000

“Your stores are selling a T-Shirt featuring a child wearing glasses, with the text “Nerdy But Cute” – this unfortunate design stereotypes kids who wear glasses and is neither funny nor appropriate. If you are serious about your social responsibility claims to ‘respect the rights of all individuals’ please issue a product recall. “

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:10:53 +0000

Hi!
I love your site, mostly used it for help with patching, especially amomofelly’s review.
My 5 year old daughter (nearsighted) was discovered to have a neurological “lazy” eye, about 2 years ago. We patched successfully for about 8 months. THEN, when we started patching only 1/2 time, once her eye caught up with her perscription, her lazy eye started turning in when she’s focusing up close, and when she’s not wearing her glasses. Her opthamologist was quite confused about it, sent her to an orthoptist, thought we should just wait longer. And now at her last appt he gave her a perscription for bifocals. This seems bizarre to me. I can see why he can’t operate since it’s not constant, but he’s not doing anything else other than bifocals. Any one else had this?