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By: Dara

Dara — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:29:25 +0000

My daughter was just diagnosed with amblyopia in her left eye. Glasses and patching for 2 hours a day is the plan… her left eye is +4.50 , her right eye just says PL.

My huge concern is that one eye is going to look magnified and one eye isn’t. That she will look funny or weird since they don’t match. Can anyone calm my fears? PICTURES would be great!! : )

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:28:27 +0000

Hi Kim, Zoe is a +4.75, and I don’t notice any distortion or magnification. I’m sure there’s some, but it’s pretty subtle. Here’s a recent picture of her:
http://littlefoureyes.com/2011/01/18/patching-in-the-pre-k/

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:30:42 +0000

So I just found out that my 2 1/2 year old daughter is farsighted and has astigmistim. She has a prescription of +4.00, I just ordered her glasses yesterday and liked how cute she looked in the frames but now I’m worried that the lenses will magnify her eyes, I did get the thinner lenses that get thinner on the edges. Does anyone hav a child with a similar prescription, how did their eyes look with glasses? Thanks for any advice

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:32:48 +0000

My son was born with caracts and had to have surgery at 2 months old. He is know 18 months old and is needing new contacts and glasses to see close up and far away. He will need bifocals beside the contacts. Does anybody else have to do the same?

By: Nathalia

Nathalia — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:22:41 +0000

Thank you for the quick response. It’s nice to know that I can talk to someone about my daughter. I go Dec 7th to the other doctor so I will keep you updated.

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:45:27 +0000

Welcome Natahalia. How frustrating to get such different opinions! I know that our ophthalmologist told us that getting a prescrition for young kids is as much art as science, and so some changes are expected as you work to get the prescription right, but that big of a difference is really hard to justify. Let us know how the third opinion goes!

There is a post with pictures of kids in strong prescriptions that should answer your question of what a +10 looks like: http://littlefoureyes.com/2009/12/15/pictures-of-kids-in-glasses-with-a-strong-prescription/

By: Nathalia

Nathalia — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:18:37 +0000

Took my four year old daughter to the eye doctor last week and he diagnosed her with being really farsighted. He sent her a prescription of +4 in both eyes. The doctor told me that he was putting her in 60% of the prescription so her real prescription was going to be +6. I took her to a second opinion and that doctor said that her true prescription is going to be +10.5 and that he would start her at an +8. I don’t understand how the diagnosis can be sooooo different. This doctor said that with that prescription we should start considering contact lenses in the near near future. I made an appointment with another doctor for a third opinion because I just don’t know how both of those prescriptions are so different. Can anyone tell me how thick glasses with a prescription of +10.5 are? I’m just concerened how the other kids are going to treat her now. I guess I’m just scared and concerned for her.

By: Ann Z

Ann Z — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:50:14 +0000

Oh, from your description, I would recommend a second opinion, especially if you feel that she’s not seeing as well as she should be. When you make the appointment, ask what testes they’ll do and talk to your daughter about what’s coming up. We found that playing shape matching games helped a lot at that age since our doctor had her look at a chart with different shapes and then either name the shape or point to its match on a board. I’m guessing they’ll also do dilating drops, which are what my daughter really hates. You could pretend to give a doll or animal eye drops leading up to the exam, though my sense is that nothing makes eye drops easier.

Good luck and let us know how it goes!

By: Zoey's Mommy

Zoey's Mommy — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:48:55 +0000

My little girl will be 2 here in December. A year ago I took her in for an eye exam after her pediatrician mentioned strabismus. Turned out she did not have strabismus, but she was nearsighted; however, she was not prescribed any glasses. We went in today for a follow up appointment, and it was a disaster. My daughter fought the doctors incredibly hard, and they concluded that her nearsightedness had gotten better. I would like to believe this is true, but from my understanding myopia does not typcially get better on its own. I have also noticed in the recent months that she simpily cannot always make out what common, familar objects are that are at a distant. Even at the office today she was insisting a fishy was on a shelf on the wall, which was not there, and I had to pick her up and take her closer so she could “see” for herself no fish was up there. Should I get a second opinion, and if so, how can I get her to be calmer when they go to check her eyes so a good exam can be done?

By: Bev

Bev — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:20:30 +0000

Hi, i’m new to this site and just wondered if anyone one had any knowledge they could share with me.
My daughter is 9 months old and has been prescribed her first set of glasses her sister was 19 months before she got hers. She has no lazy eye or squint but eye drop test gave her a prescription of right +2.0 and left +3.0. The opthamologist said this wasnt quite as high as needed but would start her off.
Has anyone else had a similar expeience and know if having glasses so young helps or if its worth waiting until they are older?
Many thanks Bev