Re: wearing glasses

August 27, 2003

Jake was the same way (same age too). He likes to wear them when he sees us

wear our sunglasses. He has started asking for them when he watches movies.

All I can offer is his is coming around to them. We let him make the call,

ask his is he wants them. We ask all the time but he still is picky about

when he wears them.

At school, his aid is pretty good about working with him, making him wear

his glasses. He needs both prompting and breaks without them.

Good Luck

Jeff - Jake 8ds, 6, Kendel 3

wearing glasses

My son Corey just got glasses. He was not cooperative while being

fitted and refused to wear them for the first time. Before I dive

into this process I thought I'd collect some helpful hints! I want

to do this right because according to his eye doc he REALLY needs

them for academic work. Thanks!!!

Amy, mom to Corey, 7 (DS), Leah, 5 and 2

August 27, 2003

got her first pair of glasses at age 3. She would wear them

for awhile, but we'd find them everywhere (including the front lawn,

after a week of searching that time!). We replaced several broken pair

before we went to the Flexon frames (due to a tug-of-war between

and her little sister over the glasses!). All I can say is,

it gets better! She wore them on and off the first year, but by age 4,

she either realized that she could see better with them, or just decided

it wasn't worth the fight anymore. She would almost always keep them on

at school, but they would get tossed as soon as she got home. Now (age

5), she actually will put them on in the morning herself if she spots

them on the sink, counter, etc. (she still does not go looking for them :-)

We made rules for home, like " no TV " , " no computer " or " no reading

stories " without glasses on..... things she really wanted to do, and

would almost always put them on so that she could do the thing she

wanted to do. Wearing them is a habit, so rewarding your child for

wearing his glasses might help form the habit..... soon he will realize

that he sees better, and won't need a reward.

Good luck!

, mom to (7) (5 DS), and (3)

August 28, 2003

In a message dated 8/28/2003 3:46:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

shippd@... writes:

>

> You might want to get a second opinion.

>

> A local eye doctor told us that desperately needed eyeglasses and

> should wear them all the time (after first saying he needed them only for

> academic work). Since that time he has passed five eye tests with 100%

> accuracy at Children's Hospital Eye Clinic and the doctors up there said to

> take the glasses away, they would cause more harm than good

It's important that you get you child checked from TRACKING, not just visual

accuity. The first eye doctors we saw said she didn't need glasses because

her accuity was OK. The school OT caught the fact she wan't tracking

simulataneously with both eyes. The Binocular vision center at UC Berkeley

assessed her

and gave us a prescription that would force her eyes to work together. After

a year I can really tell - her left eye used to " drift " when she was tired

but it doesn't anymore. ALso her OT at school noticed right away that Tylor's

ability to catch a ball (ie depth perception) was markedly improved when she

wore glasses.

- Becky

August 28, 2003