Babies With Glasses

sharmurph18 · June 2010

At the farmer's market yesterday I saw a baby about Max's age wearing eyeglasses--he was adorable but I was wondering why a baby that young would need glasses and how a dr/optician would determine the need? Anyone's LO wear glasses or know? I'm just nosy!

heather121709 · June 2010

Ironically enough their is a post down a bit about a bumpie who's baby just got glasses!

ch3ls · June 2010

maybe they got some silent sign slightly early in the baby's development and decided to use the glasses as a precaution?

Liss_37 · June 2010

my niece was born with a pretty bad cataract on her one eye and had to have surgery to have it removed. she's had to wear glasses ever since. I think she was about 7 or 8 months old at the time of her surgery

eta: after her surgery, the first year or two of her life her glasses weren't perscription lenses. they were glasses with plastic lenses, mainly to protect her bad and good eye from potential dangers.

as she got older she had to get a script though. she's blind in the bad eye now.

bourk997 · June 2010

I was an optician for four years (and LOVED it). Most of the time, there's a "lazy" eye(s) issue. But sometimes, they just have very low vision (which they can't tell until a few months old).

kle+spd · June 2010

heather121709:
Ironically enough their is a post down a bit about a bumpie who's baby just got glasses!

I was just going to post that too!

mistywhite400 · June 2010

I have to take Emerson to the eye doctor B/C her eye crosses when she looks at something up close. It can be a lazy eye or she could be farsighted...I'm not sure what they do but I go to the eye dr on wed & I am going to ask b/c they have a pediatric ophthalmologist there.

Nikibug · June 2010

bourk997:
I was an optician for four years (and LOVED it). Most of the time, there's a "lazy" eye(s) issue. But sometimes, they just have very low vision (which they can't tell until a few months old).

This. DH brothers kids both had "crosseye" They didn't get them glasses but they did have surgery pretty early on.

sharmurph18 · June 2010

heather121709:
Ironically enough their is a post down a bit about a bumpie who's baby just got glasses!

I looked at all of the posts created today and can't find it--anyone have a link?

Miller238 · June 2010

sharmurph18:
At the farmer's market yesterday I saw a baby about Max's age wearing eyeglasses--he was adorable but I was wondering why a baby that young would need glasses and how a dr/optician would determine the need? Anyone's LO wear glasses or know? I'm just nosy!

I am the bumpie whose baby just got glasses. She needs them because she can't see as well as she should. She is extremely far-sighted. Without glasses, she will eventually develop a lazy eye because she will be trying to focus on objects all of the time. Another reason is that it can affect her milestones if she can't see. They determined her eyesight by dilating her eyes and looking at how light refracted in them. Here was my post.

https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/38837396.aspx

ruffle&rust · June 2010

My oldest has worn glasses since she was 4mths... We noticed that she was never really looking at us. She seemed to be looking through us ( if that makes sense) - She had a slight "lazy eye" ( we had surgery to correct) and was extremely farsighted. She also has Nystagmus. It's a shaking of the eye. Although her's is a less severe case.

@ the time of surgery Brittyn was considered legally blind.... her eyesight has improved by leaps and bounds!

sharmurph18 · June 2010

Good to know! Thanks for the info ladies!!

KaylaRae0420 · June 2010

My little guy just saw an eye doctor last Thursday for his eyes. Ever since he was born we have noticed that his eyes turned inward. So we finally took him in and while we were there they dialated his eyes and the dr. then looked at his eyes with a light and various prisms. It was determined that his left eye turns in 80% and his right eye 20%. There are a few routes to take with this, one being surgery, and the other glasses. Well my little man fell right in the middle for the best treatment. So the doc wants us to try patching. So right now we are patching for 6 weeks, so everyday one of his eyes has to be patched for 6 hours to get the muscles stronger.

I am not a fan as my little man doesn't seem to enjoy it one bit. But if it works I will do it!

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