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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
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Talk to me about 1st eye exam
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E had a doctors appt today and I had to schedule her 9 month shots and her eye exam. WTF happens at an eye exam for a 9 month old. My kid is pretty advanced, but I don't think she will be telling anyone what letters she sees. Bahaaha
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Re: Talk to me about 1st eye exam
Yeah, what?
The Nest/Bump sucks and won't let me change my location. I'm in Arkansas, not Florida.
Same...did your doctor say the eye exam was routine?
Yeah, she said it was routine.
I've never heard of it before...I'll be anxiously awaiting responses.
We see a pediatric opthamalogist for Carson, and they can actually tell a lot about how the baby sees. It is kind of crazy. They usually have them watch some toys to check ability to track, then dilate the eyes and look in there. When Carson was 2 months old, they could tell us he was nearsighted (and to what degree) and had astigmatism, and that those things had resolved to "normal" at 8 months.
Liam had an "eye exam" at 9 months old. It wasn't a traditional eye exam and our pedi said it was fairly new. It's basically an early screening for signs of lazy eye/other eye problems. They hooked these electrodes to Liam's head and tracked his eye movement as he looked at different static patterns on a screen. They said some kids do fine and sit still for it and others don't and if they don't get good results then they will repeat it when the child is older. Liam did great and passed with flying colors.
I don't know if this is what your pedi was talking about but it might be. Ours was done in the pedi's office, too, not with an optometrist.
My DS has seen one twice, once at 4 mo and recently at 9 mo. They have this thing like a radar that takes a picture of the eyes and can see if one is more dilated than the other. I brought him because he has torticollis, which can be caused from poor vision. We ruled out the eyesight as a cause but did find a slight astigmatism that we are monitoring to see if it goes away. If it doesn't then we will use glasses starting when he is 1.5 yrs, and it should fix the problem in a couple years.
My son had one at 4 months (and we go back in a couple weeks for another one).
They used patterned boards, and stood at different distances, to see how his eyes followed, and focused. They had to put eye drops in, and looked in his eyes with different coloured lights to see if they were properly developed.
Not sure how different the next appt will be.
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I am an optometrist in a paediatric clinic and we routinely see babies. We recommend their first eye exam be at age 6 months.
It is certainly not a typical eye exam but we can tell quite a bit even a such a young age. In our clinic we check visual acuity using Teller cards which are cards that have a black/white grating on one side and is uniform grey on the other. The babe will look at the grating since it is more interesting but once they can no longer see the stripes they don't specifically look anywhere.
We also look at the alignment of the eyes using a light and make sure they can track properly. We check their prescription using a retinoscope and having them look at us in the dark (usually while singing my repertoire of lullabies). And finally check inside the eye. Sometimes I dilate the pupils, sometimes not. Babies handle dilation really well though so no worries.
Hope that helps!
Thanks!