DS2 needs glasses badly

ToastieSimons · May 2013

I made an opthamologist appointment for DS1 because he has optic nerve hypoplasia and needed a yearly checkup before he starts school in 2 weeks.

I decided to make an appointment for DS2 because I noticed his right eye tends to turn inward more than the left and I've noticed he goes cross eyed occasionally. I know cross eyed is normal in babies and they usually grow out of it by a year old. I figured she would prescribe patching or some other way of strengthening DS2's eyes. I asked the pedi about it and he said that it was "pseudostrabismus". Basically he's so chubby that the fat pads on either side of his nose obstruct vision of the eyes. However, the light is refracting back in the center of the pupil.

Nope. He is EXTREMELY farsighted hence the cross eyes. His right eye is worse than the left which is why its turning in more. his left eye is +6.25 and his right eye is +6.5. We ordered him the Miraflex frames and he should have glasses in 7-10 days.

Now we just have to figure out how to get him to keep them on. Any advice from other glasses moms?

oandmplus1 · May 2013

My DD has the same diagnosis, she also uses moraflex frames. She has had them since she was 8 or 9 months old. She used to leave them on, but just recently started to pull them off a lot. We just try to be consistent and keep replacing them and saying something like, glasses stay on your head please.
She is 2 and also has dx of ASD and developmental delays so it has been a challenge.

laurding · May 2013

My DD has had glasses since she was 3 months. She actually keeps them on all the time, but she is legally blind and needs them to see. Hopefully your son will feel the same. Good luck!

Soapstone · May 2013

I don't have any experience with glasses, but some of the other hearing aid/CI parents put water wings on their kids to keep them from pulling them off. Obviously this was temporary, but it kept them om reaching their face without limiting use of their hands. I used a pilot cap with my kid which would also make it harder to get glasses off.

MaxandRuby · May 2013

DS2 started wearing glasses at 10mos. We introduced them somewhat slowly even though he is/was pretty farsighted. We started with mealtimes and snacks figuring he would be focused on eating and with self-feeding his hands would be occupied. From there we just upped it every few days to a week. It actually didn't take that long and he didn't mess with them too much (I expected a lot more messing then he did). We also have the cables on the back of the ear piece so the side piece basically goes around his ear instead of just sits on top of the ear like adult glasses do.

ETA: And I agree with the pp who stated that their child took their glasses off the most when in the crib, car seat, PNP. DS2 would take his off the most in his car seat so in the beginning I wouldn't have him wear them at that time and we worked up to that as he got more used to them. He still does that from time to time (take them off in the car) but I chalk it up to boredom and/or (more typical) the glasses need adjusted and he bumped them in a way that made them off kilter and with his fine motor issues he can't really get them back on.

greengirl0909 · May 2013

My son has a strabismus so we also wear glasses. We started with the miraflex, but they didn't work for correcting his condition, now we have a more traditional pair with the cable wrap arounds on his ears. The first few months he did great. Since he's turned a year old, he's constantly pulling them off. Like someone else says, we're just repeating that they need to stay on. I think the miraflex will help as they have the strap around the back. GL

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