Eye Glasses

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

Last May in a Kindergarten screening test, there was some concern about

Sara's eyesight, so we had her eyes checked and indeed she also needed

glasses.

We picked them up about three weeks ago. They are so strong, I cannot

believe she is not running into things without them, but she, too, refuses to

wear them, so I called the eye doctor's office and asked if they were maybe

too strong of a prescription and ideas they might have to get her to wear

them. They told me to put her in front of her favorite video and start with

just a few minutes and keep adding each day. The nurse said rewards worked

for her daughter. If she wore them for so long, she would get a special

treat. I haven't really tried either of these, yet, we have had such a crazy

unscheduled summer. Have you asked your opthalmalogist (sp) about surgery

and other ideas to help succeed with her glasses?

If you come up with other ideas, let me know...I have a feeling I'll need

them.

Marcia

Mom to Sara (DS) and 5 and Lucas 9

[Guest guest]

Pam, is the doctor sure the glasses are the right prescription? My

daughter, was 3 years old when she got her first pair of glasses.

She absoluety refused to wear them. We tried for about a year, and she

would not. We moved out of state so we had to see a new eye doctor. She

checked the glass and she said that they were way off. She had a new pair

made for . We thought it was waste of money, but surprise she loved

them. She realized she could see much better. When we walked out of the

office the first thing she said was " birdie in tree " . Anyway, she is now 6

years old and absolutely loves her glasses. When she wakes up that's the

first thing she looks for.

My son Isaiah also has to wear glasses. We never had a problem with him.

Maybe it's cause his big sister wears them too. Maybe you could get your

other kids to help by wearing sunglasses, just until gets used to

hers.

Sincerely,

mom to and Isaiah both have DS

Eye glasses

> Hello and how is everyone doing?

> I have a question to ask and I hope someone can help.

> My has very poor eyesight and is suppose to

> wear glasses. I have tried off and on to get her to

> wear them going on 3 years now. She refuses to even

> let them be close to her! If we hold her long enough

> to put them on her face she takes them off as soon as

> she is free. I have tried just sitting quietly with

> her and putting mine on and slowly getting her to put

> hers on. I have bought a chep pair of kids sunglasses

> and letting her play with them and we take turns

> putting them on. Nothing works. Does anyone out there

> have any advice for me? Is there surgery to correct

> her eye sight. She is so slow on everything cause she

> can't see. I know if she would just wear her glasses

> she would even walk! She will walk fine if I hold her

> hand.

> Thanks to everyone.

>

> Kay, you have 3 little precious children. And I like

> the banana. My Hannah is Hannah banana.

> Everyone calls her that.

>

> Also welcome to all new members.

>

>

> =====

> Pam mom to Hannah and ID twins DS age 5,Josh age 19 and Dusty age

13

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Rudy wore an elastic strap on his until he was about 5. I also found that

with his first prescription, he hated wearing them. When we got his second

pair, he never took them off. My personal opinion, since he cant tell me, is

that the second prescription was far more accurate and therefore it didnt

bother him. This was after putting him thru an awful lot to get an accurate

one.

mom to Rudy (ds) & 14 & TJ 17

[Guest guest]

what a cool idea! my danny does not wear glasses, but he is a major league

imitator (started young...he's 7 now!) good luck!

jean

brendan and danny's (ds) mom age 7

have enjoyed all the recent pics!

[Guest guest]

Both of my kids are supposed to wear glasses and both have the issue with eyes

turning in. Mac is 14 and has had glasses since he was about 4. I'm sure we

struggled a bit in the beginning with getting him to wear them, but for as long

as I can remember now he's worn them ALL time...morning to night...and we

haven't misplaced a pair of his glasses in years. He takes good care of them.

With his glasses on it corrects the turning in of the eye but if he goes without

them for even a short time it starts to turn in.

Kit is almost 11 and has had glasses since she was about 3 and it is STILL a

major pain to get her to keep them on for more than an hour or so. Her glasses

are constantly misplaced/lost--she's been without her current pair (4th pair in

a year) for about 10 days now. What is interesting about this is that her

vision is supposedly pretty bad. She must compensate well for it as we usually

don't notice her struggling with vision problems. We just went to eye dr. This

week and now she wants us to come back in 2 months and do some type of " imaging "

of her eye to look more closely at her astigmatism...something about a certain

type of astigmatism that may not respond well to just glasses. We will see what

happens with that.

Good luck!

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------

From: " mhskarbek " <melissaskarbek@...>

Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:23:53 -0000

> has just turned 4 and is having an issue with one eye turning quite a

bit. The Doctor said that the solution is glasses. His vision is actually

pretty good +1.5

>

>I can't imagine him keeping glasses--he has just recently started to tolerate

wearing a hat : )

>

>How old was your child when he/she started wearing glasses? Did you feel he/she

needed glasses earlier, but didn't attempt?

>

>Also, anyone else have the turning eye issue and how was it resolved?

>

>Thank you!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks . I'm glad to have some comparisions between the specs4us and the

Miraflex. Too bad they can't combined the best of both worlds and create a

super flexible frame that will fit a person with DS better. . .

Eye Glasses

has just turned 4 and is having an issue with one eye turning quite a

bit. The Doctor said that the solution is glasses. His vision is actually pretty

good +1.5

I can't imagine him keeping glasses--he has just recently started to tolerate

wearing a hat : )

How old was your child when he/she started wearing glasses? Did you feel

he/she needed glasses earlier, but didn't attempt?

Also, anyone else have the turning eye issue and how was it resolved?

Thank you!

[Guest guest]

I agree, when Kennan puts his Miraflex glasses on upside-down, they sit more

where they should, if only it was that easy to fix!

(Canada)

________________________________

From: H Skarbek <melissaskarbek@...>

Hammond <l.l_hammond@...>;

Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 9:41:32 AM

Subject: Re: Eye Glasses

 

Thanks . I'm glad to have some comparisions between the specs4us and the

Miraflex. Too bad they can't combined the best of both worlds and create a

super flexible frame that will fit a person with DS better. . .

Eye Glasses

has just turned 4 and is having an issue with one eye turning quite a

bit. The Doctor said that the solution is glasses. His vision is actually pretty

good +1.5

I can't imagine him keeping glasses--he has just recently started to tolerate

wearing a hat : )

How old was your child when he/she started wearing glasses? Did you feel he/she

needed glasses earlier, but didn't attempt?

Also, anyone else have the turning eye issue and how was it resolved?

Thank you!

[Guest guest]

>

>

>We are currently going through selecting glasses for the first with Luke who is

6 and far sighted with strabismus.

>I wasn't crazy about the look of the miraflex and the specs4us are too

breakable.

>

>

>We had a hard time getting him to try any on and most ended up flung across the

room!  We ended up ordering the flexible titanium frames from Wal-mart.

>It can vary from store to store but they have a one yr warranty that covers

breakage...even if Luke does it.  And they can bend in half without breaking.

>

>

>I have to go pick them up tomorrow---I can't imagine he'll wear them but we've

been talking them up and praising him if he wears sunglasses for even 2 seconds.

 

>

>

>Dayna

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think that Alden was almost 3 when we first bought glasses.  

He, too, never liked wearing hats or sunglasses.  We let him pick out the color

that he wanted in a pair of Miraflex.  We began with short periods and places

that he " had " to wear glasses.  In the beginning, he would comply for short

periods to watch a video or do fine motor work.  The Doctor told us that if he

wanted them off, to allow it, and that he would gradually begin to want to wear

them because he would be able to see better. That is exactly what happened.  He

is 10 now and puts his glasses in one or two places that are expected but puts

them on himself when he gets up.  Once in a while we do remind him in the AM

but once he is reminded he will get them and put them on.  He wears glasses all

of the time now.

Finding one or two short periods when glasses are mandatory is a good method.

 Of course, I am not speaking about really small children but once they are

sitting up and engaged in stuff I would pick something that they love to do and

tell them that to do this activity, they need the glasses but after that let

them go without.  Even if it is a very short amount of time!  Eventually they

do " see " the difference.

Alden still hates to have a strap on his glasses.  While the Miraflex were a

good choice when we began (they doubled as Sports glasses when he played Start

Smart Basketball), we have become very fond of the Specs4Us.  I do keep extra

glasses around.  Old frames get new lenses as long as possible.  Last years

frames and lenses are saved for emergencies.  But we just don't have a problem

with glasses much anymore.

Oh, there was the time last year when he was playing in an outdoor kiddy pool at

his Aunt's house.  No one could find his glasses and we didn't know where they

were.  He said that they were by the pool but we couldn't find them.  Thank

goodness I had that " extra pair " in the glove compartment... just in case.  His

Aunt found them later when she was mowing... Lord knows how she didn't mow over

them. They were where he said he put them... in the yard.  The color of these

were a gun metal green and for the life of us we could not see them. The day she

mowed the sun just happened to shine on them just so...  LOL.  She mailed them

to us.

Due to Alden playing sports, we usually purchase a pair of Sports glasses and so

far, about every 2 years, we purchase new frames from Specs4Us.  Alden has had

regular frames from Walmart, the little round ones... but he really didn't like

the way they fit, no matter how often we had them adjusted.  They hurt his

nose, they don't fit quite right.  He has made it very clear, as he has grown

older, that his preference are good fitting Sports glasses and the Specs4Us.  

He still hates to wear a band but knows that he cannot go onto a field unless he

has a strap.  I just ordered his Sports glasses, a Liberty Sport frame.  I

think it is RecSpecs for high velocity impact resistance.  He chose red. I

liked these because of the safety factor (he is older now and plays harder) plus

the band is easily removed if he just wants to wear them on a hike or something.

 This gives us a second pair to wear, not just a pair that he will wear for

sports.  I need to have him pick out his new frames soon from Specs4Us because

he has grown enough now to need a slightly bigger frame.  But this time around,

his prescription changed so little that I will keep his old glasses for

emergencies and won't have to purchase a number of new frames.  Next year, I

will buy another frame (he grows so slowly and is kind to his frames so now I

can get away with this!) and have new lenses put into his old frames... then we

will have 3 current

prescriptions and I then donate his oldest frames.  This way, I am not every

year spending a fortune! It works for us.  

I realize that this is wordy and much more info than necessary but hey, I

finally had a moment to write.    Kiersten

>________________________________

> From: H Skarbek <melissaskarbek@...>

> Hammond <l.l_hammond@...>;

>Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:41 PM

>Subject: Re: Eye Glasses

>

>

> 

>Thanks . I'm glad to have some comparisions between the specs4us and the

Miraflex. Too bad they can't combined the best of both worlds and create a

super flexible frame that will fit a person with DS better. . .

> Eye Glasses

>

> has just turned 4 and is having an issue with one eye turning quite a

bit. The Doctor said that the solution is glasses. His vision is actually pretty

good +1.5

>

>I can't imagine him keeping glasses--he has just recently started to tolerate

wearing a hat : )

>

>How old was your child when he/she started wearing glasses? Did you feel he/she

needed glasses earlier, but didn't attempt?

>

>Also, anyone else have the turning eye issue and how was it resolved?

>

>Thank you!

>

>

>