Guest guest Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 curiosity question - how do they check baby's eyesight and how did they get a prescription? how did you know about the farsightedness Re: Keeping Helmet Off??? Hi Kara As you may remember Mark has glasses too, also very farsighted and we had to leave the band off till they adjusted it to the glasses. They will need to make grooves in the sideburns so the frames aren't digging into her face. Make sure they make the groove wide enough so you can adjust them as needed. Also the may need to shave some away off the top above her eyebrows for the frames. I think it would be fine till Friday when you can have them adjust it, I think that is how long we waited as well. Like you mentioned wearing the band for sleeping wouldn't involve the glasses. I don't know if I mentioned this before but it is a pain when feeding with the glasses and the band on. Mark still nurses when I am home and takes a bottle when I am at work and he usually falls asleep when he eats so we take the band off and remove his glasses and but the band back on before feedings. This way if he falls asleep he won't with his glasses on. I can send you a picture of Mark so you can see the grooves and how his band fits with his glasses. Good Luck!!! Trust me its all worth it when she puts her glasses on for the first time and you can tell she is actually seeing and not just compensating, I was in total denial he needed glasses until I saw his reaction!! Mark 5 1/2 months DOC band On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:03 AM, kara_baltuch <kara_baltuch@...> wrote: Hi, has been in her helmet for about 3 1/2 weeks now and is doing great. we can not get over the change in her head. Yesterday she got her glasses. She is very far sighted and needs them ASAP. Do you think it is ok to leave her helmet off while she adjusts to the glasses? We are going on Friday to get her helmet adjusted for the glasses. I figured I would leave her helmet on for naps and sleep which would be about 16 hours a day. This would only be for 2 days. Any guidance would be great!!Thanks,Kara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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