Babies With Glasses - The site for families of babies, infants and kids with glasses

Greetings!

I'm so happy to have found this site. My daughter is 8 months old with strabismus and is +6 in both eyes. Currently we are patching for 2 hours each day, alternating eyes. I expect she'll be prescribed glasses when we meet with the opthamologist next month.

My Sophia shows no signs of mobility yet. Everyone tells me to enjoy this time while it lasts but I do get sad when I see younger babies rolling, cruising, sitting, grabbing at toys, and generally exploring the world around them. I feel like Sophia is missing out on so much because her world is blurry.

When babies do get their glasses, is it like a fog has lifted and they start becoming more active? How long did it take for your baby to "learn" to see?

I would greatly appreciate any insights and advice. Thank you.

Hi XeeBoo!
I am so sorry Sophia is having trouble with her eyes. My son, Zac is 14 months and just got his new glasses for far sightedness. We have definitely seen a change in him! He was not walking before. He would stand up and hold on to things but not try to take steps on his own. Since the glasses (it has been less than a week!) He has taken steps independently so I really think you will see some improvement once Sophia gets her glasses and can see. She will have a whole new world opened up to her. My son has been mush more active as well. He is rolling around on the floor now with his big sister...he never used to do that. It is obvious he feels so much better and has more freedom now.

Good luck with everything. Please post and let us know how Sophia is doing!

Thank you TexasRose for your kind words of encouragement.

Sophia's opthamologist appointment didn't go as I'd hoped. We're going to patch for 2 more months and check her prescription again. Then we'll make a decision about glasses or surgery. I explained my concern about Sophia's delayed mobility and he said he's seen lots of babies with worse prescriptions than hers develop at the same rate as other kids. He doubts her delays are related to her vision and doesn't think glasses will help at this time. Apparently infant eyes can compensate for poor vision way better than adult eyes so its likely Sophia is getting along just fine without glasses. I guess that means Sophia's just lazy. I think she gets it from her dad ha ha ha.

Hiya
Hope i can help buddys 18mths hes still not walking and he still doesnt feed himself very well at all,so end up feeding him , he was a very good baby when he was small very quite not really into playing much,he doesnt wear his glasses as yet mainly because its so hard to get him to keep them on.
Dont worry to much about your little one shes happy and knows nothing else to her everything is normal, i know its hard being a mum and you feel theres nothing you can do but you are doing so much already loving her and looking after her,theres nothing you have done wronge in any shape or form, keep in touch and let me know how what happens xx

Im just being sent a new product to try on buddy its called a headhuggers it helps keep the glasses on , its a strap that goes around the head, i will let you know when i get it and if it works, some babys are happy to wear glasses mine isnt!!,

...me again..buddy didnt sit up untill really late, he only sits unaided in the bath now at 18mths, while all the other babys at playgroup are sitting on chairs running around having snacks at the table and milk in cups,buddy is sitting on a chair with me holding him,drinking out and baby cup, and crawling around and being a little angel!!evey mum coments how lovly he is and how lucky i am, hes happy always smiling and saying hello,i did find when he was tiny he loved books sounds strange, oh and he really loves rubber ducks that was from a very early age, i still have box of rubber ducks in my frontroom now,if i think of anything else i will let you know...try getting a little rubber duck not plastic i bet it works,and he loved little toys that move in the wind, windmills,and bubbles, the bigger the better,