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

wh just took our 3yr old son in for checkup because he insisted on sitting in the tv{lol} and he has now been prescribed glasses his eyes are not as bad as tobias but i wish i had known beforehand ,it is his first day with glasses and he is doing pretty well and stands way back from tv now too.but his baby brother likes his glasses too and keeps pulling them off little monkey.so we are getting our daughter checked on wednesday better to be safe than sorry

Oh my goodness! They do say that there is a strong genetic component, and I believe siblings have a 1 in 4 chance of needing glasses at an early age(I'd have to check the sources to be sure).

yes this is very true.so i took my nearly 5yrold girl in she passed but has to go back in 18mnths because she has quite long distance vision in one eye but he said both of her eyes are working together so she is fine for now
but looks like in the future she too will need glasses sigh

My 4 and 2 year olds (the site's faces) both needed glasses at 3 and 6 months respectively (though both were diagnosed at 3 months).

My oldest was 2 months premature, and we attributed his vision problems to the prematurity. We had our youngest checked as a precaution, and - with his diagnosis - realized it was genetics. Both his Mom and I wear/wore glasses (though I was 20/15 until I was 23 and have since been PRK'd by Uncle Sam, and am 20/15 again!), so there was a good chance.

They've both done extremely well with there glasses, and will ask for them if they're not wearing them. They are both in the same frames from when they first got them, though their script's been updated every year, and lenses swapped out for new as needed (scratches).

I know it doesnt really help parents with children who wear glasses, but i wore glasses since i was 1.5 years old. Last year i had laser eye surgry and my life has been tranformed. Its amazing what can be done see http://www.youreyeguide.co.uk

Post edited by: ebobeye, at: 2009/04/24 09:39

Post edited by: ebobeye, at: 2009/04/24 09:40

we took our 5 yr old in she too now has glasses , u wana see some of the looks we get down the street 3 children under 6 and im preggy due in 7weeks and those 3 children have glasses, it certainly is a talking point, but it is amazing how thats all people seem to notice oh you have 3 with glasses is our most frequent comment so i say this bubby already has hers on lol.some times i feel like saying really oh i hadnt noticed but i guess they aew not really meaning to be rude heehee