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2007-09-01 23:21:43
My 9 month old daughter just got her 
glasses today. They are soft Mira-flex glasses with a crochet strap holding them on. She is doing pretty well considering her age and desire to put everything in her mouth! My question is about nursing. Should I try to leave her glasses on her while nursing? It looks as if they get pushed to the side a bit and its probably uncomfortable. Any advice?
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Written By: Author User Bot
2007-08-17 08:29:24
My son received his glasses two days ago. For the first day he took them off a couple of times, but mainly they stayed on for a good six hours. Yesterday, he kept the glasses on all morning, but after his nap he kept taking off the glasses. I finally gave up putting them back on at 6 pm and let him go glasses-less until his bedtime at 8 pm. Today he won't keep the glasses on for more than 5 minutes. I don't know what to do to keep the glasses on him. Does anyone have any suggestions. His vision is pretty bad, he is a -8, so he should want to keep the glasses on.
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Written By: John Fuda
2005-11-07 09:40:46
When our son, JC, first started wearing glasses at three months, aside from people constantly asking or assuming that they were a gag, people often asked how we kept them on. For the first nine months, we replied that it was not an issue, because he did not seem to mind the glasses. Around the time of his first birthday, however, things started to change. He started to remove his glasses quite frequently.
At first it was only once or twice a day, but it soon elevated to several times an hour. JC was still too young to understand what no meant, so telling him no did not accomplish anything immediately (perhaps it will eventually pay off). JC's removal of his glasses created two problems. The first problem is the obvious impairment of his vision without his glasses, the second problem is the chance of his glasses being lost and/or damaged once he removes them.
This came to a head one day when my wife, picking JC up from daycare, noticed his glasses were missing. Upon asking the on duty staff member where his glasses were, the staff member responded that she did not know and could not remember when he last had them on. Now, the daycare staff had been told time and again how important it was for JC to have his glasses on at every waking moment, but that's another story. Fortunately, after searching the daycare facility and performing an overhead page, JC's glasses were found. However, this prompted us to figure out a way to keep this from happening again.
Our solution was rather simple. We now use a pacifier clip/harness to keep JC's glasses always with him. The harness does not prevent him from removing his glasses, but it always keeps the glasses attached to him. We attach the Velcro loop to the back strap of his glasses, and the harness clip to the portion of his shirt where the sleeve and shoulder meet. This configuration appears comfortable because he doesn't try to undo it, and it allows for the belts of his car seat, stroller, and highchair to be fastened without him sitting against the clip.
Now, that JC is older and his glasses don't appear to be a silly costume, we are often stopped by parents of other infants who wear glasses and asked how we keep JC's glasses on. Often, the infants accompanying these parents are not wearing their glasses due to the parents’ frustration with trying to keep the glasses on and keep track of them. We offer our advice of persistence and the use of the pacifier clip/harness and they all agree it's a great idea.
We hope this advice helps you to keep you kids and their glasses together!
I'll post some pictures of exactly how we secure the glasses soon.
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Written By: John Fuda
2005-10-06 02:00:00
Welcome to BabiesWithGlasses.org. This site is for parents, grandparents, other family members and friends of babies and young children with glasses, or needing glasses, to share experiences and tips. It is also a gateway to other resources that may be useful to this group. The site went live on October 6, 2005.
We hope this site becomes a useful resource for you and your family.
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Written By: John Fuda
2007-06-04 03:41:16
InfantSEE, a no-cost public health program developed to provide professional eye care for infants nationwide. Through InfantSEE, optometrists will provide a one-time, comprehensive eye assessment to infants in their first year of life, offering early detection of potential eye and vision problems at no cost regardless of income.The InfantSEE program:
- Provides no-cost access to an eye-care doctor who has the instruments and resources not available to general-care doctors like pediatricians and family physicians
- Detects potential problems that, if undetected, may lead to learning and developmental issues later
- Gives new parents the peace of mind that their infant’s vision is developing properly
Prevalence of Vision Problems and Eye Diseases That Will Develop in Children
- 1 in 10 children is at risk from undiagnosed vision problems[i]
- 1 in 30 children will be affected by Amblyopia – often referred to as Lazy eye – a leading cause of vision loss in people younger than 45 years[ii]
- 1 in 25 will develop strabismus – more commonly known as crossed-eyes – a risk factor for amblyopia[iii]
- 1 in 33 will show significant refractive error such as near-sightedness, far-sightedness and astigmatism[iv]
- 1 in 100 will exhibit evidence of eye disease – e.g. glaucoma[v]
- 1 in 20,000 children have retinoblastoma (intraocular cancer) the seventh most common pediatric cancer[vi]
Clinical Data Demonstrating the Need for InfantSEE
- A study reported by the American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) in 1999 compared two groups of 8-year-olds for amblyopia[vii]
- One group of 808 children had been screened between the ages of 12 and 30 months and provided appropriate treatment[viii]
- The other 782 children from the same community did not receive the infant screening[ix]
- At age 8, the group that did not receive the infant screening was 17 times more likely to have amblyopia[x]
- The Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC) reported that intensive screening performed 6 times between ages 8 months and 37 months by an eye care professional led to a decrease in[xi]:
- Amblyopia, which was three times less likely after treatment – from 1.8 percent to 0.6 percent [xii]
- Residual amblyopia from 25 percent to 7.5 percent after treatment[xiii]
- Current red reflex screening appears to be ineffective in detecting early retinoblastoma as over 80 percent of patients had their presenting sign detected by a family member or friend[xiv]
- Untreated amblyopia costs the U.S. nearly $7.4 billion in earning power each year. There is a return of $22 for each dollar spent on amblyopia diagnosis and treatment [xv]
To learn more about InfantSEE call toll-free (888) 396-EYES (3937) or visit http://www.infantsee.org.
[i] American Optometric Association. Pediatric eye and vision examination. 2nd ed. St. Louis (MO): American Optometric Association; 2002.
[ii] Ibid
[iii] Ibid
[iv] Ibid
[v] Ibid
[vi] Abrahamson DH, Beaverson K, Sangani P, Vora RA, Lee TC, Hochberg, HM, Kirszrot J, Ranjithan M. Screening for Retinoblastoma: Presenting Signs as Prognosticators of Patient and Ocular Survival. Pediatrics. December 2003; Vol. 112 No. 6: pp 1248-1255
[vii] Eibschitz-Tsimboni et al. Early Screening for Amblyogenic Risk Factors Lowers the Prevalence and Severity of Amblyopia. Journal of AAPOS. August 2000; Vol 4 number 4: 194-199
[viii] Ibid
[ix] Ibid
[x] Ibid
[xi] Williams C, Harrad RA, Sparrow JM,. Screening for amblyopia in preschool children; results of a population based, randomized controlled trial. ALSPAC Study Team. Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood. Ophthlmic Epidemiol. 2001;8: 279-295
[xii] Ibid
[xiii] U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger Than Age 5 Years; Recommendation Statement. Ann Fam Med 2004;2:263-266
[xiv] Abrahamson DH, Beaverson K, Sangani P, Vora RA, Lee TC, Hochberg, HM, Kirszrot J, Ranjithan M. Screening for Retinoblastoma: Presenting Signs as Prognosticators of Patient and Ocular Survival. Pediatrics. December 2003; Vol. 112 No. 6: pp 1248-1255
[xv] Membreno JH, Brown MM, Brown GC, Sharma S, Beauchamp GR. A Cost Analysis of Therapy for Amblyopia. Ophthalmology. December 2002; Volume 109, Number 12: pp2265-2271
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