as a result of his pre-school vision check, ds1 has been found to have astymatism and needs glasses. I wondered if anyone else has had this with a pre-schooler, and any advice about what kind of specs to get that will withstand use from a very lively and active child? And what to do if he isn't keen to wear them?
The optician advised he should wear the glasses for around 3 hours a day - does anyone know why he doesn't need to wear them all the time? Is the purpose to help improve his sight or just to correct it? He also suggested it might improve with time - but I'm not sure how likely this is.
Anyway would love to hear from anyone else in the same boat. feeling a little anxious that ds1 is going to start pre-school nursery as the 'ginger kid with specs' but also a bit embarrassed that I feel anxious, since its obviously much better that the problem has been picked up now (three cheers for the NHS)
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my 3.5 year old needs glasses
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elliott · 14/07/2005 09:19
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