New glasses for DD - are there any optomitrists or glasses savvy parents about?

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DD is almost 7. Apparently shes "significantly" long sighted (3.25? Means nothing to me..) and needs glasses which we've ordered,. Opto has said that she should wear them all the time though, at least initially. This has confused me, as I though long sighted means she can see distance (eg the board in the classroom) but not close up (eg books). So wouldn't the glasses cause her distance vision to be fuzzy?

There was no mention of any other problems apart from the lig sightedness. I had DS and DD2 with me at the time of the appointment so wasn't thinking clearly about asking for information - just tryting to stop DD2 from trashing the shop!

I'll discuss it further when we collect the glasses next week, but can anyone enlighten me in the mentime?

TIA :)

I'm shortsighted not long sighted, but my eyesight deteriorated quite significantly through my teens (from normal to -8 in one eye, and -2 in the other) and whenever I had a new prescription my sight went really peculiar for a few days until my brain got used to it (that's probably not scientifically true, but it's how it felt). I wonder if that's what your dd is experiencing as that's quite a significant correction.

My ds is long sighted and has been wearing glasses for about six years now and his prescription has improved quite a bit. My only regret is that it wasn't picked up earlier as it could be a lot better. I think that glasses you wear all the time are much easier to manage because they are much less likely to be lost or broken.

Hi my 12 year old son had his eye screening test this week and we were told it appears he is both hort and long sighted!

Has anyone heard about this

Meant to type short and long