choosing glasses for a two-year-old?

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Hello, I posted this in parenting, but think maybe the glasses threads are in this section.
DS just two, needs first pair of specs for long-sightedness. Fisher Price were recommended. Any one have any experience of F Price glasses for this age group? Much to choose from? Which ones are best?
Thanks for any tips

I would go to an independant optician and thy should be able to send off for a number of different pairs from different manufacturers for you to try and compare.

My DD has had glasses for 6 months, she is nearly 2. We went to Vision Express as it was closest to us (big consideration as if your DS goes through glasses at the rate our DD does you will be regular visitors!). As DD was so small when she first got them they only had one pair that fitted her, they were really nice with 'curly tips' on the legs to fit round her ears and help them stay on. Was surprised to find they were NHS so didn't have to pay anything, or anything for the next 3 pairs to replace the ones she broke!

We have finally had a month where she has kept them on well so optician replacing the scratched lenses and she is picking up two new pairs tomorrow (all done on NHS). Two different styles this time that she picked herself, a pink pair and brown pair, as she was a bit bigger the choice was much greater, the optician laid out about 15 pairs and she chose which ones she wanted.

Thanks so much, that's really helpful - and you've got a very inspirational DD, PuffofSmoke! So sweet that she could choose hers.
Is there anything I can do to avoid scratched lenses? Probably it's just par for the course..

She has had the same lenses for the full 6 months and they were scratched to bits. Think it is very difficult to avoid and the opticians seem well used to it. Just been to pick up her new pairs, complete with new lenses, and she said "WOW" when she put them on, should have perhaps been replaced before now .

Lenses can have a scratch resistant coating applied (usually at a small cost).

As mentioned curl sides are great with little ones, also built up soft silicone bridges help as of course the bridge of a 2 year old isn't anything like an adult.

yep, as said, curl sides and a silicine nose bridge are the way ahead.

we always got the scratch protection on lenses, and try as far as possible to get the ones with bendy out arms - the ones that open out as well as close?

either way, go to a few opticians and try lots of pairs.

never heard of fp glasses, tbh. dd2 has has barbie, garfield, spongebob, various mr men and little miss naughty, and loads of plain but coloured pairs. at 8 she now has uber stylish purple flowery ones and has lost the silicone nose bridge and curl sides... yay! she's worn them since teeny tiny and just doesn't look right without!

def ask for a voucher for a second pair. we pretty much always had one pair in the optician and one pair clinging on for them to come back. our lovely optician ahd a box full of bits of dd2's glasses to keep patching the 'current' pair up with until they were beyond repair.

My advice is ttry not to pay anything for te glasses, specsavers are good quality and free ,alos free for repairs or replacemtns( I dont work for them honest!)

also recommend the curly sides.