18 month old needs glasses.

[BeanJuiceq]

Hi, had my child at his opthalmology appointment today. they've said he needs to wear glasses, with a 3 month follow up.
They said his vision is perfect and one eye just needs strengthened as it's a bit weaker.
What's the likelihood of him not needing glasses in his next follow up, or will it likely be a long term thing? Has anyone else's little one had glasses this young?

My ds needed them at 2 for the same reason. He also had patches as well. He still wears glasses now at 11, but he’s got the option to switch to contacts when he’s older. I can’t imagine him without them now, they suit him. He was a pain in the toddler years and kept breaking and losing his glasses.

Did you get a prescription and can say what numbers were on it? My dd got glasses around that age and was long sighted. She still has glasses now at age 17.

The prescription just says 'sph 350', all 5h3 others are blank. Don't mind if the glasses are long term but just to be prepared really. They mentioned patching it if the glasses haven't helped in three months but also said he might not even need them in three months so I suppose could go either way. Just looking for others experience really

My son is 11 and has been in glasses since 7 months old. I recommend a FB group called For Little Eyes if you're on FB (i swear it used to be called baby four eyes!).
I'd say to be frank... that if they prescribed glasses, then it's a long term thing and they were probably just letting it sink in slowly.

@daily thank you I'll check the group out! Like I say it really doesn't bother me if he wears glasses although just hope it doesn't bother him as he gets older too. They did say his eyesight is fine though, just a weak eye

Take it as it comes - if it is short term it would be great. I would say as they get older then it seems more and more kids have glasses, so it's unlikely to bother him so much. When my son was a baby he was an outlier... very few babies we met wore glasses. By the time he started school more kids had joined the ranks.
The good thing is that if there any kind of weakness you will have caught it early on. Far better than having any issue undiagnosed, particularly when he's starting to look at letters and numbers etc etc. Good luck with it all - and i didn't mean my earlier message to be abrupt. Just multi-tasking.

Forgot to say, ophthalmologist also said his weak eye bounces? Although never noticed, my primary concern was a intermittent squint

@BeanJuiceq

The prescription just says 'sph 350', all 5h3 others are blank. Don't mind if the glasses are long term but just to be prepared really. They mentioned patching it if the glasses haven't helped in three months but also said he might not even need them in three months so I suppose could go either way. Just looking for others experience really

Is it 3.50? And is it a + or -. And is it right or left eye?

• is long sight

• is short sight

My dd was long sighted with a squint and that's why she got glasses

Sorry it says +3.50 for left and right

My brother had a similar prescription at 2 and a similar threat of patches. He never wanted to wear glasses and usually broke them on purpose so he didn’t have to and now he has a smaller prescription and doesn’t need to wear them all the time.

Weak eye 'bouncing' sounds like nystagmus. My son also had a mild one. I never could see it.

My dd was put on that prescription for being long sighted at around age 2. She reverts back to a squint if she doesn't wear glasses or contacts. I guess they're all different though.