Last March DD had an eye test which was all fine, yesterday she was prescribed glasses for everything except outdoor play! Is this normal or quite a quick deterioration?

[Aimsmum]

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I didn't need glasses until I was eleven but I did go from fine one year to being told that I needed to wear glasses for distances (board at school) and it wasn't long after than I started wearing them full time.

I was told that eyes continue to change right up until the 20s at my last appointment. Of course, the optician could have been trying to make me feel better for having rubbish eyes that won't stop getting worse

My eyesight crashed from fine to needing glasses all the time within around two months. I would have been just 17 as I'd been for a test but when I had my first driving lesson I couldn't do that number plate thing.

I was around 11 when my eyesight got a lot worse, having worn specs since 7. It's since stabilised and even got a little better with old age (now 43). I think as long as you attend annual eye tests for dc, or however often they suggest you can't go far wrong. The tests seem to be pretty comprehensive these days, and they would have alerted you to any diseases or other serious things so looks like you've nothing to worry about.

My dd aged 10 went from ok Nov to needing glasses March, for classroom work. Sounds similar to your case.

My eyesight went rapidly downhill at that age. I went from not needing glasses at all to wearing them for reading and then all the time within one academic year.

They then declined a little each year until stabilising when I was about 25.

Often it's not the level of long-sightedness that's the problem, it's how well the child is coping with it. I could examine two children, find the same prescription in both but only prescribe glasses for one if that child was complaining of headaches and eyestrain and the other wasn't.
The best thing to do, is phone up and ask to speak to the optometrist who checked your dd, Aimsmum.

DD's optician told me that eyes change when the child grows. DD's eyesight can change a lot when she has a growth spurt. She's also 8 and has had a big jump in prescrioption.

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Usually, if they find the glasses help with vision and eyestrain, they will wear them even if they don't seem keen to start with. Does she like her frame?

My dd had resorted to reading with a magnifying glass!!! Eye exercises and glasses helped.

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It's usually the boys who are in every other week with broken frames, hopefully your dd won't be the exception for the girls!

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