2 year old dd has to wear glasses but HATES them - desperaterly need help!

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I noticed a few months ago that DDs eyes both wonder. We have been to the hospital and the outcome was a presecription for glasses as she is long sighted. Unfortunately she absolutely hates them and any time they get anywhere near her she screams and cries and hits out and gets so very genuinely distressed its awful! I know how important it is for her to wear them as she can't see much close up and I'm desperate but just don't know what to do!! PLEASE help!?!?!?! :s

oh poor you - how stressful.
i would try a bit or reverse psychology; do you have other glasses wearers in house, other playmates maybe older who have them? try to get her interested in them that way, maybe persuade an older child she looks up to to take an interest in her specs and try them on, saying WOW etc, and slowly get her interested. then maybe really go over the top if she puts them on.
is she too young for rewards? i guess so... but certainly praise etc. i would be tempted to leave it for a couple of days first so she semi forgets about it all.
if this doesnt work i am not really sure. it is something she will gradually get used to i think, espec if it helps her and she begins to notice the benefit??

How long has she had them? I've heard from other parents that it generally takes 1-2 weeks for them to get used to them. I think the being able to see better wins them over by then!

You could also find role models that wear glasses who are still cool. Off the top of my head I can only think of Daphne from Scooby doo, but I'm sure that there must be others.

bribery and corruption!! A sweet for trying them on. A present for keeping them on for 5 minutes. Once she has them on give her something distracting to do - read together, draw/paint a picture, etc. Take it a stage at a time and you should eventually get to the point where she keeps them on voluntarilly (sp?).

Let her choose which ones she wants - I am sure there must be Barbie ones out there.

www.globaleyeglasses.com/cat/Kids-eyeglasses.html
I am sure you could get them from the US and take them to have lenses fitted over here.

Point out other kids with glasses - smile and tell them that you really really like their glasses.

I can't think of any girly role models - there must be some. This may help - it's a mothers story about her little girl with glasses:
www.amblyopiakids.com/2009/12/chipmunks-chipettes-wearing-glasses-as.html

Oh - I have just seen on that site that you can get glasses or eye patches for your dolls! Maybe get a matching pair for her favourite dolly?

Thank you everyone, all of these ideas are fantastic!! It has only been one week but she won't even let them near her face - you would think I was torturing her! We are 'noticing' and getting excited about all the other children who wear them. We put them on teddy and dolly but getting a specific pair for dolly is a really fab idea!!! Chocolate and sweets and cakes do not make a difference...I know - a child who says no to sweet stuff - impossible I will also enlist the help of an older friend to love and admire her glasses. I am just so worried that we'll never get them on her nose and she needs them as she is so bloomin clumsy it's untrue all because she can't see. Thank you again for your suggestions; if anyone else has anymore then please let me know as I'll try them all!

A box of extra special toys that only come out when she has her glasses on? How strong is her prescription? They could take some getting used to especially if they are quite strong, she won't understand that her sight isn't great, just that they may make here eyes ache.

show her this, lots of happy los with their glasses on, and a forum with plenty of tips on.