One year old with glasses?

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I am pretty upset as I have been to a sight test with my baby (health visitor suggested that she might have a lazy eye although nobody else ever noticed that) and we have now been told that she needs to wear glasses as she is ....(can't remember the word now, think my brain stopped working, opposite of short sighted ) as there is a possibility that she might develop a lazy eye in the future. I know that I should stop being silly and be grateful that she is a healthy and very cute and happy baby but I can't help thinking that it will be so hard to put glasses on a baby at such a young age and the worst thing is that I feel a bit embarassed for thinking that she might not look as cute anymore and I absolutely hate myself for thinking that, as I would probably tell other people in a similar situation not to be so stupid.....(sorry for long message, just had to tell somebody)

she is long sighted.

dd3 is long sighted, it was picked up when she was under a year old, and she started wearing glasses 7months ago. she is still just as cute with her glasses on here Iu have really noticed an improvement in her since she has started wearinf them, if she doesnt have them on she creases her eyes up and looks very tired al lthe time.

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i think so too G but i am very biased.

My dd1 has wore glasses since she was 4 months old. She is longsighted and has a lazy eye as well as some other things wrong. To begin with it was hard to get the glasses to stay on, it was a case of on, off, on, off, on, off, on ,off for months, eventally she realised that she could see better and now she is 6 and never goes anywhere without them, she knows she can;t see without them and you can get some very cute glasses for babies.

My friend's ds has worn glasses since he was just over 1. They look incredibly sweet on him.

(They have sort of long hooks round the ears so he can'tpull them off, btw)

my ds also started wearing glasses under 1 yr, about 7/8 months. Never had a problem with him wearing them. He's also long sighted.

Did get lots of (negaive) comments from ignorant passers by, and as an upset 1st timer was too shy/crap/scared to reply. Wish it was now tho, I'm still at some of the stuff people came out with.

She will look cute, her eyes will be greatly helped but don your hard hat and iron tongue.

I think people think they look very cute!! Although I fully understand what you mean

My DD wore them from about 14 months after having Meningitis at the age of 8 months, as she developed a squint

I remember feeling gutted that she had to wear glasses on top of everything else

You DD will look very cute and after a few weeks you will think she llooks funny without them on!!!!

ernest, can't belive people said negative things, how very rude

We never encountered that

I think people sometimes looked but that was just to say "arrrrrhhh"!!!!!

I wore glasses from a pretty young age, can't remember exactly when, but I think I was under 2. In my opinion, based on photos, I was at my cutest when wearing glasses! Anyway, it worked, my astigmatism was coreected after a view years and although I got glasses for reading at age 17 I've hardly worn them (not sure where they are). SO it's definitely worth it

My dd wore glasses from the age of 10 months, but is 11 now. She used to get stares mainly from elderly women! So I developed a bit of a stare myself - it soon put them off.

She has a squint and a lazy eye. You will soon get used to her having specs and so will she. It is a nuisance and it has cost me quite a lot of money over the years, because as they get older they don't want the free specs from specsavers and she demanded frameless ones for secondary school (£175!!!). You can have the lenses thinned down so that she doesn't look quite so boggle eyed and my dd always has that as her prescription is quite strong.

I was quite upset at first, but so long as you don't make a big issue out of it she won't worry about it at all. By the age of about 9 lots of children start to wear glasses as lots of them are short sighted by then. It is surprising how many children are jealous too and want to have their own pair of spectacles!

Good luck and don't be too upset - misdee's little one looks so much like mine was a few years ago (what a beautiful little girl) - brought a lump to my throat! It makes them look so mischievious and very cute I think too. She will always stand out from the other children too - they all look the same but yours will be special.

Ernest I too am shocked that you've had negative comments from people as my experience is completely opposite to that. My ds has just turned 2 and has been wearing glasses for over a year due to long-sightedness. I know I'm biased like Misdee says, but I think los look cute in them. The only thing I worried about was that he wouldn't look like my charlie any more but I got used to them very quickly. He has never really taken them off as he knows how much difference they make to his eyesight. Now if he takes them off I think he looks strange without them. I've had lots of people stopping me to say how cute glasses look on him and I think he gets more attention than normal. I don't know how to add a photo but if someone lets me know I'll post one.

One woman (from Malasia I think) said "How could you??? We don't do that to children in our country?" I'll never forget it. Like I was being cruel. Would she have said that if I'd given my hard-of.hearing child a hearing aid.?

In one optitian (in Wimbledon) the assistant actually laughed when I said I needed children's glasses, laughed and pointed. I couldn't say anything, but turned on my heal and left.

Also had "why do you make him wear them?`"

My favourite has been several people asking me if they were cosmetic. wtf????

But anyway, now I get the occasional Harry Potter comments, but he looks gorgeous with them. So there.

Thank you so much for all your messages (and the very cute picture of misdee's dd) . I feel a lot better, although I am still thinking that my little cute baby might look comletely different and I certainly don't look forward to any comments by strangers, but I guess people comment all the time no matter what, so I shall just try to be strong and ignore it. Thanks again, really helpful!