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Anyones dc ever worn an eye patch?

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carol3 · 09/04/2007 22:03

wonder if anyone would mind filling out a short questionnarie, My dd had to wear a patch on and of for three years and I,m currently looking into help avaible with a view to maybe settig up a small business.

I am on a short course at the moment looking at business planning and i'm just at the market research stage.
I would love to get some imput from mums netters whether through the questionnaire or just general experiances.
Thanks

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Califrau · 09/04/2007 22:08

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Oblomov · 09/04/2007 22:10

Yes, ds still does.

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carol3 · 09/04/2007 22:19

thanks, yes hopefully will supply patches, my little one hated the sticky patches and I bought her cloth pirate ones from the us she loved them and it was much easier getting her to wear them.

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carol3 · 09/04/2007 22:22

sobernow does she wear glasses or is it a pirate type patch

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carol3 · 09/04/2007 22:24

oblomov what sort of patch does your little one wear

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carol3 · 09/04/2007 22:31

sobernow yes I know the sort my dd had one with glasses with no lenses for a while, i seem to remember the reason my consultant said they were expensive is that the nhs ges them from the us. Must check this out to see if its true,

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Oblomov · 09/04/2007 22:32

We couldn't get on with the sticky ones. Ds cried and cried. Very quickly ordered a cloth one from Canada. Brilliant. Ds has loved wearing his patch ever since. He actually quite likes the attention !!!!

I have ordered two cloth patches, both from Canada. One ds liked and the other not. Will find the websites and get back to you.

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carol3 · 09/04/2007 22:35

fab thank you

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Oblomov · 09/04/2007 22:42

The one that ds likes is from framehuggers
framehuggers
Can't rememeber what the websir=te was for the one he didn't like.

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carol3 · 09/04/2007 22:51

fab, if i list the questinnaire questions would you mind answering them, thanks guys would be a great help.

  1. boy or girl?
  2. age when patching started?
  3. age when finished patching?
  4. or if still patching age now?
  5. glasses yes or no?
  6. type of patch?, as much info as poss
  7. Any problems with patching?
  8. What helped with patching?
  9. What would be useful to support patching?

Thanks

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chocolateface · 09/04/2007 23:03

My son was patched form the age of 4.5 - 6.5.
He started wearing glasses at 4.25. His patches were the regular plaster type.
Any problems, apart from him refusing to wear it? What helped? Huge rewards.Me getting cross, begging Dh wearingone, star chart, more rewards.When we came home from the hostpital with the patches I felt very alone - it would have been good to have another parent who'd patched to talk to.Some Mums did come up to me on the playground, at swimming, etc to give encouragemnet, so I guess they must have felt the same. I tink it's probably the hardest thing I've done in my life.And now we've finished, I just hope we did it for long enough.

Oblomov · 09/04/2007 23:07

Carol3, I remember your posts - you recommended eyepatchheaven.
In the end, I ordered form perfecteyepatch - ds didn't like.
Framehuggers, he did.

  1. boy or girl? Boy
  2. age when patching started? 2
  3. age when finished patching? still
  4. or if still patching age now? 3.3
  5. glasses yes or no? yes
  6. type of patch?, as much info as poss see framehuggers - brilliant
  7. Any problems with patching? not really. Didn't like sticky patches. Once got cloth ones, no problem.
  8. What helped with patching? Making a big thing of it, nursery were brilliant - stickers and praise.
  9. What would be useful to support patching?
Cloth company in the UK, instead of having to order from US or Canada. Mind you, should be free from the hospital - especially in this day and age !
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carol3 · 09/04/2007 23:08

thank you thats so helpful, interesting i looked everywhere for books too, would love to make a simple book about patching.
what about the adventures of Iona Patch

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Oblomov · 09/04/2007 23:10

Sorry to hear you were so alone chocolateface.
I got great support from mumsnet. Was your ds patching a long time ago ?

chocolateface · 09/04/2007 23:26

It's 3 1/2 years since we started patching, and I hadn't discovered MN then. I did search the internet, but found nothing usefull. Recently came across a couple of US sites selling cool patches.It's still something close to my heart, as were not sure if DD will need to be patched.

OrvilleRedenbacher · 09/04/2007 23:27

carol
my ds did fro almost a yar 4 hours daily

OrvilleRedenbacher · 09/04/2007 23:28

there is a german manufacturee who deos cool ones wiht cars on Califrau got me
cantrmeembr who made htem

OrvilleRedenbacher · 09/04/2007 23:29
  1. boy
  2. age 2.5
  3. age 3.2 ish?/,aybe
  4. or if still patching age now? no
  5. glasses no?
  6. type of patch?, as much info as poss - adhesive the junior size(didnt lie tjhe big one) nude coloru wiht stickers
  7. Any problems with patching? not really
  8. What helped with patching? doing tihe same time every day
  9. What would be useful to support patching?cool patches
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carol3 · 09/04/2007 23:34

califrau, do you still have info on the sort you sent to cod and orville would be useful to see what they are like and price, thanks for your help

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