Noticed my ds has a squint :( advice please?

[pucca]

Have thought ds has a squint for a couple of weeks now, but passed it off as paranoia as dh had squints in both eyes when a child, and i have a history too, i have worn glasses for short sightedness since being 5yo.

Ds has got a squint, in his left eye, but not sure if both eyes are affected, his left eye turns in ever so slightly when looking straight ahead, and both eyes turn in too far if looking to the side...i am gutted for him

My dd (3yo) has regular checks every 6 mth or so, and she is actually borderline in needing glasses, and ds has just been referred too but his appointment not till Aug.

I am going to phone up and get a appointment asap, but wanted to know...

How do they normally treat babies with this?

TIA for any advice

Are glasses given for children with squints?

If so, I have seen babies this age wearing glasses.

I'm think my dd2 might have a squint, found this this morning which was helpful.

Thanks Nbg and Profyaffle.

Have phoned clinic about it, and they said to ring back on Friday when the specialist is there, so will have to wait until then.

Never noticed before but you can actually see it slightly on the pic in my profile, that was taken in Jan but hadn't noticed it then...can't believe i missed it actually.

hope it works out pucca. dd2 is only 15 weeks but that site says 'baby' squints go by 6 weeks. i have a long sighted squint so have been keeping a close eye on both dds. I believe the younger they're treated the better so I might go to the gp with dd2 this week. dd1 (3) appears to be fine so far but she's having a check up in a few months at the hospital.

Keep us updated

both of mine have squints and both wear glasses.

dd, started squinting at 18mths, she has poor eyesight but we had no idea until the squint appeared. she took really well to wearing them, i suppose she realised without them she couldn't actually see!. she's now 5, and has just started to do some patching, 2hrs after school as her left eye is still squinting slightly with her glasses on.

ds, i noticed his squint at 3mths, he was tested at 5mths (at hospital, drops in eyes etc), and has had glasses since them. his right eye is fine, reduced vision on the left, so am having trouble getting him to wear his as he can't see the point as they don't make his vision change, just pull his eye straight. he's 2 now, and looks so cute with them on.

i've looked at the pic of him on your profile and can see what you mean, he does seem to squint on the left. this is actually really common. what happens is, if they have one eye, weaker than the other, the brain stops using it, as it does this the muscles relax causing it to drift. glasses mean the vision is the same in both eyes as each lense will be of a different strength. this forces the brain to use both eyes, so correcting the squint.

kids glasses are so nice now, not like the plastic nhs ones of the 70's!. dd has pink barbie frames and ds has really cute red beano ones. also, if squints are caught early enough, there is a good chance that with the glasses exercising the weaker eye, as they get older, they may not need to wear them so much. hth.

Dd just had an operation to correct her on Saturday. She's 5 and has been wearing glasses for a few years now. She'll still need glasses but hopefully a lower prescription and it was high to correct her squint.

I think it depends on the severity of the squint - some correct themselves with glasses/eye patches

I had an op at about 3 to fix mine

jodie, can i ask what her prescription was? we moved last year so am now at a different hospital, the new consultant has mentioned about surgery whereas we weren't offered that option before.

my dd is a 6 in her left, 5 on the right, can't remember the other figures, axis etc.

Just got the card out

right
sph is +7
cyl - 1.50
axis 150

left
sph +7
cyl -1.50
axis 40

dd3 has a significant squint and is very long sighted.

usually they put drops in the eyes to dilate the pupil, and then shine a light it to see if it reflects bac k at certain points (or something like that). they will check the axis as well. i was told that dd3 would developed a squint at some point when her eyes were tested last summer, the squint appeared earlier this year (opto knew as her axis is very high apparently). she is now being patched for an hour a day, and has follow up appointment next month to see if its any better.

pics of her with glasses on in my profile.

definatly get the appointment bought forward if possible.

She coped really well, wasn't scared, no pain afterwards and only a little bit now which painkillers are controlling. She had cream on her hand for the needle which she then didn't feel at all and it was 20 mins for each eye. She went to recovery and was back in her room after an hour and a half. We were allowed to be in the recovery room with her while she was waking up. An hour and a half later we were allowed to go home. Once she had drank a cup of water and then eaten without being sick and could walk ok then we could go. She's been well since and hasn't grumbled at all. She does need a week off school and has to avoid sand and sea/pool water for about 6 weeks.

ahhh, she's a brave little girl jodie. we are back for a check in july too see if the patches are helping so will ask about surgery then.

hi pucca, my dd who is 4 yrs suddenly got a squint at 5 mnths old and i took her to the doctor immediately. She was seen very quickly at local orthoptics and after a couple of tests was prescribed glasses for longsightedness. I was told at the time that all babies are long sighted and it was something that would hopefully clear up as she got older. By 12 mnths the glassess had appeared to have worked and the squint had gone so they took the glasses away. Unfortunately the squint evntually came back and she has been wearing glasses again since 2 1/2 yrs. I don't understand it completely but she is longsighted in both eyes and one of them moreso. When she wears her glasses her eyes are fine but when she takes them off for bed the bad eye does go a bit funny! She is happy to wear her glasses though and we are so use to them now. I have to admit we did get funny looks the first time around when people saw her as a baby with glasses Good luck with your appointment, they are so good these days at treating this sort of thing. I was told that if squints don't get treated by the age of 7 then they are permanent.

Thanks everyone for all the advice etc.

My dd is long sighted in her left eye but is borderline on needing glasses, tbh it was pretty cut and dried that there would be some eyesight probs with the history that dh & i have.

I agree about how nice the glasses are now, god when i got my glasses aged about 5yo they were like huge plastic things...yuck! now they are lovely.

My dh as i said before had bad squints in both his eyes when he was a child and he had to have surgery on both, it funny as now sometimes when he is tired one of his eyes turns in slightly.

Tbh i am not really sure why they said to phone up on Friday, he needs to be looked at doesn't he, and i don't really want to leave it another 6 weeks