Anyone got/had a 3yo with glasses?

[TigerFeet]

DD has been diagnosed as long sighted and also has a fairly pronounced ssquint and so needs glasses. We have been to the optitian and she has chosen pink [unsurprised] frames so we are now waiting for the glasses to be made. We will be able to pick them up tomorrow.

She has been an angel all day, she was so good at her Outpatients appointments to get her dx and again at the optitians to choose the glasses and was duely rewarded with pink tat from Claires

Surely 3yo + specs = nightmare?

Will she keep them on?

She is going to keep breaking them isn't she?

Will she be teased?

Any experience/advice gratefully received

ds2 has had them since he was a year old, we havent really had any huge problems with it, he hasnt been teased for wearing them

he is longsighted with a squint, tho not as pronounced since he had surgery on it

the only thing i would advise is to get them with ear curls attached at that age

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That sounds promising, thanks very much

The optitian said that she was much better than a lot of children - many refuse even to try frames on so I am taking that as a good sign.

Good tips re the memoform/ear curls - although I think it may be too late for this pair I will certainly bear it in mind for future reference, especially if she breaks them fairly quickly.

Thanks ladies

My DS1 had glasses at 3 ish. He broke them regularly (sorry) but no other problems.

Thanks for that Evenhope I will see how we go with the first (free!) pair and then gauge what upgrades we need for future pairs.

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It's been a loooooong day

Ds1 (almost 4) has had glasses for the past 3 months (also longsighted). From day one he's been very good with them (although at first he used to look either over or under them). If you get offered a free glasses case, ask if you can have an extra one for nursery/preschool. Your dd can then have one at home and one at school.

dd deliberately broke hers once the novelty wore off and she didn't like them any more! she also got in the habit of 'losing' them! Luckily though, she did outgrow her squint (even though it was very severe) and no longer needs them.

Good news about growing out of the squint Chopster - we are keeping our fingers crossed for dd. My brother and sister both had squints and grew out of them.

Oooh good tip about the cases! I will use my very best blagging skills when I go collect them tomorrow

DS1 has had his for about 2 1/2 years now and we must have gone through about 10 pairs in that time. The trick is to be prepared for it a choose an optician that is close to you so you don't have to trail off for a replacement pair. The shortest have lasted 1 week and the longest 6 months and it did get better over time.

We have about 3 pairs now. GO back after a while and get a spare pair....tell the optician that the glasses are lost or broken and they will give you another. I have never bothered with paying for the extra frames since with a boy they have been broken loads.

Approximately 25% of kids in his class wear glasses now and there has never been any hassle for him...Harry Potter has helped I would say in that direction.

M dd is 6, she was 3 when she first got glasses. She's always kept them on though she is awful for forgetting them in the morning - I normally realise as we're running out the door for school and have to fly back up for them.

She's never been teased for wearing glasses but recently other girls said that Z had nicer glasses than DD. DD was sad about that but was due new glasses and is very happy with her new pink, stripey ones.

She's never broken them until a couple of months ago when she broke the same pair twice in 2 weeks. If you're under care of the hospital then ask for a script for 2 pairs - our hospital will happily do this.

dd2 has been wearing glasses since she was 4 (but she has a developmental delay so equiv. to a younger child). She is ace about wearing them, always has been really, and whilst she has lost or broken the occasional pair, this is really a very rare occurence. She has glasses with curl sides which really helps I think - they just stay on.

We have never had to pay for a replacement pair - Specsavers are excellent when dealing with it, very straightfoward and quick. I also think Specasvers has the nicest and widest range, and they're all free.

dd2 is 6 now and has never been teased about anything that's different about her, and there are a few kiddies with glasses in her class.

My boy wore glasses from the age of 3 too which with hindsight was quite a good age as he just accepted it without quibbling.

He's been a diamond at wearing them, I think its cos he had them from an early age. I ask him occasionally if anyone says anything (at school) and he says not.

Another vote for Specsavers who have been fab. Yes they have been broken a couple of times (he's been wearing them for 4 years now so not bad going!), but I put them in the post to Specsavers, who replace/replair for free and post them back to me.

I like you thought it would be a total nightmare but its surpising how kids get used to them (both the individual wearing them and their friends).

DD1 wore glasses from 16 months! It was a bit of a struggle at first but after a bit of bribery she wore them most of the time. Had a few problems with them getting broken (once she took them off and they ended up under the wheels of the buggy!)
DD2 had them from 2 and a half and she never took them off. I think she felt so much more comfortable with them on as she could see without eyestrain.
Specsaver glasses are fab! DD2 (now 9) has just got a new pair that all her friends want.
Generally niether of the dds had any teasing. Actually what you might find is that when they get to an age where more likely to be teased (around 7) more kids have had eye tests and will be wearing glasses anyway.
DD1 was the only one in her class in the infants who had glasses but by year 3 8 children in her class had them.

My Ds has worn glasses since he was 3 1/2 and he is now 6 1/2. He also has a microsquint and had to be patched everyday for 4 hours which lasted about 18 months - twas hard on us both.

Because dh and I wear glasses it was sort of expected although I didn't quite expect him to be so young but because of us wearing them and his age it's just been normal to him.

He did have troubles starting reception one boy used to take them and they'd come home in alsorts of funny shapes. But we've since moved and it's been fine.

both my dc's have glasses, dd has pretty poor eyesight, she's a +5 in one eye and a +6 in the other, and has a squint in the weaker (left) eye. she's had glasses since she was 18 months. this was in 2003, and then, they did used to make the prescription out for 2 pairs, knowing full well that children of that age always bend and break them. we always had one pair at home and the other pair at the opticians being repaired. but when ds got his prescription, i mentioned about the 2 pairs and was told they don't do that anymore on the nhs, basically, if you want a second pair, you have to pay for them.

when dd needed a larger frame, she only got 1 pair, and basically she can't see a thing without them, if they broke, she'd be totally stuck at school unable to see, so i'm afraid i lied, we went back a few weeks later and i just said she'd lost them at school after pe , we did get another pair. i know it was wrong to do that, but at least she has a spare pair now.

we are also having to do patching with dd, 2 hours a day to exercise the lazy eye. dd broke them loads when she was little but soon realised she needs to wear them, she has double vision without

dd has never been teased about them, in fact, most of her class mates think wearing glasses is pretty cool, and keep asking why they can't have some

ps, if you ever need to do any patching, dd hated the patches the optician gave us so i made her a pink one with a flower on it out of felt, it slips on over her glasses and she finds it much more comfortable to wear, let me know and i'll make one for your dd

I am an optometrist and have to say, it's very rare for children to be teased about glasses these days. Also, most really don't mind wearing them especially if they have a squint as it's so much more relaxing for their eyes when they have them on and it doesn't take long for them to realise this.
Am at the amount of lies you people tell your opticians, though! We'd never have guessed!

dd3 has been wearing glasses since she was 16months old. she has outgrown 3 pairs, and is now on the biggest infant size ones they have with curly bits. she has another appointment next month and they may increase her perscription then again.

reminds me, she gets two pairs of glasses each script (optician can apply for free second pair for little ones) but i can only find one pair and a pair of her old script ones (same size and style frame, i have to tell by seeing how thick the lenses are), so need to order her another pair again.

she is really good about wearing her specs, she has a squint as well, and is she does take them off she does say her eye hurts and she tends to rub it.

I wore glasses from 3 till 9 for a squint. I once fell in the school playground, grazed my cheek and had a whopper of a black eye the next day but the glasses were unscathed.

Didn't get teased either, but I do now when people see old pics . In fact as one of 4 siblings, going for my 6 monthly eye checks with my mum and off school for the afternoon was a lovely bit of attention and made me feel very special.

LVOC - I blob ds' glasses with nail varnish so I know which glasses are which as I keep last years ones as a spare

Well dd has her glasses now and she is delighted with them She is now just like Daddy and Mummy is the odd one out

She looks fab and has had loads of positive comments. All her friends have been interested but no teasing. It's true, you do see more children with glasses these days and the frames are so much nicer. I was prepared to pay extra for nicer frames if necessary but the free ones were just fine.

She is being a star at keeping them on which is a relief - my biggest fear was that she would refuse to wear them. Even the optician said that she was well behaved for a little one getting their first pair [proud]

I think I will get hold of a second pair just in case. She keeps saying that she can see things properly now which shows that she must have always needed them, even before her right eye turned in, we just didn't know and she obviously didn't knwo to tell us. I don't want her to have to go without if they are making her life so much easier.

Lucykate, thanks for your offer of a dd friendly pink patch I may well take you up on it if it's needed

TigerFeet (must change name back!)

Tell your DD all the best people wear glasses

adjusts my glasses

Glad she is doing well and liking her new glasses