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Two year old won't wear glasses

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crappestmum · 03/02/2008 16:55

My child refuses to wear his glasses. Any tips. He is going through terrible twos which doesn't help.xxx

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crappestmum · 03/02/2008 17:58

He likes postman pat. the glasses are comfy with Mr Bump on but he just REFUSES!

I don't wear glasses. His brother ironically is desperate to have glasses but has perfect vision!

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LadyVictorianSqualor · 03/02/2008 18:04

Does he need to wear them all the time?

You could try by saying 'no tv' or 'no colouring' or other fave things, without his glasses, then he'll get used to wearing them, then let him take them off at other times, it's what my xSIL di with her two and they both got used to wearing them, or more used to not taking them off, now they wear them all the time.

Sidge · 03/02/2008 20:08

It took my 3 year old a week of continually having her glasses put on her every time she took them off, and then something clicked and now she wears them constantly.

A week. And I mean constantly putting them back on. EVERY time she took them off. Thousands of times a day (well it felt like tousands! )

You must persevere. As long as you are consistent they do realise in the end that you mean business. And I think when they twig that they can actually see with their specs on it is a lightbulb moment!

We also turned the TV off if she took her glasses off, or took her book away and told her she could have it back when she put her glasses on. Stuff like that.

misdee · 03/02/2008 20:11

dd3 got her first pauir of specs at 18months.

i spent a week putting them back on whenver she took them off.

after a couple of weeks she realised she could see better with them on.

she is now almost 3 and wears them all the time.

west3 · 04/02/2008 10:36

Ds got his glasses at 9 months, all fine until he hit terrible twos. I found a single sweet treat has done the trick. Box of jelly babies comes out, glasses go on, lid comes off box and a single sweet is chosen. No repeat of this if glasses are removed only putting glasses back on again. He is now nearly 3 and has mastered this pattern no problem, will now ask for glasses and isn't too bothered about treat every time.

deepbreath · 04/02/2008 12:51

Dd wore glasses from when she was about 18 months old (she's nearly 5 now), and I remember the battle of the specs all too well

They'd come off if I looked the other way briefly. She'd sit and laugh as I turned the house upside down trying to find them... and more often than not, they'd be behind the sofa/TV etc. I had no idea that she could throw that far! A couple of pairs were mangled beyond recognition before being thrown.

Looking back, I think they felt odd for her. To get her used to wearing them, I'd put them on her for an hour, then I'd take them off... and increase the time each day (the optician told me to do this with my own glasses, and figured that a few more days of her not wearing them constantly wouldn't matter). If she did the time without taking them off, she'd get a treat. If she took them off before I did, they'd go straight back on again.

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