longsighted toddler - glasses prescription

[Piglett]

DS is 2 and just been seen regarding his sight. He has a prescription of+4.00 in one eye and +3.50 in the other. They were just numbers to me but then in chemist today I saw that the prescribe yourself glasses only go up to +3.5. Does this mean the poor might has really bad eyesight and been going round half blind? Also are the glasses going to be able to cure this or is he going to have to wear glasses forever. I had been quite blase about what I thought was a little bit of a lazy eye that would need patching and then be ok - didn't realise how bad his eyes are. Obviously pleased that it has been picked up on relatively early on but still feel a little shell shocked. Any knowledgeable MNetter able to offer advice/make me feel better?

My son is 2 and just got prescribed a high prescription lense for long sightedness. His little glasses are quite think and my concern is, will having such a high prescription (+6.75 +7.25) leave his eyes weak later on in life? Will he need a higher and higher prescription ? The specialist said i wasn't to worry "he will adjust to the lenses" surely if you put glasses on it should help right away and your eyes shouldn't need to get used to them? I am short sighted and i know how horrible it is when you get a presentation that is too high. I really don't want this to happen to my boy. He's only 2!! How can he need such a high prescription? Isn't it better to start off on a low prescription and build up to what you might need rather than starting high and thier little eyes need to adjust? I'm gutted he needs them, but I'm glad it's been picked up early, i just want to be sure i won't be doing him more damage than good 👀 he doesn't show any signs that he can't see things close up. He tells me all his colours and animals and cars and things when we read his books....... I just hope I'm not going to hurt his eyes if he can actually see ok now. Being a mum is a constant worry lol xXx

Jolie - long sighted childrensee better without their glasses on than short-sighted children of the same prescription. In fact most 2 years olds will have a prescription of around +1.50/+2.00.

Your son's prescription is unlikely to change that much over the next few years, it may be adjusted slight over his next couple of appointments, but then may reduce slightly as he gets into teenage years.

It's very, very important though that he does have the 'strong' full prescription straight away and that he wears them all the time, even if you don't feel that he needs them. Eyes need to be able to see clearly in order to develop properly and if he doesn't wear them they won't, and he will then be visually impaired for life.

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