Glasses for DD

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Had DD (9) eyes tested for the first time the other day, I know I've probably left it a bit late but she's never complained of having any problems. Thought I'd just like to get the general health of the eyes checked. Anyway, took her to specsavers and they say she needs glasses as she is very slightly short sighted. As I say, she has never said that anything looks blurry and after the test she could clearly read a For Sale sign across the road! I've booked in to a second optician for a second opinion. What does everyone else think?

The first sign of short sightedness for my son was not being able to read the board at school from the back of the room. He was not given glasses until the prescription reached -0.5. What does the prescription say for your daughter. You might have to pay for the 2nd eye test.

My DD never complained about her eyes until she moved to back of classroom and said could not see board properly. Took her to Opticians and she got stuck on 3rd row!

Short sightedness tends to worsen over time (DD is now unable to read 2nd line!) so she must keep being tested. At primary school DD had a new px every 6m!

I know I'm going to have to pay for the 2nd eye test. Her prescription is R -0.75 -0.25 8.0 and the L -0.25 -0.50 170.0. Does that make any sense?

My issue was the fact that she's never complained of any problems with her vision. If I agree to glasses now she come to depend on them and it will get worse quicker IYSWIM.

It doesn't get worse quicker if you use the glasses. She probably did not notice cos one eye is worse than the other and she was compensating. That can cause muscles in the worse eye to get lazy, so important to wear the glasses. My son started wearing them for seeing the board, tv etc at 12 and by 14 needed them all the time. He has needed a check up before the year is up on a few occasions.

But, they may have made a mistake. Boots optician got it wrong with DHs prescription.

I'm quite badly short-sighted. I'm -4.50 in both eyes. My eyes started to deteriorate when I was 16 and the first sign was I struggled to read the white board at college, I went for an eye test and was given glasses from that moment.

Don't worry though. Short sight normally stops getting worse by the mid twenties. I'm 29 now and my eyesight hasn't got any worse for 3 years. The optician said that it normally stabilises when the eyeball stops growing.

i stopped on -9,5 beeing 24 at the time /perhaps a bit earlier as i 'had to' break my glasses to force myself to see a doctor again to get a new prescripton/.

My DS 13 has only started wearing glasses less than a year ago. He never really complained about his eyes until then.He has had regular check ups at the opticians since he was 3.
He went back for a check up few weeks ago and his already needs a new prescription.
Originally he was -1.5 in one eye and -.5 in the other. Now the have changed to -1.75 and -1.5. He only wears his glasses for reading the blackboard and cinema.

FWIW When dd was 8 or 9 she was diagnosed with eye convergence problems and it turned out she was seeing double when she was reading, she never said anything to us about it either.