Sight test referral

[joannejasmine2008]

Morning all!

I'm pretty new to the whole posting thing on Mumsnet - so please be gentle with me !

My four year old DD had her eye test at school a few weeks ago and has been referred in for further tests. I'm now so worried about what they are going to do!! I'm fairly confident that her eye sight is fine - she can spot a change of ornament in our living room before she even gets in!! The hospital hasn't really given any further information, only an appointment which I have been told could last up to two hours .

Just wondering if anyone else had this and what I should be expecting?

Thanks

she might get drops in her eyes to dilate the pupils (takes about 30 mins to take effect) and they will be able to check the back of her eyes and determine if she needs a prescription for glasses. She will also probably get an eye test either using different sizes of pictures or maybe even letters if she is at school and knows them.

You may get a surprise as I know a few people who thought their childs eyesight was fine and then they turned out to need glasses, normally due to being long sighted.

DD has had glasses since 18 months old but she had a squint and thats how we found out she was long sighted.

Thanks - that makes it sound a lot less scary! Mind if she's anything like her dad they may need to pin her down to get the drops in!!

Glasses are probably inevitable as out of 7 relations only 1 doesn't wear them!

Thanks again

Hi I have seen children who have failed with the school test due to distraction (they sometimes bring children in 2s and 3s to test) lack of concentration or not understanding the test!

The hospital test will be more thorough and the glasses test with drops is completely objective so doesn't rely in child's co-operation / concentration etc...

Agree with the likelihood of drops as above. These last for ages and make the eyes really sensitive to light, painfully so, I still remember having them at a similar age to your dd. My advice is to take some sunglasses with you for her for afterwards. Other than that, all straightforward!

Thanks Snowfedup - my initial thought was that they hadn't understood her as she has speech problems or that she was distracted (which she always is!) I'm sure if I promise her ice-cream she will be OK!

Thanks HPsauceonbaconbuttiesmmm - that's a good point - I'll remember her sunglasses!

Test is a fortnight today so I'll let you know how we she gets on!!