6yo needs glasses

[Monket]

So obviously he will be getting them, we’re choosing the frames next week. But he’s quite upset about it, thinks he’ll look “ridiculous” in them (despite the fact that I wear them and I don’t think he thinks I look ridiculous…).

Any tips to make acceptance easier? And to help my emotions - which I’m obviously trying not to show. As a lifelong wearer, they are obviously less comfortable, convenient and (subjective) attractive than not wearing them. I need glasses and DH doesn’t so also a little dose of guilt…

And yes, I KNOW I’m being silly… but that’s not helping right now.

I told my friend's son he was very handsom with glasses and said we were going on a 'glasses only sumpertrip'. I wear glasses.
His mum and dd2 could join - if they wore sunglasses.

He laughed a lot. And we went.

Glasses are so cool!
Let him have free rein over choices, and make a big deal of how smart he looks.

Does he have any friends who wear glasses?

Would he respond well to glasses wearing characters like Harry Potter?

That’s the plan - we already had a look today but didn’t buy frames yet, to let the idea settle in. There are two other children in his year that need them, so he’s not the first… I guess it’s just a big change, and lifelong (which he asked me about and wasn’t happy to hear the answer). Thanks for the support / ideas, was expecting to be torn apart for being vain / having a first world problem etc.

Bump for the morning crowd.