Hi everyone. Mommy here.
I need some advice from some other mothers regarding glasses! Dylan, who is 20 months, has gotten some glasses. No problem, except that he HATES them. We've tried everything to get him to keep them on. We started by rewarding Dylan by having him wear the glasses while we cuddle with him and watch a Baby Einstein video that he loves. This went okay....if we hold his hands. But as soon as we let go, he rips them right off. We got cable temples to help them stay on, but again, he just rips the glasses off as soon as we put them on him.
We've tried rewarding him, scolding him when he doesn't wear them, we've even let him watch TV which we normally don't promote. We've had the glasses adjusted, re-adjust, etc. They are quite a strong prescription to help with near-sightedness and a lazy eye. So we know that when he does have them on, they make a big difference in his vision. He is just very stubborn.
Has anyone else gone through this? I'm running out of creative ideas to try to make this work.
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Girlfriend, I feel your pain! Max's hearing aides are a constant game for the two of us! Hope someone has some good suggestions!
For little one here (I know she's a bit older than Dylan) we started her out wearing them two hours. We gave her stickers for her calendar after she got a week's worth of stickers she could get an Ice Cream Cone with daddy or mommy and not have to share with her brother/sister. Then at two weeks we increased the time and stickers to a bigger reward. With a lot of praise and how good she looked wearing them and keeping them on, she eventually picked up the idea.
I hope you find something that works Kristy.
When is Dylan's next follow up appointment for the glasses? If it isn't soon, you may want to schedule a check.
Most of the time for young kids, I don't give them the full prescription because 1) it's easier for them to adapt, and 2) under-correcting helps to drive the normal growth of the eye--a process called emetropization. The exception is when there is an eye turn present (lazy eye). Since you said that Dylan does have a lazy eye, his Dr. may have wanted to see if just giving him the full amount would straighten his eyes. But if the lenses seem too strong to him, and he isn't able to get used to them, it would be better to start off with less power and gradually increase the strength every 3 months or so over the next year. At his age, he doesn't have to be 20/20 because his world is close up--he just needs both eyes to be aligned and no big differences between the strength of the two.
Kids wear glasses that help them see better. So if Dylan is refusing at this point, I think it's worth checking with his eye doctor to make sure the prescription is correct for him.
Sarah (Evan's mom)
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