anyones child wear glasses?

[kayleesmom]

my duahgter went for her 4 yr old physical and failed the eye test. she could tell them what any of the things on bottom 2 lines were. tommorow i have to call and make appt with a real eye doctor. anyones child had to wear glasses at this age? advice? thanks

[Terrilein]

My oldest got glasses when she was 4-5 years old. It was no big deal to her: everyone in our family wears glasses and now she finally had her own. Get the glasses insured and if she's really "blind" maybe get a second pair as backup if the first get misplaced - happens ALL.THE.TIME. - or need repairing.

[kylie1]

My 7 year old DD1 wears reading glasses that she got at about 4-5 years old. My DSD also wears glasses full-time, and started around the same age.

[transylvania_mom]

My six y/o wears glasses and he started wearing them when he was almost 5. Try not to worry until you get the eye doctor's opinion.

In our case, it was genetic dh has it and mil has it. We were pleased to find out that ds's case is very mild, he has 20/20 vision in both eyes, he has depth perception, he just needs glasses so his eyes don't strain too much when he focuses on something up close. Dh had to have surgery at a young age, so we were happy ds's case is not bad. He likes to wear his glasses and his friends at school thought they were cool (some of them even said they want glasses too). Ds got to pick the frame and he chose a blue one. He plays sports and there are several kids wearing glasses.

[DelawareMom]

My daughter is 3 1/2 and has been wearing glasses for about 8 months. She does pretty ok with them. The doctor assured me that they would help her see so much better that she would want to wear them. This was not the case, in the beginning. It took a lot of encouraging, reminding, and wearing my own glasses (that I really only need for driving) to make it a habit.

It has helped that people always compliment her on her cool pink glasses (that she chose). Good luck!