4 EYES

Will recently had a follow-up to his July eye appointment where we learned he has a lazy eye.

The good, the bad and the neutral:

:: The patching is working and the vision in his right (less dominant) eye has improved!

:: He gets to wear glasses in hopes of helping his eyes focus correctly.

:: He still needs to keep wearing the patch for an additional 3 to 6 months to prevent his eye from reverting back.

Wearing the glasses

We're now about 10 days into the glasses-wearing-phase and the honeymoon is o v e r. Initially Will was quite excited about wearing glasses. He had fun trying them on and picking out his frames and case. But once the reality of wearing them ALL.THE.TIME. hit him things went south. We've already had to take the frames in to be repaired. I feel like I have a third child. I know that sounds dramatic, but I am constantly having to check to make sure Will is still wearing them, and when he isn't (most of the time) I have to locate them because he never seems to remember where they came off. Punishing him for taking them off isn't very effective because he really hates wearing them and agrees to put them on, only to take them off again as soon as I am distracted. When they are actually on, he spends a majority of the time peeking over the top. It's a bit of a hard sell because he can see fine without them. As far as I understand it, the glasses are to help his eyes focus correctly. We have good days and bad days with the glasses, and clearly today was a bad day.

 Picking out frames

 Looking over the top

 Taking the glasses off and putting their well-being in danger

Tonight Will asked me if he could get new glasses without the glass. Such a hipster. I'm grateful that his main objection to the glasses is that it is harder to see out of them, not that he doesn't like them.