eye doctor update

Late last year, Alicia's pediatricians noticed her eyes were slightly crossing at one of her check-ups and they suggested we see a pediatric eye doctor. So off we went to the opthamologist to get her eyes checked. After a few sessions back and forth with the doctors, debating on surgery vs glasses, we finally decided on getting her glasses to see if the eye crossing would correct itself in a few months. In late January, we went glasses shopping.... and in February we got some new glasses to try out for a few months.  

Alicia having fun trying on different glasses in January.

This last month, we went back into the eye doctor's office to get a check-up to see how the glasses have been treating her. You know, we have the "I don't know where my glasses are," or the "I can't find them" conversations, but for the most part, she keeps them on. The doctor was very happy to see that her eyes have improved about 50 percent already! Her eyes are training more and not crossing as much with the use of her glasses for the close-up vision, but not for the far away vision yet.  So now we have to work on that for next few months, and if it doesn't correct, we are probably looking back at the surgery route later this summer.

Alicia getting her vision checked

Alicia's eyesight is good enough that she doesn't need the glasses to improve her vision, so that is great news. Her glasses are truly just for training her eyes to act how they should. So come later this summer/fall, Alicia may not even have to wear glasses if this all works out... So we'll keep you all updated on her eye progress!

You know, you are seeing a good practice, when it is super busy and crowded, so we often encounter long waiting in the office with the kiddos... So what do you do when you have crazy wait times at the eye doctor's office to entertain yourself?? check it out below :)

CHEESE!!!!