Again, it's been too long since my last update. Don't worry, my New Year's resolution is to do better!!! Here's an update on Jack. We entered the world of patching for a half a minute. We were only supposed to do it for 30 minutes a day, so I ordered a felt patch from framehuggers.com that fit right over his glasses. I was hesitant to use the sticky ones only because it was for such a short time. We did great with it for a couple of days. I would put it on as soon as he woke up, and by the time he'd eaten breakfast, it was time to come off. We even did a sticker chart and he earned a giant Brobee pillow. After a week or two, it became a struggle, so we gave up and tried to patch with the contacts.
Ohhhhhh the contacts. I actually got them in all by myself twice!!! We were doing so well. We are still in the Flex Lenses, which seem to suit his eyes and don't cause the eye boogers we got in the Silsofts. They also were fitting great...but apparently Jack's eyes grew, because we lost 2 of them - one we owned for less than an hour!! We don't go back to the dr to get refitted until the end of the month, so we are strictly glasses now.
One concern I have is that Jack hasn't figured out that his peripheral vision is blocked in the glasses. He loses things in his line of sight when he's looking straight forward because he just moves his eyes up and not his whole head. Does that make sense?? It's not a vision issue, thankfully. He also seems to be looking out of the right side of his glasses all the time now, so we need to get that looked at ASAP to see if it's a prescription issue or a lens issue. Will update with that info!
Other than that, glasses and/or contacts have not slowed this kid down one bit. He even did an entire puzzle without his glasses on, which makes us go hmmmmm. It will be do wonderful when Jack can actually communicate to us what's going on! For now, it's just a guessing game, and that can get frustrating for all of us!!! He is just such a fun kid and we are so lucky that he has gone so unphased through all of this!!!!!
So glad to see you back. I am happy that he is doing so well. Funny how kids are so flexible. What would break me, seems to not phase them.
ReplyDeleteI would definitely see if you can get a quicker appointment. Austin needed a prescription change every time I questioned it. Somehow moms just know. Also with the contact popping out, because of eye growth, would make me wonder. Eye growth causes them to need a lower prescription most of the time.
Good luck! Oh, and he is Absolutely adorable.