They're not goggles!!!!!

    For those of you who follow the blog regularly, you'll remember how excited we were that Jack's prescription had gone down. We don't notice anymore, but every now and then, we still get the comment, "Those make his eyes look huge!!" Well, yes. Yes, they do. His prescription is about 10 times stronger than the average person walking around. Anyways, when we got the new lenses, we noticed a difference right away. They were so much thinner! In our eyes, they almost looked like regular glasses, but I guess we need our eyes checked as well, because the comments keep flowing in!

     The most recent barrage we've gotten refers to them as goggles. We were at the pool, and I overheard a young child say to her mom, "Look, that baby has goggles." She and her mom proceeded to go back and forth a few times debating on whether they were goggles or glasses. We were standing about 2 feet away, so when I say overheard, I really mean we could have been part of the conversation. This happens a lot, but parents typically try to change the subject and get their young child off of the topic all together. In these instances, I wish people would JUST ASK. Don't ask if they're real. If you find someone who puts fake glasses on their toddler, please send them my way because I'd like to find an example. Ask how we knew he needed them. Tell him that you like his glasses. Don't whisper right next to us, because last time I checked, glasses were not for people with hearing issues. I CAN STILL HEAR YOU!!

    Ok, so we were at the pool for that one, so I'll give the benefit of the doubt. But 2 days later, we had the same comment about him wearing his swim goggles, and this time, we were at Church! Ok, we've had our days with Jack where he refuses to wear anything but an Elmo shirt, or his Brobee shoes, but trust me, I would draw the line at letting him wear swim goggles to Church.

    So most of this post is ranting about the bad stuff, but there's so many bright spots as well. Jack made a friend at the park the other day. He came right up to Jack and asked, " What's on his face?" My heart sank for a second as I started to go into the whole, "Those are glasses...they help him see" rant, but then I realized this little guy was looking straight past Jack's glasses, and pointing to the giant cut on his head. (He lost a battle with a patio chair.)

    Moral of the story is that while we are very wrapped up and in tune with what people are saying, Jack is so incredibly normal. He has the same bumps and bruises as any other almost 2 year old, and they haven't slowed him down a bit!! (The bruises OR the glasses!)

"Normal" for a day

I am not exactly sure what constitutes being "normal," but I have learned that most people don't consider a toddler in glasses very normal based on the endless stares and questions we get anytime we are out. Of course, Jack is immune to it, and I pray that he remains that way for as long as possible. This past week, we had a sneak peek of some beautiful spring weather, so Jack and I headed to the park with his friend from daycare, who also happens to wear glasses. I was excited to have her come along because what's cuter than a toddler in glasses? That's right - two toddlers in glasses!! We did have two people ask if they were twins...while they are both beautiful children, they look nothing alike apart from the fact that they both wear glasses. Anyways, that wasn't the reason that our trip to the park that day was so special. I heard a mom say, "Look, that little boy has glasses like you." I hear this a lot, but it's usually directed towards older children who wear very normal reading glasses or are wearing sunglassess, but today was different. I looked up to find another toddler wearing blue Miraflex frames! Well, if that wasn't exciting enough, we run to the other side of the playground and find yet another toddler in glasses. That means we are up to FOUR toddlers at the park in glasses. For once, kids stopped to stare at Jack's glasses because they were the same ones he was wearing! He got to look up and be face to face with kids that looked just like him. I know it didn't mean much to him that day, but it meant a whole lot to me that for one short afternoon, a toddler in glasses was completely "normal."