To date, we have successfully removed and put the contacts back in by ourselves TWICE.
Jack has successfully removed his own contact lens once. Yikes. Hopefully, that was a fluke. He was on his playmat and I happened to catch him rubbing his eye. I leaned down to stop him and there was the contact sitting on his nose. That's one expensive toy he has found!
Getting the contacts out is a million times easier than getting them in, which is the total opposite of what we expected. I now know why God gave me such tiny hands. Jack is actually a willing participant when it comes to taking them out, but getting them in is tricky. It does help to catch him in a good mood. We've tried it while he's eating, playing on his mat, or right when he wakes up and seems the most cooperative. I do have faith that he will get used to it - it's already twice as easy to get them out.
Wow, what a fantastic blog. So glad to have found it. My little on is 3 weeks old and next week will have a cataract removed. Is your little guy's cataract unilateral? If so why did he have a second surgery?
ReplyDeleteHi Karla! I'm so glad the blog could be of help - that's what it's here for! Unfortunately, Jack's cataracts were bilateral, which is why he had to have the second surgery. Will your doctor be doing a contact lens with the unilateral cataract? If you have any other questions, please feel free to email me at eyelovejack@gmail.com! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are doing fantastic!! I promise!!! It is hard to have kids in general then health issues ontop of it. You can do it...if you need anything e-mail me... I don't know much about cataracts or anything but I have tons of experience with kids :) (six years worth plus)
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