Eye Glasses: Child
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Vision Therapy??? Really? Does It Work?
Asked by N.A. from Seattle
on July 12, 2010
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Anyone ever had to go through our put their child through vision therapy? My 3yr old has strabismus (not constant, but her eyes will turn inward) and we've done the pa...
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- I did vision therapy with Kathleen Kinney's group for about 6 months. My goal was to improve my vision. Through the therapy and the exercises they gave me to practic...
- A friend of mine had her 5-6 year old in vision therapy for a few months. The problem wasn't lazy eye, it was that she couldn't track things properly. You would be ta...
- I don't know but if you want to consult with a vision therapy group, Kathleen Kinney in the Melbourne Tower on third ave in downtown work with kids for vision therapy....
Any of You Used Vision Therapy for ADHD
Asked by J.H. from Lexington
on October 23, 2009
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Hi-My 7 yr. old son has ADHD. He is very behind his second grade class. He has only seem to get worse this year. He has problems reading and now almost refuses to r...
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- Hi J., If I were you, I'd just separate the vision therapy from the fact that your son has ADHD. One is separate from the other. There are lots of people with vis...
- My son is highly functional autistic and he also had this problem where his eyes did not work together. Vision therapy did help. It improved his reading ability. He st...
- I do not know about the vision therapy that you are talking about. However, 5 years ago we took our 11 year old son to the Sensory Learning Center. He received light...
Vision Doctor
Asked by J. from Phoenix
on May 1, 2007
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Has anyone had a good experience with a vision doctor for kids? My step-son is 7 years old and just had his eyes tested at his pediatricians office & we were told he ...
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- I like the Dr. (woman) at Modern Eyez on Golfcourse in Rio Rancho ###-###-####. I brought my 4 year old, and she was very kind and checked everything she was allowed f...
- My daughter has had a lot of vision/eye problems since she was very young. I take her to Dr. Patchmen in Mesa. He is a Pediatric eye doctor and I LOVE him. Office i...
- I agree with Amanda. Dr O'Neil at Pediatric Eye Specialists. L., mother of 4.
5 Year Old Can't Stay on Task
Asked by D.R. from Johnson City
on November 7, 2006
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I have a 5 year old in Kendergarden this year. He is younger than must of kids because his birthday is in Aug...he just turned 5 were others are turning 6. Anyway I ...
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- Hey, I know what you are saying i had the same problem with my 9year old she was young and the teacher said it would be a good idea for her to stay one more year i...
- Hi D., I work for PIA - Partners In Achievement. We work with children such as your 5 year old. My office is in Conyers. We have another in Athens GA. and others ar...
- D., Let me see if I can help a little. Ask the teacher to see if they will put him on a behavior chart. What it is is a chart showing different sections of the da...
My 5 Year Old Is Driving Me Nuts
Asked by A.M. from Pocatello
on December 17, 2007
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My 5 year old daughter is obsessed with my body. She is always trying to touch my boobs and likes to pat me on the butt. she has now started putting things in her shir...
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- Is she seeing things on tv or in movies? If not at your house, maybe at her dad's? I think the images that are thrown at kids these days could make them more interes...
- ok, I am going to take my chances and post my reply here. My now 7 year old son, and 9 year old nephew were both curious as well. We in the US are so prudish when it ...
- A., Curiosity is one thing, but the sexual undertones of her comments in the shower are not curiosity. And love does not equal touching your "boobies." So, her comme...
6 Year Old Boys, Found "Being Curious with Eachother"
Asked by S.K. from Chicago
on July 31, 2009
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Hi Moms.
Now this is a little bit tough for me right now because I am not there to witness it. My 6 year old son lives with his father for the summer, his father's w...
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- Some may say this is normal behavior but I disagree. Yes, our bodies should not be looked upon as dirty but we do need to say what is correct behavior and what is not...
- I would ask how they got the idea for that kind of play. I would not imply that there is anything wrong or shocking about what they are doing... but I would ask where...
- i think it can be very normal behavior. I also think that it could be a sign that one of the children may have been abused. not comforting I know and I cant imagine wh...
6 Year Old Has Weak Eye Muscle
Asked by K.B. from Chicago
on March 17, 2011
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My son started Kindergarten this past fall. I took him to the eye doctor (as required by the state) and the dr. said the my son has a weak eye muscle in his left eye. ...
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- did you take him to a pediatric eye doctor. what if he has lazy eye? he would then need to have the good eye patched to make the other eye work better. I would do wha...
- pen test? Really? I go to a pediatric opthmalogist and she doesn't use a pen to test this, she uses instruments that measure such things. To base this on a pen tes...
- I would listen to the doctor... she has been trained on what to look for, and will check on things you wouldn't even notice. The reading glasses force his eyes to focu...
Eye Exam for Child
Asked by A.C. from Houston
on December 7, 2011
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I need to have an eye exam done for my 7 year old. Does anyone know of a good eye doctor who can do exams on kids in the Spring/Woodlands area?
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- My family has used Dr. Moffatt and Dr. Wagner at Child and Family Eye Care in The Woodlands. They also have an office in Magnolia but we have never been there. There...
- I ditto Davidia Baxter - she's GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! Especially with kids!!!
- Dr. Davidia Baxter at Baxter Eye Care is fabulous. We all see her and she is great with my 9 year old. She has been seeing my 9 year old since she was 3. Baxter eye ...
Floating Eye Surgery
Asked by A.H. from Canton
on August 28, 2011
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My 7yr old son was diagnosed with a floating eye at either his 3yr or 4 yr old check up. He was referred to an eye doctor and he wasn't able to see it. We took him bac...
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- This is going to be my sister, she rarely makes her son wear the eyepatch. Anyways, my friend's child had it done. He was perfectly fine a few days later and rarley...
- I had this done on my eye about 30 years ago and I don't remember much other than my eye looked funny for a while due to the iodine they used. I am sure that things h...
- My daughter had the surgery for stabismus when she had just turned three. The day of the surgery was the hardest, but she stayed in bed pretty much all day. The ...
Can an Eye Doctor Be Wrong?
Asked by M.M. from Parkersburg
on November 18, 2011
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I took my son to an eye doctor here in town because of a slight lazy eye he had developed. She did a full eye exam and told me that his eyes looked fine and he may end...
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- if its blurry with the glasses leave them off....
- Can you get a second opinion? I'm all for that in most cases. You can't be near and far sighted both.
- Call both doctors back and ask if there's a possibility he could have an astigmatism. It's hard to diagnose in young children, but can cause a lot of the "lazy eye" an...
