Glaucoma: Preschooler
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My 3 Year Old Keeps Rubbing His Eyes...
Asked by N.P. from Seattle
on April 23, 2010
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i've noticed my son has been rubbing his eyes for about 4 weeks now, but doesn't really complain about it. I'm thinking it might be the pollen? has this happened to an...
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- If it's allergies, grapeseed extract can help too.
- First take him to your ped. They will do a preliminary exam. It could be allergy or it could be something else.
- Check with the pediatrician, but my son was doing the same thing and Zatidor eye drops really helped. For him it was pollen. He is also 3.
Dog Allergies in Small Child
Asked by S.R. from Chattanooga
on February 6, 2011
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My almost 5-year-old son is allergic to my 12-year old dog. In the winter months, he has a lot of trouble with chronic sinusitus and I'm sure it's from the dog allerg...
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- Hi S., I was allergic to dogs (and many other things) ALL my life until I detoxed my home. I know that sounds funny but when I removed all the things that broke dow...
- Wow this is a tough one. I would really balk at getting rid of my elderly pet as well. As others have suggested your son's allergies might not be the dog or only the ...
- I so feel your pain, as I am an allergy sufferer and know that my dog (recently had put down due to health) and my cat affect me. I hate not having respite in my own ...
Pediatric Opthalmologist
Asked by D.D. from Detroit
on December 30, 2011
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Does anyone in the Macomb/New Baltimore area know of a good eye doctor that I can take my almost 3 year old? SVS vision can't see her because she doesn't know her let...
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- I took my almost 4 yo (at the time) to my local pearle vision and he didn't need to know his letters. They checked his vision and for color blindness and this year did...
- Dr. Edward O'Malley is awesome! He is at Henry Ford in Grosse Pointe Park. I also live in the Macomb/New Baltimore area and I wouldn't take my kids anywhere else. It...
- Dr Lawless in Chesterfield is great. The staff is friendly and he is nice as well. He actually checked both of my kids' eyes for free before they were age 1 as part of...
Puss 'N Boots - Am I the Crazy One?
Asked by J.F. from Bloomington
on November 14, 2011
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Just took my recently turned 4 year old (yesterday, in fact) to the movie Puss 'n Boots today for her FIRST movie out. I read some reviews and even saw some comments ...
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- I felt like that about Rango, I thought it was the worse kid movie ever made. We saw Puss in Boots but I have older kids so I didn't really notice what you mentioned....
- I thought this was going to be about it not being as funny as the previews let on. Violence wise it was tame. How sharp can can a cartoon knife be? It isn't real. ...
- My 5 and 2 year olds are going with me to see this on Wednesday. You should expect sword fights since he's well, a sword fighter. I would not expect guns, so that woul...
My Daughter Having a "Nightmare", as She Calls It, While Awake on the Playground
Asked by J.S. from Richmond
on September 25, 2010
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My little angel just started preschool and loves it, but, just the other day her teacher called me because they couldn't get her to stop crying and being very upset. ...
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- Never experienced anything like this, and it could very well be her very "imaginative" way to get attention or maybe get sent home if she's not liking her school exper...
- Please take her to see your pediatrician to have her evaluated for possible consult to neurologist. What is seemingly a nightmare to your daughter, could be a visual ...
- nightmares while awake ? something is wrong here, does she have these nightmares at any other time?how long was she upset? has there been any changes in her life latel...
Eye Doctor
Asked by E.M. from Phoenix
on January 6, 2012
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I have terrible eyes but my husband has perfect vision. I started getting severe migraines in middle school which led to contacts. Turned out I had really bad vision ...
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- We never messed around with eyes. All my kids saw a pediatric ophthalmologist at birth then at 6 months, 12 months and yearly after that. I have congenital cataracts...
- With your problems your children are more likely to also have vision problems. My husband and I both have had our own problems, so we are trying to be aware of our da...
- The sooner the better! My daughter had a lazy eye that could have been fixed in months if we knew when she was a toddler. At age 5 it was diagnosed and took 2+ years...
Toddler Blinking Eyes
Asked by D.C. from Tampa
on November 18, 2007
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My daughter has just turned 2 and we have noticed that she does a lot of "purposeful blinking." I've been observing her for the last couple of months and I have not s...
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- I can tell you that I noticed the same thing with my 4 year old when she was about 2. My story is nearly identical to yours! I was concerned because I had seen my hu...
- Hi D., My son went through this as well. Although every time I asked him if his eyes hurt or were itchy he would say NO! After visiting two eye specialists and usin...
- Hi D..I read your request about your daughter & her "purposeful blinking".I have a son that is 2 yrs and 4 months old.When his father and I started dating,I noticed he...
Need Ideas for Motion Sickness
Asked by K.K. from Dallas
on August 2, 2006
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We are getting ready to go on a very long car trip next wknd. Problem is my 3-yr-old son (and myself) get carsick and he's thrown up on several occasions becuase of i...
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- All these suggestions sound great, but if this is a car trip, it is best to look in the direction you are going. If your son has a car seat, you can put him in the mi...
- There are motion sickness bracelets that you can buy at CVS or Walgreens - several of my pregnant friends have used them in the 1st trimester for morning sickness.
- Emetrol works great & I'm pretty sure I saw a Children's version at Market Street in McKinney as well as a couple of other brands. I used a motion sickness bracelet fo...
How Do I Get My 3 Yr Old to Wear Her Glasses?
Asked by B.S. from New York
on March 19, 2008
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My 3 yr old was prescribed glasses by a pediatric opthamologist. She is farsighted only in one eye, about 20/40, the other eye is 20/20. At first she liked the idea,...
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- Hi B. When my son was about that age he also needed glasses and like you we took him we let him pick out his own frames, and then that was it once we got home with th...
- My daughter has been wearing glasses for almost 2 years now. She is nearsighted so she only had to wear them while reading. He told me that it would be easier if I k...
- My youngest daughter (now 20) wore glasses since she was 2 years old and we never had a problem perhaps because just about everyone in family wore glasses. So maybe y...
Color Blind
Asked by A.J. from Dallas
on March 4, 2008
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Dose any know how to tell if your 3 yrs old is color blind? I have a 3 1/2 yrs old little girl and me and my mother have been trying to teach her color but all she say...
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- We went thru that phase too with our daughter who is now 4. This too shall pass. I wouldn't worry about it right now. At this point just play along and see how long sh...
- You can go online and find toddler color blindness charts that use shapes instead of numbers. My husband googled it and find them. We tested our son since my husband...
- I thought only boys can be color blind (but I could be wrong). I do know that my son who is 3 1/2 will sometimes say the wrong color just because he does not like to ...
