Strabismus: Preschooler
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Help with a Child with Lazy Eye
Asked by M.C. from Cleveland
on May 10, 2007
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My 3 year old was diagnosed with a lazy eye last november and we have been patching and we go to the eye doctor on the 5th of june and i am so scared that he might hav...
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- Don't have any personal experience with this, but just wanted to recommend my eye doctor at Professional Vision Care in Westerville. They have specialists who work wit...
- Hi i'm not sure why they are getting you all worked up over this. I have lazy eye in my right eye I have never had a problem with it. I personally would get a second o...
- Hi M.: I had lazy eye when I was little too and my parents had me get surgery. I have 20/20 vision now at 37 yrs old-if he gets surgery at his age he will not remember...
Lazy Eye
Asked by D.M. from Detroit
on May 15, 2007
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My daughter is 6months and since birth I noticed that her left eye was lazy. Her pediatrician recommended us to a pediatric optometrist (Dr. Omalley). She went for a c...
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- We went through this with our son too. We went to Dr. RAO on Orchard Lake Road between 14 & 15 mile on the west side of the street. He is AWESOME. He also does the sur...
- Hi Delicia - I had a lazy eye when I was a child. They tried the patch with me, then glasses to help correct it. None of that worked, so I ened up having surgery to...
- my son is 6 1/2 months and we just went to a pediatriac opthomologist. He's also an M.D. and has worked with children for decades. He's an older gentleman and I think ...
Lazy Eye in Both Eyes, Amblyopia Just Diagnosed.
Asked by A.D. from Lansing
on October 1, 2010
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Dear Mom's, I'm a Grandmother of 3 grandchildren, age 3+1/2, 1+1/2 and 7 months. Yesterday, my oldest grandchild was diagnosed with Amblyopia or Lazy eye in both eyes...
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- My 13 month old daughter just had eye surgery for "strabismus" (which her eye was misaligned) She was crossing her left eye around 6 months old and then alternating e...
- I myself have amblyopia, in my right eye. It runs in the family: my mother had it, and four of my brothers have it. In my case I am very lucky -- I have 20-20 in m...
- My daughter, 4 1/2, had eye surgery this summer for strabismus (eyes go outward). She did very well and no longer has any issues with her eyes drifting. We first notic...
Temper Tantrums in Almost 3-Year-Old
Asked by D.A. from Atlanta
on May 16, 2008
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My little girl will be 3 in July and has started throwing the craziest temper tantrums every time anyone tells her, "no." We can deal with it fine at home (we usually ...
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- Hey D.. Well, we have certainly all dealt with tantrums. I am currently pregnant with my 7th child; with a family as large as mine I knew I had to nip all whining an...
- Well... we had some issues with my son at preschool this year and I will start by saying he is FIVE ... not two... and it was just a lack of self control, not followin...
- My advice is to follow the line of discipline, set by the pre-school, as a consequence at home for the misbehavior at school. But...and I know this is difficult...i...
My Once Out Going 4 Year Old Now Has Seperation Anxiety
Asked by T.F. from Birmingham
on December 17, 2007
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I'm not sure what to do with this. My daughter has been in day care for 3 years now, and we have never had a problem with seperation anxiety. She always had a lot of...
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- We've been having a very similar experiance with my 4 year old! She LOVED "school"... always talked about all her friends and how much fun she had but when her dad ha...
- i'm going through the same thing with my 4y/o. both of my girls were in an inhome day care and my 4y/o was there for over the last 2 years till we recently relocated ...
- There is no one that can love her and take care of her as well as you do. She just had a few days of your undivided attention and she wants it all the time. Can you bl...
4 Year Old Playing Cops & Robbers
Asked by S.L. from Los Angeles
on March 9, 2010
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What do all of you think about kids, mainly boys, playing cops & robbers? I live in a neighborhood on a cul de sac of mostly boys ranging from 4-8 years old. When we...
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- I am right there with you! I have had such an issue with this. My husbands family hunts, so I knew there might be some sort of draw to guns. So I have been very ner...
- I know you have filled in the "so what happened" part of this, but as someone who loves guns (the real type) and actually likes to go out range shooting, I still don't...
- Hello, We went through this with both of our sons and now with grandsons. We offered the same toys to our sons and daughters. The girls gravitated to the dolls and ...
Eye Problem
Asked by L.A. from San Francisco
on October 30, 2009
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hi, my daughter is 4 year old and she have a problem with her eye every time she cry, focus on something from far away or even if she press on it she seem like she ha...
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- My husband had lazy eye when he was a child (there's a medical term for it). It is very important to determine if this is the problem. If so it needs to be corrected...
- Hi L., I would absolutely take her to see a ophthamologist. Make sure they work with children. Some offices don't want to and will tell you that the child needs to kn...
- Yes, have it looked at! It may get worse if you wait. Some eye problems can be corrected while kids are young and still growing.
My 3 Year Old Needs Glasses
Asked by V.B. from Houston
on June 17, 2011
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Hi Mamas,
I took my 3 year old to the eye doctor today because he was showing signs of not being able to see (squinting A LOT, standing RIGHT in front of the TV, an...
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- I started wearing glasses when I was 6. My husband got his in about 4th grade. Both our kids needed them at young ages too. They usually give small kids the kind with ...
- I know I'm late, and you've already gotten the glasses. However, for all those parents out there looking at glasses for their children, PLEASE get anti-reflective len...
- A friend has bad eyesight and wears glasses (her eyes did not take well to contacts). Her daughter began wearing glasses in kindergarten and had to wear a patch for s...
4-Year-old Seems Obssesed with Food?
Asked by T.A. from Sacramento
on October 16, 2008
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okay, so i will start out by saying that i don't want any nasty e-mails telling me i am going to give my child an eating disorder. i already know this is a touchy subj...
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- You've already gotten a lot of great advice and I have one more thing I didn't see, but maybe I missed. One of the reasons a lot of people (not just kids) are taking ...
- give her food whenever she wants it. however, offer her only low-calorie, healthy snacks when she's hungry between meals. carrot sticks, hummus, celery, oranges, etc...
- Dear T., My, it seems there are so many questions regarding eating recently. I think you should be very glad that your daughter is a good eater. Just make sure that ...
Rollerblades for a 4 Year Old?
Asked by R.D. from Boston
on March 8, 2010
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I was thinking of getting rollerblades for my son for his 4th b-day but my husband thinks they would be too dangerous. I'd love to hear at what age people let their ki...
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- K out grew her pre-school skates at about 4, the ones that have 3 stages, no roll, only roll forward, and full roll, her foot just got too big and they were boring to ...
- my daughter was 4 when she got her first rollerblades. hers had wheels that popped out to the side for her to learn balance. she had a helmet and elbow and knee pads. ...
- My 4 year old loves her rollerblades. All her older siblings skate so she decided to put on an old pair last fall in an effort to keep up with the big kids. Of course ...
