Strabismus
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5 Year Old Needs Glasses!
Asked by S.S. from Houston
on February 14, 2008
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Hi -
Ok - our 5 year old (in Pre K)- told us at Monster Jam "he needed glasses but did not want them- they are ugly"- he had some trouble coloring in lines etc.- so ...
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- Yes, I have amblyopia in one eye. I'm 65, and effectively have only one eye. My folks used an eye patch on me when I was in first grade, but I hated it so they weren't...
- I have four children and my two oldest children were diagnosed with the same problem. Your child's case is VERY mild, by the way. Both my son and daughter wear g...
- You have gotten so many great responses. I will try to keep mine short. My son has the same problem. When he was four we went to the Optometrist and he prescribed g...
Children Who Have Had Vision Therapy
Asked by K.P. from Athens
on May 9, 2008
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Would like to hear from other moms whose children have had vision therapy for an eye that turns in and if it was successful or not. also what I can do at home to help.
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- Hi Kathy, I had vision therapy myself when I was a little girl. My eye turned outward. My parents put me in vision therapy and I used glasses for a while, and they b...
- My son started therapy about 1 year and a half ago. While it progress is slow, we have not been diligent with the excercises and there certainly has been marked improv...
- Hey Kathy, I don't have children who have had to have vision therapy but when I was little I myself did. I had an eye that turned inwards (lazy eye) and the combo of ...
Question on Strabismus
Asked by A.M. from Appleton
on June 10, 2008
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I have an 11 month old who I noticed just recently has a "Wondering Eye". It isn't all the time- in fact I just noticed it in the past couple of weeks and have only no...
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- My daughter was diagnosed with strabismus due to being farsighted (accomodative strabismus). We first noticed it at 9 months, and took her to an eye doctor who checke...
- you should take her to an optimologist and have her officialy diagnosed my son was diagnosed with ambliopia (wandering eye) and he wears a patch around the house every...
- I would take her in. My daughter started seeing a pediatric opthamologist at age3 or 4. They knew she farsighted(most kids are to a degree) and a stignatism... Wasn't ...
"Son Holding Things Too Closely to His Face...."
Asked by R.B. from Pittsburgh
on November 23, 2010
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Hello again mommies!! My son is 4 and for about a year now I have been trying to get him to not hold things so close to his face. When he is looking at things, playi...
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- Don't tell him he is going to go blind. Go back, or to another, eye doctor. Make sure the doctor checks each eye separately, in particular for distance vision. Mak...
- He might need to see a therapist to test him for a visual processing problem. This isn't the same as a typical vision problem, but more about how his brain is process...
- I would make an appointment with a pediatric ophthalmologist - fast! He should not be doing this, or going cross eyed. He may have passed the vision screening by str...
Pediatricians and Specialist in Towson
Asked by E.S. from Washington DC
on February 7, 2008
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Hi Mamas, this is E., again...
here is another request for the gracius one that will be able to help me.
we just moved in the area and I need a pediatrician, dentist...
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- E., You may want to try Main Street pediatrics - they are in Towson on Fairmount Ave. and I know they take Blue Cross. They have a good group of doctors there.
- Yes! Please call Dr. Kenneth Tellerman at ###-###-####. He is very hands-on and wonderful. His office is off of Coldspring Lane and will be moving in March, however...
- Hello Ellisabetta, My kids doctor is located in Towson. His name is Dr. Silberg @ Main Street Pediatricits on Fairmont Ave. Their number is ###-###-####. I really ...
Drifting Eyes
Asked by H.A. from San Francisco
on February 26, 2012
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Hi there,
I've noticed my daughter's eyes drift outwards a bit when she's tired. Sometimes it looks kind of like she's looking behind me with one eye and at me with...
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- My child has a lazy eye. we have tried eye patches, stonger glasses. apparently it can be corrected by 4-8. were seeing specialist. we go in every 3 months. Have yo...
- Please continue doing the exercises with her. I think it's called "lazy eye" and the doctor suggested just what yours did when my sister was a young child, the muscle...
- My son did eye therapy, and the pencil exercise is one of them to do. We also had a ball on a string, and I hung it up in the doorway, had him lay down on the floor u...
Torticollis and Vision Concerns
Asked by C.B. from Modesto
on September 15, 2010
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Since my daughter was just a few months old, we noticed that her head tilted slightly to the right and her chin pointed to the left. Although we attempted to have this...
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- Chiropractic has had a lot of success with torticollis. Often times the baby's position in-utero stresses the spine and can mis-align the spine. Also the nerves in t...
- First off, I'm so sorry that you are dealing with this...my first son was diagnosed with Plagiocephaly which often goes hand in hand with Tort....but luckily we were y...
- I have heard of babies with torticollis but I don't know about it effecting vision. If I were you I would take her to another eye doctor for a second opinion. Just to ...
Finding the Best Obgyn in Ft. Lauderdale/Boca Raton
Asked by M.M. from Miami
on October 26, 2009
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Can somebody help me to find the best obgyn in Fort Lauderdale or Boca Raton areas? I'm thinking to deliver my baby at Holy Cross Htal. or either Boca Community Htal. ...
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- My doctor is Dr. Jay S. Cohen in Plantation. He delivers at Plantation Hospital because they have a level 3 NICU. He doesn't want his moms to be separated from their ...
- Rachael Devaney is a Midwife with Women's Health in Boca. She is AMAZING. FYI - midwives do everything an OBGYN does except for c-sections. She is so kind and caring...
- Try Dr. Kenneth Konsker in Boca. The women in my family have been going to him for years. He has an office on Glades Rd. The number is ###-###-####. Good Luck!
Seeking Creative Ideas for a Baptism Gift to Give My Godson/Nephew
Asked by M.C. from Dallas
on July 20, 2008
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Hello! My stepsister has very kindly asked me to be her son's Godmother and his Baptism will be sometime this fall. I was looking for some unique gift ideas...I have...
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- Take lots of pictures and make a scrapbook for him to look at. My son re-lives his baptism often by looking at his. Be sure and photograph all the family and friends w...
- I bought my goddaughter a growth chart that hangs from the back of a door. It has places to put in pictures and it has animals all over it. I got this one at Hallmar...
- M., My daughter was recently baptized and received a lot of the traditional items, personalized Bible, gold cross necklace, bonnet that is worn at the baptism and w...
Traveling by Plane with 8 Month Old
Asked by A.M. from Los Angeles
on September 12, 2008
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Hi Mommies,
I have a beautiful baby girl who will be flying for the first time in late October. It's a cross country flight with one layover. Any suggestions on h...
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- Hi A., It's not as bad as you think it will be. I have flew with my oldest who is now 3 1/2 to tenn. and out of this country and all this traveling was before she w...
- You have some great advice here so I'll keep it short! One very easy thing that can really work is to have a packet of small stickers! I know it sounds crazy but...
- Make sure that you have a pacifer because babies ears pop because of the altitude so the pacifer help with that. I took my son on a plane when he had just turn 1 and h...
