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2 Month Old Crossing His Eyes
Read all 21 responses: "For the past few days, my two month old son has been crossing his eyes for a few seconds multiple times throughout the day.
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- I think it is normal. My daughter did it a couple times (cant really remember) - freaked me out.... but it went away.
- Hi A., I would say that it's normal, both of my girls would go cross eyed when they were checking things out or got things close enough to their faces. If it becomes...
- My four month old daughter will cross her eyes on occasion when she's looking at her nose or anything else that's too close to her.
Chronic Pink Eye
Read all 12 responses: "In the past month my almost one year old has had pink eye 3 times. He goes to a daycare center full time.
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- My daughter had a nasty nasty runny nose around 1 yrs.old and was rubbing her nose goo into her eyes which caused pink eye or something like it and she had to have ant...
- Hello, What your son may have may not be pink eye but an infected tear duct or eye infection. If his eyes are just goopy that is a good indication of not pink eye. ...
- Hi M., I'm a mother of ten...six still at home and the best thing I ever invested in to avoid all bacteria and thus colds, flu, viruses in my home is a wholehouse a...
Turning Eyes...
Read all 19 responses: "My 5 1/2 year old son began kindergarten this past fall and since about Christmas, we have noticed him doing a funny thing where he ...
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- The same thing happened to my daughter when she started kindergarten. I brought her to her pediatrician who referred me to Dr Janine Eagle at Tallman Eye in North And...
- My son did that, right around the same age as your son. It was also when he was tired. I brought him to a pediatric eye doctor. His vision was fine, and he didn't d...
- Hi, My Niece did that, they found it was a lazy eye, they corrected it with glasses. They found i early and she doesn't wear glasses anymore... C.
Very Worried About My Little Ones Eyes Rolling Back
Read all 5 responses: "My daughter was at her dads over the weekend and when she came home her eyebrow was swollen and he told me that she did something to ...
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- K., If you are insured and have a PPO, I would highly recommend getting her into a pediatric neurologist (just to rule things out). My daughter has been doing a lot o...
- Your mom and you know your child. Don't let the doctors just tell you it's nothing if you feel it's more. You could take her to the neurologist. We see Dr. Joshua R...
- My baby fell and hit her head and did that too. I didn't take her to the dr, but I really should have. She got better...but what if she didn't? What if she had seri...
Allergy Eyes
Read all 17 responses: "Hi, Moms! I'm hoping you can give me some peace of mind. My 8 yr old daughter woke up Sunday morning with her right eye mattered ...
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- My kids have never had "pink eye" yet, but I have and I do know that it has to run its course (its a virus) and may take from a week to two weeks to clear. The eye dro...
- K., I have 3 sons all who have suffered with this exact thing. It was allergies for all my boys. It is aggravating to see them have to deal with this, however what w...
- i was allergic to feather pillows and had horrible swelling. try to find the source of the allergy and try another med if needed. keep in close contact with your doc.
Eye Exam...Opthalmologist Vs. Optometrist
15 Jun 2009 ... Read all 5 responses: "I need to get an eye exam but my medical insurance does not cover vision care. I wondered if any of you know ...
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- The first question is what you are accomplishing with a visit to the eye doctor. An Opthalmologist is an MD and his primary focus is eye health, disease, surgeries....
- Actually many insurances that do not cover optometrist visits will cover opthamologists. Optometrists only deal with vision while opthamologists deal with all sorts o...
- Hi, I used to have my eyes examined at the Lenscrafters at Northgate Mall in San Rafael and they always did a great job. Not sure what's happened to them during th...
" Advice About Child's Eyes "
Read all 31 responses: "Ever since my daughter was born, she has had a great deal of green gunk in both of her eyes. Sometimes it's so bad, she can't open ...
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- Hey D., I know how you feel, my best friend's daughter is going thru the same thing...her Pediatrician gave her some eye drops and told them to massage her eyes. The...
- In response to something another mom said about an infection not lasting so long, my son had conjunctivitis (a similar infection to pink-eye) and his eyes gooped for h...
- Hi, Been where you are. She would wake up with her eye crusted shut. The doctor would say use a warm wet cloths and massage the tear duct...yadda, yadda. I guess...
Itchy Eyes - Allergies Are Soooo Bad!
Read all 15 responses: "Hi Moms, Anyone have any suggestions for RX eyedrops to help with terrible, awful, unbearable itchy eyes due to seasonal allergies?
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- My husband uses OPTIVAR eye drops and they work great for him!
- I would suggest you try Zaditor. It used to be sold only by prescription and now is OTC. My son had serious issues with allergies that effected his eyes and our optomi...
- You have gotten lots of great ideas already, but I thought that I would just give you an alternative. I have some pretty bad allergies in the early summer. I have fo...
Eye Surgery on a Toddler
9 Oct 2009 ... Read all 7 responses: "My now 21-month old was diagnosed with exotropia in both of her eyes when she was about 8 months old.
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- One of my daughters had eyes that crossed in. She had her first surgery at 5 and the second at 6 (for a slight over correction) We tried glasses and the patch and eye ...
- Hi S. Surgery is always scary! But, the good news is that my husband which is now 43 , has had exotropia since he was a very young child and he had his first surgery ...
- I used to work for a pediatric Ophthalmologist and from her experience, I know they won't recommend surgery unless it definitely is needed. Vision therapy and muscle t...
Sunscreen That Won't Burn My Daughter's Eyes
Read all 21 responses: "Can anyone recommend a sunscreen that won't burn my daughter's eyes? We've tried Water babies (the worst!), Baby Blanket and Aveeno.
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- Hi, K.. Besides Banana Boat, Huggies Little Swimmers Sun Screen also does not burn their eyes. Have a great Summer. S. D
- We use Avon Skin So Soft Bug Guard Plus with SPF 30 Sunscreen. My 2 year old loves the kind the changes colors. http://www.youravon.com/nancybagley
- My daughter had the same issue too. We've had success with Banana Boat tear free.
