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My name is Max Crull. I maintain achildseyes.com as well as many of our other websites. I don't usually post on this blog, but I'm doing so to test our new RSS feed and see if I've coded everything correctly. I might be posting on the blog a few times until everything works. These posts will probably be removed once I'm done here.

Each RSS feed entry will have a short summary of each blog post, as well as a link to the full post. The summary itself will contain up to the first 1100 characters of the blog post. So, in order for me to make sure that works, I'll breifly describe what my role is in this business. This shouldn't take to long.

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*Possible Frame count = 650*

(Someone’s here, must be a mommy, she’s holding a little guy’s hand and coming inside the door…He looks to be about 4 years old and she has a paper in her hand.)

*Possible Frame Count = 200*

“Hello, how are you?”

(he seems pretty happy, guess the doctor visit wasn’t too bad)

“I’d love to help you with glasses, do you have a prescription?”

(+4.50 in both eyes, Dr. Smith, was seen yesterday…I bet it’s a first Rx)

Yesterday we had a patching party in our amblyopia support group. Wearing an eye patch is the occlusion therapy often prescribed by doctors to treat amblyopia. Some children wear the patch for one or two hours and others must wear a patch most of the day, up two 8 hours or so.

In our support group we were having a "Pumpkin Patch" party. Generally, when we have these kind of parties where parents and kiddos get together, I require the parents to wear an eye patch. Wearing an eye patch for a short period of time is the best way to truly understand what it is you are asking your child to do and to understand some of the behaviors your child may exhibit while patching. For most parent's ironically it is quite the eye opener. It was for me yesterday as well.

With this new pair, you of course may have changes in prescription, but also it is important to consider how changing the frame will affect how the glasses feel on his or her face. Each change will require a period of time for your child mentally to get used to and be comfortable with.

This was the eleventh pair the little boy had chosen off the shelf and then not liked.

“Why not?” I asked.

“I can't see,” he answered.

Most little kids don't quite understand that the glasses they're trying to pick out aren't going to make them see better right away, or that they might feel funny. He thinks “Hmm, my glasses I have make me see better. I can't see as well out of these, and they don't feel like my other ones. I better try another one!”

When a young child is nearsighted, they create this whole world centered around where they can see. They enjoy focusing on near object, they look at and really concentrate on the smallest of things for hours. So the life of the myopic child is quite pleasant and they are often very content. A two year old, rarely has the need to read in the distance or even identify something from the distance, so they really don't feel like they are missing out on anything. Because of this, we can give them new glasses and they will not think twice about this great new vision that they now have, this vision beyond the reach of their arms.

It's important to remedy this issue as soon as possible. If it goes on for a long time, your child will only associate their glasses with a bad experience and by then it doesn't matter if you fix the problem, your child will only remember that this is a problem. Here are seven steps that you can go through to find out what the problem is so you can get your little one back to wearing them as soon as possible.

This month we will be celebrating our 10-year anniversary at A Child’s Eyes. I am so thankful for each of the many, many people who have supported the “vision.” Truly, we are grateful for all the wonderful people we have been able to serve as well as the many doctors that have directed patients to us. In such an competitive economy, where many businesses open only to close a short time later, we know how blessed and fortunate we are to still be here.