RSS Builder by B!Soft beSpectacled - A Child's Eyes Official Blog http://www.achildseyes.com/blog/ A blog focused on children in glasses. en-us missdanielle@achildseyes.com max@achildseyes.com beSpectacled - A Child's Eyes Official Blog http://www.achildseyes.com/blog/ http://achildseyes.com/images/beSpectacled.png A Tour of Our Office Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:21:32 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2018-01-19/a-tour-of-our-office Blog Post If you've ever wondered what the inside of our office looks like, here's a short tour of our waiting room!

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Special Fitting for Special Kids Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:37:41 -0400 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2017-07-22/special-fitting-for-special-kids Blog Post Every child deserves a well fitting pair of glasses. Keira is a sweet 9 year old little girl. This is a video about how we meet her special fitting requirements by customizing her new glasses. Bonus...lots of Keira smiles!

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Testing The RSS Feed Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:53:21 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2017-01-05/testing-the-rss-feed Blog Post Hello!

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 (Optician Thoughts) Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:40:38 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2016-10-27/possible-frame-count-optician-thoughts Blog Post SOUND OF FRONT DOOR OPENING

*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)

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What's an On-LIne Party? #I Patch Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:15:01 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2016-03-08/what-s-an-on-line-party-i-patch Blog Post March is national "Save Your Vision" month, A Child's Eyes and Forsight Vision are hosting an on-line party called #IPatch. All children that wear an eye patch to treat their amblyopia and their families are invited to join us. The party lasts the entire month of March and you can join in anytime!

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Yesterday I Wore an Eye Patch Sat, 3 Oct 2015 11:49:44 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2015-10-06/yesterday-i-wore-an-eye-patch Blog Post Yesterday I Wore An Eye Patch

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.

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There Is More Than Meets The Eye... Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:54:39 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2015-08-13/there-is-more-than-meets-the-eye Blog Post In my experience as an optician, I've run into many kids who do not want to wear their next pair of glasses after they have already worn glasses for a while. Typically, what happens is your child becomes so comfortable with his current glasses that he has become attached to them. He is familiar with the feel, the look and the vision of his current glasses, but eventually because of growth and/or prescription changes, it will be time for a new pair.

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.

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"I Don't Like These" Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:34:35 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2015-07-16/i-don-t-like-these Blog Post “I don't like these.”

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!”

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It's A Whole Big World Tue, 7 Jul 2015 04:15:59 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2015-07-07/it-s-a-whole-big-world Blog Post Myopia or nearsightedness, is exactly what it sounds like. It is an eye that is sighted at near, but can not see well far away. If your child has recently been prescribed glasses for myopia, then he or she may be having some difficulties appreciating this new vision. My goal is to help you first of all understand what your child is experiencing and secondly to give you tips on making the experience more positive.

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.

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Everything was going just fine and then, BAM...my child will not leave his glasses on... Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:49:00 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2015-06-26/everything-was-going-just-fine-and-then-bam-my-child-will-not-leave-his-glasses-on Blog Post We run into this situation from time to time. Your child is the model eyeglass wearer and then suddenly you can't get them to keep their glasses on even if you bribed them with ice cream, candy and another viewing of Frozen. In my experience, nearly every single time this happens there is a reason. Most children under the age of five have difficulty verbalizing what may be the problem, but they have no difficulty taking matters into their own hands and by matters, I mean their glasses!

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.

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A Child's Eyes...Celebrating 10 years! Tue, 8 May 2012 02:08:00 -0500 http://achildseyes.com/blog/2012-05-08/a-child-s-eyes-celebrating-10-years http://achildseyes.com/blog/2012-05-08/a-child-s-eyes-celebrating-10-years/#disqus_thread Blog Post Dear Friends:

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.

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