So you may recall around this time last year when Big J got glasses. In fact, it was the end of February last year when we took him to the eye doctor for the first time. What I have failed to mention is that since then, this has been a recurring expense.
After school started, the nurse did eye exams and sent a note home saying that Big J had failed his eye exam with his glasses on. So we took him back (this was September or October) and sure enough his prescription showed that it had gotten worse by -.75 in both eyes! So we got him new lenses. At some point this past year, he got new frames in there, too, because apparently the kind of frames we got him were not well-suited to rough-and-tumble boys.
Then in January, he broke his frames again, not to the small wrath of his parents. JC was able to do some super Ninja super glue trick to get them to stay on for the time being, so we let them go in the hopes we could pull some more life out of them. We were already talking about how we needed to get him new glasses, when today a basketball to the face made the decision definitive. So after his game, we took him in to get some sturdy, take-a-ball-in-the-face, wrestle-my-brother-freely frames, which means we would need new lenses as well. We were going to just order them off of the prescription we had gotten just 4 months ago, but decided to give him our own little eye test and he FAILED. I couldn't believe it! So into the eye doctor he went....
And sure enough, his prescription has changed AGAIN by -.50 in each eye!!!! Are you kidding me???? So Big J is now on his 3rd pair of glasses within a year. The eye doctor just said it's because he's growing. But I don't know anyone who has bought their kid 3 different eye prescriptions within a calendar year. Do you??
Saturday, February 21, 2009
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wow! i'm hoping the girls will be able to get thru life without getting my genes and needing them. i did the awkward stage of having glasses AND braces at the same time, but that wasn't until 5th/6th grade. mike is at 20/30 so TECHNICALLY he should wear them. i ask him all the time what items he can see far away and mention that wouldn't it be nice to see them clearly! by the looks of it now, i'm pretty sure they're both going to have braces at some point.
I can't believe his eyes have changed that much. Tristan's have barely changed since his 1st pair of glasses in like 4th grade... But then again, Big J is a lot younger.
Tristan broke every pair of glasses he ever had. Luckily we always had the kid package where the frames were replaced for 50% off or something. He's only torn 1 or 2 contacts in over a year, so I guess that's better than I expected...
That is a whole new take on having his mother's eyes.
CWH
I'm speechless !
That's insane!
Bria is the same way. In fact, I know she already needs new glasses again, and I am putting off taking her because we really don't have the fundage. Sigh.
I was also the same when I was that age...that's why they gave me contacts at age 9, supposedly it helped stop the quick changing.
Wow, that is a lot of glasses! I don't think you are alone though. My neighbor has twin boys that are constantly breaking their frames. She has to replace several pairs of glasses a year!
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