Dude #3 failed his first eye exam when he turned 4.
We went in for his Well Visit and they did both test like always. I chuckled a bit when they said he failed both his hearing exam and his vision test.
The doc came in and says, “Well, Mom, he failed! Both of ‘em!” all chipper like.
I thought they were kidding.
They weren’t. We left the office that day with referrals to both a vision and hearing specialist. It took months to get appointments; apparently not being able to hear or see isn’t really an emergency.
His hearing issue turned out to be transient.
His vision problem, not so much.
The pediatric ophthalmologist we see decided that we’d watch it for a bit. Putting a four year old in glasses is hard and there was a chance his vision would improve on its own as he got bigger.
We went to his fourth visit last week.
Instead of improving, or even staying the same, his vision had gotten worse.
We decided he needs glasses…
He was unhappy at first.
He pretty much got over it.
And, I’m happy to note that they’ve not gotten in the way of his swag. In fact, they may have actually increased it!
He’s officially 18% cooler now than he was when we thought he could see.
To celebrate, I gave him this super cool VTech Switch & Go Dino to test out…
He’s been a long time Switch & Go Dino fan and was excited to add Blister the Velociraptor helicopter to his dino army. I love that, unlike some other transform-able toys, he can transform these himself. Without asking me for help every two seconds; without slamming them down in frustration (the slamming part is me, not him). He’s all smiles.
Angie at Seven Clown Circus and I would love to see your Wordful Wednesday post this week so we can get you featured like these awesome peeps…
This week we are watching the fog roll in in Seattle. We also got to enjoy the fine art of public fountain dancing, experience the joy of soccer, and go to New Hampshire with a family.
*Our Switch & Go Dino was provide to us, free of charge, for the purposes of this review. Dude #3’s decision to love it was all his own!
Aw, he’s one of those dudes who look good with glasses!
He is adorable. I mean, super handsome.
If that kid got any cooler, we’d be in the ice age…that was so stupid…I’m sorry…but for real. He’s awesome. Sounds like you’re living in Canada. It takes forever to see a specialist!
He does look pretty cute in those glasses!
I’ve been looking at that exact dinosaur for my son. He’ll be 4 at the end of January… think it’d be okay for him?
Good gracious he is such a doll!!
OMG, I didn’t think there’d be a way to make him any more adorable, but the glasses did it! Here’s to rocking out your new look little man (and double thumbs-up for being able to see!).
I’m thinking probably more than 18%. Completely adorable.
I don’t think there’s anything that could detract from that dude’s swag. Those glasses look like they were made for his face. I love with that happens.
The fountain dancing picture makes me happy.
It’s true. He wears those glasses well. I’m glad he’s both seeing better with them on and feeling better about wearing them. He’s adorable!
I think his swag has increased at least 30%!
I needed them in 5th grade, but we waited until 6th. Hubby needed his in 2nd. I’m waiting to have to start buying glasses again!
He’s totally rockin’ those glasses.
My now 15 yoa son had to get glasses around the same age. Luckily, they helped out a lot for his vision and even corrected it. Logan quit wearing glasses a couple years ago. So, keep your hopes up. They may be just the thing that your guy needs to help and he may not have to wear them forever.
He looks adorable! Love the Different Strokes reference. lol
so glad they caught that vision issue, and they were able to correct it. He is certainly rocking those glasses.
and thanks for featuring my post from last week!! :)
He is very seriously cute in those glasses!
His awesomesauce factor just went up to 11 with the addition of those glasses. Be ready for the little girls to start calling, if they haven’t already done so. I was a bit taken aback, shall we say, when my older son apparently got groupies in kindergarten.