Eye See

Crissy April 12th, 2006

Last night Chris had an eye doctor’s appointment and since his eyes would be dialated we made it a family night out as I would be needed to drive us home. Aiden had a ball showing off his “verbal skills” to all the patients in the waiting room and was then asked to join the staff in the back room (accompanied by mommy, of course). This kid is too cute for his own good!

While in the room with daddy, I gave Aiden a ride on the doctor’s chair as it had wheels and made a great “car” for him. He loved it! When the doctor came in Aiden carefully observed what he was doing to daddy’s eyes. He seemed either very interested or very concerned as to what was happening to daddy. There was no change in Chris’s prescription which was great and he just had to order more contacts. Yay daddy!

While we were there I asked the doctor at what point we should bring Aiden in for a checkup. I wasn’t sure how old a child should be to have his eyes checked. Since Chris is only a few steps away from needing a seeing eye dog due to his near-sightedness and I am far-sighted, we figure either Aiden will balance out and be fine or have some type of problems with his eyesight. The doctor said we should bring him in around age 3, but from observing him now he seems to track well with his eyes. Hooray Aiden!

I had no idea that kids that young would be checked. The doctor mentioned it really would only be to check the health of the eye and not necessarily for any type of near- or far-sightedness. The doctor also cautioned us to make sure he doesn’t begin to bump into things on his left or right side, which could mean he is not seeing properly out of one of his eyes. Great, now we have something to freak out about.

Aiden is in the beginning stages of walking and falls and bumps into everything. Is it because he can’t see or is he just unstable on his feet? Thank you Mr. Eye Doctor!

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