Why is my 2yo already diagnosed with nearsightedness
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Anonymous
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We went to the ophthalmologist because pediatrician referred us after his 2yo vision screen. Turns out he is nearsighted and has astigmatism. He doesn’t need glasses yet but will in a few years when he starts K.
- He gets very limited screentime (that too only TV, not phone or iPad) and lots of outdoor time. Eats a very healthy diet with plenty of fish and vegetables - Both his father and I are near-sighted, and his father has astigmatism. But we weren’t diagnosed until our late teens despite regular doctor check-ups. Have the tests gotten more sensitive nowadays? - Is it the worst thing in the world if he doesn’t wear glasses when he starts K? Can we delay until he starts to have issues like not being able to see what’s written on the board? I know I will get flamed but my little boy is very handsome with beautiful eyes and I don’t want them to get covered up my glasses |
Anonymous
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Is it the worst thing in the world? No.
Is it far worse than covering up his beautiful eyes? Yes |
Anonymous
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Genetics
Didn’t get enough nutrients in utero. Is he a twin? |
Anonymous
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My DD has astigmatism and we delayed getting her glasses because of the pandemic. Was tough to get and appointment and then dealing with masks and glasses etc. But, we didn't understand that her eyes were compensating for the correction they should have had with glasses. We very nearly waited too long to get her corrected where one eye was taking over for the weaker eye.
Also, I have severe astigmatism and near sightedness to the point where they can't correct me to 20/20 anymore. There are some advancements in that line that are available to children, so we can try to slow her progression as she ages. Hopefully she will end up with better eye sight than me when she is my age. |
Anonymous
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Please get him glasses when he needs them. The world will be a whole new place for him.
If he is responsible enough, he can get contacts at a relatively early age (and maybe lasik after that). |
Anonymous
Not a twin, and honestly he is very far ahead in developmental milestones, in terms of gross motor, fine motor, speech, etc. |
Anonymous
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Nearsightedness isn’t only caused by screen time. It certainly can contribute but it’s not a 1:1 correlation.
Get your kid glasses OP. You’re a ridiculous, vain, shallow person. |
Anonymous
Thank you. The ophthalmologist said that, at this point at least, she doesn’t believe he is at the stage where one eye is compensating for the other (astigmatic) eye. She doesn’t want him to get glasses now but wants to check again in 6 months. |
Anonymous
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Some people have bad eyes, some don’t. It’s a crapshoot.
Get him the glasses. There is NOTHING cuter than a kid in glasses! |
Anonymous
Yes. Your child’s vision is so much more important than looks. He will still be adorable (maybe more so). I really hope you get over this before he is old enough to figure out you think he won’t look good in glasses. That seems pretty superficial TBH. |
Anonymous
Well, clearly, you must have F'd up somewhere, OP. 
Seriously, do you really not know that you can do everything right and things still not turn out the way you expect? Did you think you were insulating yourself from developmental challenges because of your superior parenting? You think it's appropriate to deny your DC corrected vision because you don't like the esthetic? My DD got her first contact at age 5. You heard that right. At age 3, she got her first pair of glasses because vision in one eye was so much weaker than the other. She wore those glasses for a year and it continued to deteriorate. At age 4, the opthamalogist gave us the choice of patching her eye or getting a contact. (The concern was that her brain would 'shut off' her weaker eye in favor of the much stronger one.). You think glasses are bad, try patching for a year. Patching marginally helped but not as much as a contact would. So, that's what she got. |
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DD got glasses for nearsitedness at 18 months. I could not imagine her wearing them but we put them on her sitting in her stroller at the store and I think even at that age she recognized she could see better. She happily wore them all the time. Put them on herself every morning.
Be happy it is a fixable problem! |
Anonymous
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Work on unconditional love.
Things could be much much worse than this. The goal is not a perfect child (who looks good on social media !) It is to love the child you have, and feel lucky if he is healthy and happy. |
Anonymous
| If the doctor said he can wait 6 months, it sounds pretty mild. Unless it was that you asked if it could wait. My son began wearing glasses at 2. He responded so positively to his glasses that he never wanted to remove them. He searched for them as soon as he woke and didn’t want to take them off at bedtime. I wore glasses from a year on and was always self-conscious so I worried he would have a tough time with it but I was projecting my own feelings. When I saw how he liked them, I never gave it another thought. And now when I look back at those younger pics of him in glasses, it’s so unbelievably cute. By midddle school he moved to contacts because he plays a lot of sports. So if in 6 months he needs to wear glasses, don’t hesitate. I recommend miraflex. They are virtually indestructible. |
Anonymous
| Honestly the glasses accentuate my girl’s eyes and are crazy adorable. But even if they weren’t I would put her vision first. |