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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oldest was an early preemie, so maybe at 32 weeks gestational age in the NICU. Very traumatic.

Youngest has never had it done; always passes vision screenings. Eye dr of older one says no reason to do it now. [/quote]

Was the dilating traumatic, or the NICU experience.

My kid had his done before a year because of a lot of steroid use for asthma.  It wasn't traumatic at that age.  [/quote]

The eye exams are super traumatic for the babies. They always have issues after (desat, etc). [/quote]

How can putting drops in the eye be traumatic? There is absolutely no pain.[/quote]

It was the whole exam. It was so traumatic. This is a known thing in the NICU. My preemie was intubated, had IVs, a minor surgery, CPAP, shots, and lots of other stuff.

The eye exam was the worst and caused the most desats (which indicates stress). [/quote]

Maybe for kids who've been through the NICU but a regular eye exam with dilation is not a big deal for most kids. The worst part is that it takes so long since they have to wait 45 minutes or so after the dilation to finish the exam. They can't see much so trying to keep a toddler/preschooler occupied when they can't look at books and it feels weird to do much else is the hard part.[/quote]

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