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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Why would the pediatrician refer your child? What is going on that prompted that concern. 2 year olds aren't generally screened for vision at the pediatrician's office.[/b]

There have been some interesting studies on the role of time of outside direct sunlight and nearsightedness. One study looked at children in Singapore and Australia of Chinese descent. Australian children average something like 12 hours a week of outdoor activities while the kids in Singapore did around 3. The rate of near sightedness was drastically higher in Singapore.

My DH both are nearsighted so when our kids were little we made sure they got a lot of outdoor time under sunlight with opportunities to look into the distance. For sports we made sure to choose outdoor sports so instead of signing up our kids for gymnastics, swim team, volleyball, or basketball we signed them up for baseball, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, etc. So far they are in high school and don't need glasses. [/quote]

DP but our pediatrician started optional screening pretty early (maybe at 2). We paid about $30 for the spot vision test (it's a machine) every year because I have terrible eyesight and wanted to make sure we caught anything early (so far neither child needs glasses, they've inherited their father's perfect eyesight, I guess).[/quote]

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