Baby Vision Screenings

Saturday, September 7, 2013

I have a friend from high school who has posted pics of her cutie infant son on FB wearing baby glasses! It totally caught me off guard. I mean, I never even thought to have my kids vision checked when they were that little? I asked Zareena about Noah and also asked if she'd like to write a guest post about his vision. Hopefully it helps other new moms look into vision checks for their babies too! ***** Babies eyes are so fragile and are developing rapidly in their first year. I decided to have Noah's eyes check when he was 5 1/2 almost 6 months of age due to a medical condition I could have past on to him that I was born with. His pediatrician suggested it and sent us to children's healthcare of atlanta. I sat wondering 'how are they going to do this?' Of course Noah is not a baby genius and can't read letters yet. At his eye exam they had several toys and a cartoon on the Telly to distract him. The doctor put drops in his eyes to dilate them and...