A New Look

Last week we had a follow-up visit with Meredith's ophthalmologist, who had checked her eyes about 3 months ago. The verdict at that time was that she was quite far-sighted and that one eye was weaker than the other. There wasn't any sign of natural improvement this time, and so she wrote Meredith a prescription for her first set of glasses. These should hopefully strengthen her weaker eye, and potentially help both of her eyes. It's even possible she won't permanently need glasses - but without them now, she could actually lose sight in her weaker eye due to the strong eye "taking over." Obviously that would be bad!

The optician gave me a little speech when I showed up with Meredith. It went something like this:

"Children Meredith's age don't have peer pressure. No kids her age can make fun of her for her glasses. So what we need to prioritize are durability, comfort, and effectiveness in staying on."

You can guess what that means...a friend said "it sounds like they could just use goggles." He was joking, but it's not too far from the truth! Luckily, Meredith is so adorable that she even looks cute in her new pink baby glasses:


She has been doing quite well with keeping the glasses on. She obviously isn't a huge fan, but we've found that after she pulls them off we can usually just put them back on and they stay on for a while. They have a strap around the back since her ears aren't really big enough to hold them up!

A game that Meredith has been enjoying lately is tilting her head to the side and having you imitate her. It never ceases to crack her up. This picture turned out really cute...

We will be going up north for the holidays, so we may not post for a bit - but hang in there! We should have a nice Christmas collection of photos for you!