In cased you missed my previous post, Sarah has a rare birth defect called Morning Glory Syndrome on her right eye. She has a slight lazy eye and poor vision so she has to wear glasses at 3 years old. It kinda aches my heart since she is so young but it is literally something we have no control of.
Finding prescription eye wear for toddlers was not as easy as it looked. It is not something we can just walk in an optical shop and choose one; believe me, we tried. I had to do a little digging on the internet and found Tomato Glasses which sells frames for babies and children. and optical shops that have them.
We visited one at SingPost Centre. Again, we had already prepped Sarah that she has to wear glasses because I don't want to go an entire ordeal convincing her like crazy to wear them. She was not a fan wearing sunglasses for a long period of time when she was 2 so I worried she might complain with her glasses.
When we reached the shop, she was all excited and wanted to try all the eye wear. I am probably biased but she was so adorable because her excitement was equivalent to a kid in a toy store but it was just glasses. haha She had her eye on a very flexible hot red one and kept on trying on it among other designs. I disagree because it was too eye catching and may be difficult to match her outfits, plus, it was not adjustable. I was looking for a more neutral one and adjustable as she grows.
Despite of narrowing to several designs, she still chose the red one so I had to tell the sales person to take it away. haha. Eventually, clear pink and clear green was a tie. She looked great in both of them but again, for the sake of matching, we chose clear pink. Plus, it blends well on her face. Hey, if Jhon and I were ballers, I wouldn't mind us buying both colors. haha
It took us less than a week to collect her frames. Oh, the glasses are really wonderful and comfortable! It has cushion tip for the ears, lightweight even with heavy lens, non-slip on the nose bridge and was even tested for kids who have to wear eye patches AND most importantly, it is adjustable so it can fit Sarah as she grows. Can save money especially Sarah is now currently at a growth spurt stage.
Here's a quick tip! Walk around the mall or have lunch/ dinner before you head home to see if the glasses has a proper fit. It's hard to tell on a toddler when they can't really tell you specifically if it fits or not. We had dinner and noticed that the glasses kept slipping down after a while so we simply went back to the shop and get them to adjust for us.
I still feel pitiful for Sarah for having to wear glasses at such a young age. I started to wear glasses in Primary school and that was due to TV and books but there's a difference though. I had eye lasik 10 years ago and that was one of the best decision I ever made maybe in the far future, she can consider it too.
Whatever it is, as I opened Sarah's glasses case, there was a pamphlet that reads:
"Today, You learned that you child has poor vision and may feel helpless... However, we want you to be relieved that you discovered this today because today is a new beginning for your child's better vision" - Tomato Glasses, SEO Sungjoon Kim
Alamak.... Mr Kim, those words of encouragement were perfect to me! Here's to better vision!
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