Results: Toddlers and Glasses

JessBean

04/22/2013

Parenting

Has your child ever required glasses?

Yes

24%

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433 votes

34%

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613 votes

Not Applicable

43%

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782 votes

How long did it take for them to get comfortable to wear them every day?

A few days

11%

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203 votes

A week or two

11%

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200 votes

Over a month

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138 votes

N/A

70%

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1272 votes

Other (please specify)

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15 votes

Any helpful hints on this topic?

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one week
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residence
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lots of bribing!!!!
get them professionally adjusted
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nope
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mine chewed up the earpieces so keep an eye on the glasses.
dont have a kid
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;...
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more questions would be fine.
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none
give them treats for when they do wear them.
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if kids pick on you, tell them its okay because it makes you look smarter
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i never knew of a child having problems with wearing glasses
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make a note of the info on the model type of the frames, and carry it with you. children break temple pieces frequently, and you can probably just call in to the optical company to order new one/s
make them feel that it's "cool" to don glasses these days
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no
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tell them they can get contacts
compliment the child on how good he/she looks with them on
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my daughter got glasses at 2.5 years old. just try to be consistent! although, it depends on the child, and they have control over it in the end. my other daughter won't keep her hearing aid in very long at all. good luck!
i hate kids.
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i also wear corrective lenses so when i put on my glasses or put in my contacts i would remind him to do the same.
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a little at a time usually works until they are comfy.
show them celebrities that wear glasses and buy them some really cute glasses. kids just want to be cool and look stylish.
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my daughter has worn them since she was one. we bought a head thing that helped keep them on. it took almost a year before she would wear them all day.
you just have to stay on top of it.
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my child was 4 when he started wearing glasses.
i didn't make it a discipline issue. more important to me at first was that when she took them off, she gave them to me or her dad rather than just putting them down anywhere. she's doing well with that, but she's also doing better now with wearing them most of the time as well.
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help a child recognize how much more they can see when they wear their glasses. let them choose the frames.
make sure they know they look good, ask how they can see better and things like that.
no
be more specific.
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things to help them keep the glasses on their face can make them feel more comfortable.
just make sure they keep them on or it will take longer to get adjusted to them
told them they would be able to see better to play with their toys and shop for other things. that they were their magical glasses to make them look really good to see better
none
my kid doesn't need glasses yet... but a lot of people on both sides of the family wear them, so it may happen.
i had to wear glasses when i was 7, and my advice is to definitely get cheap glasses because they'll get broken often. also, small rewards help insure that they'll wear them everyday. glasses suck! make sure when they get old enough for school you don't still have them in dorky looking ones.
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just get a sterdy pair
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no,
make them wear them, its better in the long run
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find other kids with glasses, show them they're not alone
just have them wear te glasses as much as possible.
keep telling them how great they look
i dont know
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force your child to wear them but avoid cps
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mine didn't get glasses until they were in kindergarten/first grade.
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consistancie.
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just comfort them! don't worry, best of luck to you! x
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get them or let them choose a cool funky string for around the neck to hang their glasses from when at school!
they'll get used to it just let them do their thing
i've had friends parents give their young children glasses even as young as kindergarden. they had an elastic/rubber type and they looked awkward but the child did not seem to mind them.
never try to sleep in them.
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n/a, but good luck
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i am a mom of one son who will be eighteen soon, he never had to wear glasses, however, if he would have had to i would just have been honest and said it is something new, but before you know it, you won't even notice it, maybe keep track on a little calendar with stickers good luck !!!
we got children's books about the topic of glasses with some charaters he knew to make him feel proud of wearing them. we also got a band that went around his head to help keep them on, and once he realized he could see with them on, he liked them
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if of proper age let them pick out the frames. also if you there is a special or you can afford it get at least two pairs.
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na
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don't let your child take off outside. mine did got stepped on
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no
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nope
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get a elastic rope that fit on the glasses to keep them on your child
don't give children contacts until they are at least 14.
none
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depends on the age. my niece was wearing glasses at 6 mths old.
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no

Other Answers	Percentage	Votes
	0.16%	3
he changed to contacts	0.05%	1
right away, they did not have a problem	0.05%	1
he didnt wear them	0.05%	1
d	0.05%	1
in the same hour he have it for the first time!	0.05%	1
a year.	0.05%	1
they never needed to wear glasses on a daily basis.	0.05%	1
can't remember. that was 20 years ago.	0.05%	1
she don't like to wear them	0.05%	1
they had no problem	0.05%	1
years because she got teased about them	0.05%	1
immediately	0.05%	1

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