Sabrina: The Big Reveal

Introducing: Sabrina!  Our cute little girl and her new glasses!  

Sabrina failed her initial "eye exam" at the 18-month appointment.  They take a picture of her eyes with what looks like a radar gun and from that they could apparently tell she was using her right eye more than her left, so we were sent to a specialist.  The specialist did a thorough eye exam (like you and I have... eye dilation and everything... except she didn't pass out like I do... but that's another story...).  Anyway, the eye exam was a 2-hour event.  It was like a regular eye appointment, except it was a huge production.  There were automated stuffed animals all over the room that would turn on and start moving, barking, or walking around.  There was a TV that would play elmo, a million popsicle sticks with characters on the top of them, lots of spinning lights, etc.  It was pretty intense.  And she did great.  She sat on my lap in the chair, ate some apple slices, and looked at all the things they wanted her to.  Diagnosis:  Her right eye is 20/20, her left eye is 20/50.  With that big of a difference between the eyes at that age, the brain can just say: "It's too hard to focus out of that left out, let's shut it off."  So that's how lazy eyes happen.  And now Sabrina wears glasses full time.  Today is her third day and she's been a total champion.  The first day was about an hour on, ten minutes off, an hour on, etc.  Yesterday she threw a huge fit after about two hours of wearing them and I kept them off for about 30 minutes.  After that, every time she would take them off, I would say: "Sabrina, where are your glasses?"  and she would pick them up and say: "Oh!  Here ya go!" and I'd put them back on.  And that only happened about three times.  So I think she's adapting quickly.  It helps that I wear glasses.  She points to mine and says: "Mommy's" and then hers and says: "MINE!"

Which brings me to other news about Sabrina: just in the past two weeks, Sabrina has finally hit her stride with talking.  She can mimic anything we say, and we can usually actually understand her words now.  She even says: "More peese" instead of signing (though sometimes she'll do both at the same time) and tries to use words more than screams, which makes us very happy!

Look at my cute little ladies!

Here's how they attach in the back... in case you were wondering how they stay on.