[dogged]

If so, did you use a specialist optometrist with an interest in paediatrics, or just your local OPSM or Specsavers?

[#B#]

We just got ours done for the first time last week, we just went to budget eyewear

[proudmama1]

My 8 year old's vision has been checked by a behavioural optometrist.

[jm3]

My 8 year old's vision has been checked by a behavioural optometrist.

Same here.

[toosenuf]

just the local OPSM. 3yrs ago for DD2 she was in yr3 at the time. She was bordering line needing classes, she was (and is) a prolific reader, but was having trouble completing her school work. the Optomatrist recommeded for her to not get them.

a week or so later, she was sitting at the kitche table and could not read a school notice that was on the noticeboard on the wall, DD1 and I could and DH could with his classes (also new) on. DD2 put on Dh's classes and could read it.

Next day i took her back and insisted she get glasses, her schoolwork improved greatly, and soon reflected her abilites.

[dadathome]

DS9 first had an issue picked up at childcare by the Sydney Eye Hospital outreach program, and attended there for a couple of years. After a gap of a few years Dp took him to Specsavers, where he was prescribed glasses, and after 6 months new ones, as there ahd been a decline.

DS5 was screened via an outreach program, with no issues identified.

[Sunny003]

I took DS1 to our local optometrist, who has experience with young children. He was 3.5. We were also referred to a behavioural optometrist, but not for an eye check, although he did double check his prescription.

DS2 had a check with same one due to DS1's eye problems, & DD will too when she's a bit older.

[JJ]

Had DD tested recently because of some issues. We went to the local optometrist (not OPSM or Specsavers but something along those lines) and found them to be very thorough.

[~flaxen~]

Just the local optometrist, who then referred them on to a paediatric opthamologist. I took DS1 as he'd missed the eye screen that gets done at preschool and honestly thought there would be no problem as he was an early reader. DS2 was taken because of DS1.

[Bacongirl]

DS and DD were both sceeened through an outreach program at long day care. DD was fine, but they picked up a 'lazy eye' with DS. I'd noticed it a bit but hadn't realise dit was that bad. After 3-4 sessions at a local optomotrist and eye exercises at hime, his eye has straightened out.

I still take them every 2 years to be checked at OPSM or similar.

DD aloso had something similar to a sty, when she was around 2 which was monitored by a specialist to see if it went away on it's own. Took about 6-8 mths but it dissolved without surgery

This post has been edited by Coffeegirl: 13/01/2013, 05:33 PM