{"id":1563,"date":"2012-12-04T21:52:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T02:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2012-12-04T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T02:52:39","slug":"my-bespectacled-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/12\/my-bespectacled-baby.html","title":{"rendered":"My Bespectacled Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Mommy, now I look like a professor” ~ Timothy<\/p><\/div>\n

Today Timmy got his first pair of glasses.<\/p>\n

We knew this was coming for a long time. He’s like his father in so many ways: appearance, his comedic nature, and many other “youngest child” traits.\u00a0It took three visits to the eye doctor this year to get everything right, Timmy would complain about his vision, and the eye doctor was trying to delay his needing the glasses. Over Thanksgiving break, we noticed him crossing his eyes purposefully. He claimed that his eyes “felt better” when he crossed them.<\/p>\n

This last visit was the one where the doctor noticed the slight cross-eyed-ness. The glasses would help his eyes not have to strain so much. The doctor prescribed him glasses to wear for anytime he needed to read: books, blackboards, computer screens, music.<\/p>\n

The doctor’s office has a nice optical shop on site, with a great deal for kids’ glasses. I was particularly sold by the one year warranty, which covers everything except complete loss of the glasses and lenses.\u00a0Timmy wanted a pair that looked like his Dad’s. He told the completely-smitten-by-him ladies about how much he already looks like his Dad, and that with glasses he will look\u00a0just like Dad!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Reading his Harry Potter: Prizoner of Azkaban<\/cite>.<\/p><\/div>\n

They helped him choose a pair that offered some room for growth, and they put silicone nose pieces on them so they wouldn’t slip so much. An extra case for school, plenty of microfiber cleaning cloths, and some cleaning spray.<\/p>\n

My hats off to any parents with young kids in glasses. How do you keep their glasses from getting lost while at school? Timmy has exhibited responsibility with other high-value items (such as his Nintendo DS), but my concern is with his flippy\/floppy\/hangy\/roll-around-ness that will probably result in the glasses falling off easily. Here’s hoping he doesn’t lose them…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today Timmy got his first pair of glasses. We knew this was coming for a long time. He’s like his father in so many ways: appearance, his comedic nature, and many other “youngest child” traits.\u00a0It took three visits to the eye doctor this year to get everything right, Timmy would complain about his vision, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[175,4],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-pd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":240,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/09\/daddy-the-weather-doctor.html","url_meta":{"origin":1563,"position":0},"title":"Daddy the Weather Doctor","date":"13 September 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Quote of the day from Timmy:\"Did Daddy become a weather doctor to help the weather feel better?\"He asked us this as we were walking through a parking lot in a foggy drizzle. 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