New Glasses

At his yearly well visit to the pediatrician, I brought up the fact that Elijah says that he sees spots...a lot. I wasn't sure if this meant anything other than the typical "floaters" that people see. The pediatrician suggested going to the eye doctor. This year I got coverage for the kids and figured I might as well take them all. Of course on the day that I had set to go in, they all were sick and Oliver was at his sickest with RSV so I had to reschedule. They didn't have anything for a month and it wasn't an emergency so it wasn't a big deal. Funny thing? Jonah ended up getting sick with the virus that Noah had the week before. Random high fever of 103 for a few days...sore throat. Noah tested negative for the flu and strep at the pediatrician so I didn't bother to take Jonah in. Of course Jonah added pink eye and puking to the mix. Yay!! (gag) Anyway

Here Elijah looks so happy to be in the exam chair.

What we found out is that both boys inherited my astigmatism. Elijah has just a slight need for glasses but the doctor wanted him to get them for classwork. He said the spots may be ocular migraines so the glasses may help with eye strain. Noah actually has the exact same eyesight but because he is only five and just going into kindergarten, the Dr said he was ok until next time. He predicted worse vision for him though. 

Noah wanted to try out some glasses too. They all were a bit too big.

Elijah was sad that these didn't fit him well. He wanted to be like Harry Potter.

It took a week but his glasses came in. Here's his new "look".