Four year old failed vision test??

code-a-holic

As previously said - just because she failed the test it does not mean she will definatly need glasses - for now she needs another test.
I personally believe in checking on eye sight myself and i have taken my own children to a optician once they turned 3. My daughter passed at 3 years old but 6 months later she developed a obvious weak eye so has been glasses since. That was 7 months ago. She has funky collection of different glasses and is the envy of all her friends to have purple glasses with 'diamonds'!!
I was concerned for her when i was told she would need glasses. Her first pair were from specsavers - and was a huge mistake - their childrens collection just was not appealing to a little princess so we found a independant optician who had 200 in her size to choose from.
Good luck

Indie_Kid

jeffgeorge wrote: »

Will it definetly mean she needs glasses. Is there nothing else it could be.

If she needs glasses thats fine but was hoping not

Wearing glasses isn't the end of the world. Just be grateful that it's hopefully nothing too serious that glasses can't fix - I am in this situation and it's crap.

jeffgeorge

lauren_1 wrote: »

Glasses have improved 100 fold since i had them as a child (im only 26) i have had them since i was 2, my dd and ds both have since they were 3. They are some really good 'kids' designs like barble etc etc and some rather funky rimless frames too for kids.

dollydoodah wrote: »

What a great way to annoy all those parents on here whose children - like my daughter - do wear glasses.

My son 'failed' a vision test when he was in Year 1. We went along to the orthoptist who said that it was because the tester had detected a slight lazy eye. Twenty minutes and various tests later, he was given the all clear.

So no, despite what has been said earlier, just because you have this letter does NOT necessarily mean she will need glasses.

There is no way I want to annony anyone and that is not what I set out to do just ask for advice.

Why on earth would I wish bad eyesight on my daughter to the point she needs glasses, that surely is the same as any other parent?

pigpen

Having an appointment at a proper optician rather than a mickey mouse test done by untrained school nurses in a room with bright lights and lots of distractions is the first step!!

Mine have been going to the proper optician since they are about 3.5 and the opticians are fabulous with them. I have 3 children who wear glasses and no, it isn't what you would choose for them but if they need them, they get them.

The fact she 'failed' a school eye test does not mean she needs glasses as all.. it means she needs to have a proper eye test to put your mind at ease.

I refused to allow my children to have the eye test at school because it was done by the school nurse and something as important as vision needs to be checked by someone who knows what they are doing. The school nurse got most stroppy when I said I take my children to the optician routinely therefore to have an eye test done by them was not only a waste of my time but theirs as well.

If only finding a dentist was as easy as finding an optician!

quietheart

This happened when my son was 4. He is very shy and hates having the attention on him so was utterly horrified at having to have glasses. Luckily he chose a dennis the menace pair that went down well with the cool kids then all the other kids were begging their parents for glasses! Since then he's had MrBump and last week upgraded to the Simpsons. He's nearly 7 and is still under the eye clinic not the opticians, the clinic specialise in paediatric vision. We were told last week his vision has improved so much he probably won't need them in a year or two which would be great.
It's so good that vision problems are picked up early now and are often greatly improved or corrected.
Good luck, let your daughter look at all the great styles available online and she'll probably want a pair asap.

nickyhutch

pigpen wrote: »

Having an appointment at a proper optician rather than a mickey mouse test done by untrained school nurses in a room with bright lights and lots of distractions is the first step!!

Mine have been going to the proper optician since they are about 3.5 and the opticians are fabulous with them. I have 3 children who wear glasses and no, it isn't what you would choose for them but if they need them, they get them.

The fact she 'failed' a school eye test does not mean she needs glasses as all.. it means she needs to have a proper eye test to put your mind at ease.

I refused to allow my children to have the eye test at school because it was done by the school nurse and something as important as vision needs to be checked by someone who knows what they are doing. The school nurse got most stroppy when I said I take my children to the optician routinely therefore to have an eye test done by them was not only a waste of my time but theirs as well.

If only finding a dentist was as easy as finding an optician!

That's really not what happens. The Hall report recommended that the test is done by an orthoptist.

Indie_Kid

quietheart wrote: »

We were told last week his vision has improved so much he probably won't need them in a year or two which would be great.

That's brilliant!:) I was like that for a while around the age of 9. Now, I can't see much without them.:(

shazrobo

sometimes children can have lots eye tests like my ds has, i have been taking him to opticians since he was 3 as bad eyesight runs in my family, ds, had very good vision, til he turned 12, since then hes been having checks every 3 months, after a visit this week, hes now back on 6 month visits there. apparently growth spurts can affect there vision if they are short sighted.
to OP i never wanted my kids to wear glasses, especially after wearing them myself since 2 years of age, and i felt terribly guilty for passign my eyesight problems to my son, but at end of day, glasses are fashionable these days, and dont stop anybody leading a normal life, unlike som eother medical conditions can

CRANKY40

If she can spot things miles away then she may be long sighted rather than short sighted. I am long sighted and would take it over short sighted any day. I can see to do activities like swimming without glasses,(my cousin's short sighted son has to have prescription goggles), and as bad as my eyesight is (I have asigmatism too), I can still read a car number plate at the legally required distance to be able to drive without my glasses (I wear them, honest).

I had my son's eyes tested when he was 3 because of my sight problems. The optician said he was slightly long sighted, but that small children are mostly naturally long sighted, and it sorts itself out as they grow.

pigpen

nickyhutch wrote: »

That's really not what happens. The Hall report recommended that the test is done by an orthoptist.

This being the relevant word here!!

it never is.. the school entry test is done by the school nurse.. and they do the hearing test at the same time. It is only a RECOMMENDATION because they know the school nurse isn't capable of doing such a test properly and no education or health authority is going to spend money getting a proper optician in to school it is simply too expensive.

My last one to enter school had hers done in October last year.. when I refused to allow the school nurse to conduct it so it isn't like I am 'behind' on my information either.