Glasses?

[rosyred45]

Well, I'm not sure if I should put this here or not, but Mikey has to wear glasses, and they are perscription, so it sorta fell this way.

I have a question that I hope someone can help with.
Mikey got glasses at the nice ripe age of 4, just like me. Lazy eye thing going on. Any how. The opthamologist recommended wire frame glasses, as he sees most "active" children break others.

Well, we have lost 1 lens in the snow this past week, and since he has gotten these "great" glasses, I have had to take them back to be repaired at least 5 times because Mikey is just Mikey. He Puts them on rough, although he has gotten better, we have the scratch resistance, which cost an addition $50 w/ my husbands perscription plan, and I am about at my wits end.

I absolutely hate these glasses. I have been through 3 eye glass repair kits just for the screws alone. He bends them, misshapes them, and finally this happened.

Can someone recommend a better type of glasses that a 6 yr old can't break??? I'm thinking Drew Carrey, and if they break, duct tape or electric tape. Then you got the geek stigmatism.
JEEZ
Kaiti

[vickilyn32]

My DS-13 has glasses. Usually only for reading, but he leaves them on most of the time. We also have the wire frames, DS wont wear anything else. We have bent them, lost lenses, etc. Finally the Dr put some kind of "spacer" between the lense and frame, then put a sealant on the screws and tightened them as much as he could. We did not loose anymore lenses after that. As far as bending them, DSs are usually out of shape, I dont have any ideas about that. Our principle told DS to get titanium frames. Yea right.

[rosyred45]

Mikey has gotten better as he's gotten used to them, but the lens' fall out because he bends them to fit his face some how. I think that if he got a different pair that weren't as bendable, he might not be able to "fidget" with them as much. They just don't seem to fit his face. I told the dr, but the dr said they would be the best thing for him, as opposed to snapping them.

Hopefully everybody is at work today so I can leave early and go to this appointment.
Thanks Vickilyn
Kaiti

[Jenn]

Kat got the kind that are kind of flexable at the ear peice things but not the frame themselves. They have 2 sets of screws one on the part that holds the lenes' in and one on the ear thingys. Not sure what brand. Medicaid brand.. lol So I think they cost like 40 dollars for the frames. Her glasses are flexiable at the hinge part only. She is almost 11 but still has trouble being responseable. Although I did not look at the boys frames since my Mikie has no need, yet, for glasses.

And can I say YIKES!! 50 dollars for scratch coating?? I found out it was going to cost me 15 dollars when Kat get's her new glasses this summer.

[rosyred45]

Well, we got back. It actually didn't cost as much as I thought it would have since his original pair were from 2002. So that qualified us, according to hubby's insurance, to another pair for, let me see. $10 exam, $20 for lenses (frames are covered) and an extra $25 for scratch resistance.

$20 says he scratches the lenses in the first week. Any takers? I do like the sounds of the duel screws. That's actually pretty sensible. I know growing up I had the ugly, photogray(what was I thinking, I was dorky enough as it was) plastic frames. BUT they did have the hinges like Jenn is talking about.

I think the ones Mikey picked out this time look alot more durable. They are still wire framed, which I am kicking myself for because I was a chicken to say NO< I WANT THIS. I grew up woth this opthamologist, so it seemed kinda disrespectful, ifyou know what I mean.

You can keep the ideas coming, cause I know that in less than a month we will be back in the office with broken glasses. Thank God the frames are guarrented, he already went through 3 sets of those.

Thanks
Kaiti

[Jenn]

another idea is get a copy of the Rx go to the Wal-Mart eye center and get the cheapest frames set. I think they start at 40or 45 dollars that way you have a back up. So what ever the cost of the lenses plus the 45 dollars. Not too bad a deal if you ask me. If the new glasses Kat gets this summer has a Rx change we will get a copy of the Rx and get her some Mary-Kate and Ashley frames so she can have a second pair.

[eaccae]

DS (8) has glasses that he wears all the time. (Between DH and me our kids are going to be cursed with our poor eye sight). They recommended wire frames for him as well - but just knowing myself - I absolutely hate wire frames - can't wear them they drive me crazy - we found some plastic ones for DS. They are "hip" looking - black with the bottom half of the frame missing - very sporty - look just like my brother-in-law's. They have worked out really well! They don't seem to bother him - I may need to get them adjusted in a month or so because he pulls them off with one hand instead of the two - but they aren't too loose yet - and so far no problems with breaking or bending.

I just know from my own experience with glasses (and I have been wearking them for 23 years) - that the wire frames seem to slide down or bend too much - so they never feel like they fit correctly and as an adult - I would do just what your son is doing. I am constantly bending them and playing with them so they will fit more comfortably. I find, personally, that the plastic frames seem more weightless on my face. And they don't "bend" out of shape.

They key for kids is to find the right frame that looks trendy (more like what alot of adults are wearing now) and not too much like the "old" plastic frames from the past.

[rosyred45]

Fuuny thing is, whatever he needs, it's gotta be right up on his eyes, almost like another eyeball. I hope that when he gets old enough, he might be able to get contacts, that way he doesn't feel AS uncomfortable with them on his face. But I'm not to sure, since the dr told me that since my left eye was so bad, I would only be able to have hard contacts.

I'd like to look into surgury, for me, but I'm a big chicken when it comes to that sort of stuff. I think the worst when it comes to hospitals and stuff like that. So I'm not sure what technology will bring for him, maybe he'll be able to stop after a while.

Don't know, thanks for your ideas
Kaiti

[Honeysmom]

I have the flex-side wire ones. I have to buy kids glasses b/c I have a really small head and adult ones look like clown glasses. Mine bend constantly and I am pretty careful with them. They are always sitting pretty crooked on my face.

I had hard contacts and then the soft toric ones. Hard were too uncomfortable and soft no longer works b/c glasses hold my eye straight. I have lazy eye also and contacts and that don't seem to mix well. My brother has been wearing soft contacts since he was 8. He refused glasses and would break them on purpose. My parents agreed to get him contacts as long as he took care of them and he did. The alternative was glasses or nothing.

Also, I can't have lasar surgery b/c I am wearing bifocals and the ripe old age of 26! No point in surgury if I still have to wear them to read or have DH hold the newspaper up from accross the table so I can read it.

[Allanque]

I had glasses for reading in kindergarten. I was far-sighted at that point in time. I didn't have to wear them all the time. After the schoolbus ran over them (they fell off my trapper keeper), it was decided that maybe I didn't need them all that much...

[jdmom]

I read somewhere that to keep your eyegalss screws from coming loose or falling out, you take them out, cover them with clear fingernail polish and then screw them back in. However, I do not wear glasses, so I don't know if that would cause other problems or not.