I had a phone call from Emily's nursery this morning. It's never good news, and it was with trepidation that I answered it, dreading what I was about to hear. "Emily has broken her glasses". Happy that no blood, bones or teeth were involved, it was with resignation that we took another trip to the opticians to see if they could be fixed. 3 year olds and glasses are just not compatible and whilst she's really cooperative when it comes to wearing them (she appreciates the clarity given that she's blind as a bat without them), it's very hard for her understand that they must be handled with care. The glasses were judged to be unfixable this time and I'm coming to realise that if we get 2 months from a pair then we're doing ok.
I hardly recognise Emily without her glasses now and the squint that originally indicated that she had a problem is more pronounced when she takes them off . We were warned of this by the doctor who said that as her eyes relax with the help of her glasses, the muscles would get lazier making the turning more obvious. This is a small price to pay since her near vision is now stabilised and it's been determined that her far vision is perfect, and so now her view of the world must surely be more pleasing. She happily wears her glasses all day long. They come off only for bathtime and when she's in the swimming pool. Whilst hiding her beautiful eyes behind glasses seemed initially to be beyond unfair, her adjustment to it has been a lesson to us. Now all we have to do is stop her bending them, sitting on them, scratching them, drawing on them with felt tip pen (yes, really!) and letting her friends try them on and we'll be happy. Let's hope her 2nd pair last a bit longer than her 1st.....
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