Glasses

Vaughn has to get glasses.

I have mixed feelings about this latest development. On the one hand I am very glad that he is going to get his eyes fixed, so hopefully he'll stop squinting his eye and complaining it hurts. On the other hand I don't want anything covering up his perfect little face.

We noticed over Christmas that he seemed to be squinting his left eye a lot. When I asked him if his eye hurt he said yes. Matt and I conducted a very scientific and accurate eye test at home to see if we could notice anything. We pulled up a kids eye chart on the computer and then covered each eye to see if he could see properly. Even our crude test was pretty obvious that there was a problem.

Wednesday we headed to the eye doctor. Thankfully I have the best boy who thinks going to the eye doctor is a super fun adventure. I told him a few days a head of time that we were going and what to expect. He was actually really excited and kept asking if it was the eye doctor day yet. When the time finally arrived he was amazing. The technician and doctor both commented on how great he was. The technician even said this was the first time he'd even been able to do the complete testing with a 3-4 year old.

The end result is that Vaughn has a 'lazy eye'. It most likely started with him not seeing properly out of his left eye so over time he stopped using it. Next Friday we go back to the eye doctor so they can dilate his eyes to get a better look to make sure there isn't any more damage. Then I imagine we will get the prescription for his glasses. He will wear them for 3-4 months to see if he will start using his left eye again once he can see out of it properly. If that doesn't work he will have to have a patch. It sounds like the end result will be pretty positive. His sight out of his left eye will never be perfect but if he starts using his left eye properly he may not need glasses again for a few years.

Vaughn is very excited about getting glasses and has told us he wants a black pair like Daddy. We'll see what we end up with but I'm sure he will look super handsome with his glasses. And we've already been practicing how we are going to laugh after the doctor puts the eye drops in . . . see I really do have the most amazing boy!