Disappointment and Laughter

Well, I did a bad thing.  I googled infant glasses.  :(

Let's just say that the images I had of N in glasses did not match up with what I saw.  Most infant glasses are glorified versions of Mr. Potato Head glasses.  You think that I'm kidding?  If you don't believe me, go check it out.  Pretty horrible, right?

(Disclaimer:  I understand the need for plastic glasses. Yes, I know that he is 7 months old and he will want to chew on them and that bendable is best, but still, can't they make something bendable and decent looking?)

I became very disappointed, not in the fact that he needs glasses, but in the fact that instead of something cute, he was going to have to wear something that looked like it belonged to a plastic toy.  I spent a whole day feeling negatively about the situation.

Tonight, I spent some more time googling, praying and hoping that I would fine something, anything, that would give me hope that there is more out there than the huge plastic glasses I had seen.  I did find some more decent options, as well as parents that have had their children wear "real" glasses and haven't had a problem with them.  So, we're headed out tomorrow to see what we can find.  Maybe we'll find a way to get two pairs, one plastic pair for home times and one "real" pair for going out in public, taking pictures, etc.  We'll see, though.

I will say that we are already seeing major improvements in the mobility of his left eye just from patching for two days.  He does really well with the patching and doesn't seem to mess with it too much, except for when he's tired and wants to rub his eyes.  Tomorrow, we patch the "bad" eye, since we're doing the two days right, one day left cycle.  This will help keep the right eye strengthened while we work with his left eye.

I did find a few things on cafepress.com that made me laugh while searching websites for the glasses.  I might just have to buy some of these.