advice help and basically a shoulder to cry on needed

[Russian Doll]

my youngest baby boy is 2..hes severley long sighted and has a lazy left eye..we had his check up yesterday and his eye sight is getting worse....a lot worse..the doctor has given me patches to try just to get him used to wearing things over his eye as he refuses point blank to wear glasses.....

they are your usual a typical sticky patches which suprise suprise lasts 2 secs...we have tried playing pirate games and we all went as far that all 6 of us put one on but it did nt work
in an ideal world i need a thomas the tank engine patch as he would never remove it lol...

but failing that any ideas guys im so worried now but short of putting him in a staright jacket i dont know what to do

thanx for reading

[prison break fan]

Oh poor you! I can't offer any advice, only sympathy! I had the same problem as a child, I have a really pathetic photo of me at about one year old, sitting in my pram with glasses on! When my son needed glasses at about 12 years old, he refused point blank to wear National health ones, so I spent a fortune on "designer" ones, only for them to end up at the bottom of the river!! pbf.

[Rosendula]

It's so difficult to make a 2 year old do what they have to isn't it?

You say about Thomas the Tank Engine. Could you tape (not glue) a picture of Thomas on it? Erm, perhaps print of some colour-in pictures of Thomas, one for your son to colour in, the other for you to colour in and of course you draw an eye patch on Thomas and make up a story to go with it? Or is colouring too difficult? Oh, gosh this is a hard one!

I just did a Wiki thing, and found out there's a story of Sir Handel wearing an eyepatch on one of the Thomas episodes. I haven't watched it, so it might turn out to be detrimental, but if you want to check it out go on YouTube and put in 'Great Little Engines Sir Handel Comes home'. I'm trying to find things secretly without my 3-year-old Thomas fan seeing and hijacking the computer, but I think, looking at it now, that it might just be drawings with someone reading a story, so perhaps looking for the book on Amazon or something.... Sorry, it's hard to look these things up for you right now. I feel like I'm typing in a whisper.

Good luck! Not having been in that situation I'm not the best person to give advice but if I think of anything else I'll let you know

[TheGoodEarth]

How about rewards/treats for wearing the patch. Something for an hour at a time then build it up to half a day then a day etc. A full day could be a Thomas the Tank toy!

[Muscroj]

OK, I've not got any practical suggestions to get him to keep them on, however just wondering (and excuse my ignorance as I know very little about sight problems) but at 2 years old does he need to wear glasses, what will they do for him? Does he bump into objects, or is he not recognising people/faces because of it? or is it more that if he wears them now then it will get him used to it for the future?

The reason I ask is because I know I would have the same problem with my 18 month old, he wont keep anything on his head for more than a few seconds, but my 3 year old now thinks it fun to wear sun glasses/hats/crowns & likes dressing up. SO I think it's an age thing & something that he will be fine with in another few months.

I guess I'm saying try not to stress about it too much as it will happen in time but then it's easy for me to say isn't it.

My only other comment would be I'm guessing that the patches would restrict his vision further? Perhaps he doesn't like the feeling of not being able to see. Could you make him some cardboard 'glasses' perhaps with elastic around the back or a 'superhero mask' the type that will goes around his eyes but with eye holes to see through? I find that if I put a hat on Harry (the youngest) and then distract him completely for a few mins he forgets he's got it on & will wear it for longer (until he realises he's been fooled & then whips it off again!! )

[sleepyowl]

Didn't you used to get Thomas the Tank Engine glasses they had them when I was a kid back in the eighties

[StripyPixieSocks]

What are the patches made of?

If it is material you can get a iron on paper that you can print out from a printer, cut out and iron on and if it's a plastic type affair you can get a water slide transfer paper.

I know these are not exactly cheap but one sheet would do quite alot of patches maybe?

If they are light coloured you could get some kind of Thomas the Tank Engine rubber stamp and use fabric paint to stamp outlines on and then perhaps get him some fabric paint pens and get him to colour them in??

[Muscroj]

or would these be any good to stick on them?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Tank-Eng ... 1842392999

[Russian Doll]

OK, I've not got any practical suggestions to get him to keep them on, however just wondering (and excuse my ignorance as I know very little about sight problems) but at 2 years old does he need to wear glasses, what will they do for him? Does he bump into objects, or is he not recognising people/faces because of it? or is it more that if he wears them now then it will get him used to it for the future?

The reason I ask is because I know I would have the same problem with my 18 month old, he wont keep anything on his head for more than a few seconds, but my 3 year old now thinks it fun to wear sun glasses/hats/crowns & likes dressing up. SO I think it's an age thing & something that he will be fine with in another few months.

I guess I'm saying try not to stress about it too much as it will happen in time but then it's easy for me to say isn't it.

My only other comment would be I'm guessing that the patches would restrict his vision further? Perhaps he doesn't like the feeling of not being able to see. Could you make him some cardboard 'glasses' perhaps with elastic around the back or a 'superhero mask' the type that will goes around his eyes but with eye holes to see through? I find that if I put a hat on Harry (the youngest) and then distract him completely for a few mins he forgets he's got it on & will wear it for longer (until he realises he's been fooled & then whips it off again!! )

yes he does need to wear glasses...i we can get him to wear them chances are the sight can be corrected..but if he carries on the way hes going..he will lose sight in the lazy eye and after that the other eye

[boboff]

That sounds really hard to deal with. Can the opticians or Doctors offer any advice ? Could a bandage do the same job?

I hope it sorts itself out for you soon.