Glasses

Madison finally got her glasses today. It took almost 3 weeks from the time we went to the eye doctor for them to come in. We went to Vanderbilt to the eye doctor, but the glasses store didn't take our insurance. So I took Madi to my eye doctor in Portland. They didn't have many frames in her size, so they ordered some in for her to try on. That took about week to get those in. Then we picked out her frames, and it took almost two and a half weeks for the final frames to come in. She has a pretty strong prescription (+5), so they did a special lens where they wouldn't look really thick.

I am pretty happy with the way they look! I think she looks pretty adorable...

Instead of having a strap that goes around her head, we got the glasses that wrap around her ears. They are supposed to help keep them on better, but she can get them off pretty easily.

She kept wanting to look at herself in the mirror at the eye doctor when she put her glasses on. She didn't pull them off immediately either, so they said that's a good sign she is really seeing better. This afternoon she did good with leaving them on, but tonight has been a different story. She has pulled them off every few minutes. Hopefully it will just take her a couple of days to get adjusted & then she will leave them alone.

I'm excited to see if they make a big different in her walking / balance & being able to identify things!