In my area, we have a program called Parents as Teachers with the school system. While the lady was visiting, she mentioned that they were recommending vision screening for all babies at 6 months. There's a program called InfantSee, which she said offers free screening for babies nationwide. The website is infantsee.com. I had scheduled Ariella's appointment for this past weekend. Apparently vision problems that could be corrected early if caught early are getting missed (even with the pediatrician base eye screening), so our school district is encouraging all babies to get tested by an eye doctor.
We had a good appointment on Saturday. The eye doctor did a lot of different vision checks. We had been concerned about her right eye still turning in a little, but the doctor said that everything looked good. We talked about Ariella's clogged tear duct, and she recommended massaging it while doing the cleaning with the warm washcloth. So, I'm making a point to do that. But, she said that they normally don't do anything about it, especially at this age. Ariella's prescription was +3, which is apparently perfectly normal at her age. She recommended that we come in again at 3 years old, so no more eye doctors for us for a while. We learned quite a lot about infant eye development. The only thing I should have done is that the timing of the appointment wasn't the best. Ariella got tired towards the end of it, so she got a little fussy. I'm very glad we went, though. And, it was completely free! Very cool program.
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