Today Zaia had her required Kindergarten eye exam. About 3 years or so ago the state of Illinois passed a law requiring students entering Kindergarten to get an eye exam from an eye doctor. Not just the generic one the pediatricians have, but a big one. So today was the day Zaia went. I had a deja vu feeling as we were JUST in that office last Monday morning. The verdict? Zaia gets glasses!!! At 5! How weird?! She never even seemed to act like she ever needed glasses. She doesn't sit too close to anything and doesn't squint. Dr. Tim (as we have begun to call him) said that she probably never knew any different and so didn't know that her vision was "bad." She is farsighted, meaning she can't see things close up. I mentioned 35 minutes into her exam when she was getting fidgety, that she is our child with the short attention span. After he finished up, he brought that back up. He said that because her eyes were straining when she was doing something close up (coloring, reading, table work, etc) she probably just got tired quicker and that is why she didn't stick with it for very long. Huh. Nice to know! He actually said lots of children are misdiagnosed with ADD when they really just need glasses! Amazing! Who knew? I certainly didn't. Zaia picked out pinkish reddish frames (of course...what else would Ms. Zaia, fashion extraordinaire, pick?) and she looked so cute. She tried on about 10 different frames and would say "I look like you Mommy!" Which of course, I agreed. She did.
So 2 kids and 2 pairs of glasses within a week of each other. Stay tuned for more of "As Anessa's Hair Falls Out"!!
I bet she looks so cute! My sister Leah had glasses when she was three or four.. she got these frames with rubber temples that extended behind her ear.
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