Hi everyone I just saw this group on Yahoo and was very happy to find it! My Name is Sam. I live in France and I have a little 2-and-a-half year-old girl...
I've just seen this - get writing - the competition closes tomorrow! Lucie x ... POETRY PATCHED Poetry Competition for 0 - 16 year olds, judged in 2 groups...
Hi Alison It's great that he's do good with the patching. Does he go to pre- school? I always found that James's got on better with his patch when he was busy...
Hi Liz That's great news. Isn't it fantastic the difference patching can make? (Even at Ella's ripe old age!:-) James is not patching anymore either. I don't...
Hi Hannah Thanks for your reply, it's great to talk to someone who has gone through the same thing. After reading your message I called the hospital yesterday...
Hi Hannah, Thanks for your message. Ella can now read up to the 6th line which they are really pleased about given her age. (I cant believe she is classed as...
Hi Liz I was just reading back through some messages and noticed that Ella was due for a check-up this month. How did it go? I really hope that there was some...
Hi Lucie I'd be happy to help out. I have no experiance in moderating, so any advice in how & what I need to be doing would be great. It would be a real shame...
Hi Alison Welcome to the group. Your Little One sounds a little like my James. I'm not sure what James's prescription is, but I know it's about +3 or 4...
Dear all, I am Lucie and I started this group last year when we were told my daughter Ivy would have to patch for 2 hrs a day. I felt quite isolated as I...
Hi my name is Alison and my 3 year old son started patching nearly 2 weeks ago. I am so proud of him, he started wearing glasses in November and took to them...
Hi Caroline We used the sticky ones. We did try the felt ones that go over the glasses during the summer last year, as the sticky ones get quite hot & sweaty,...
Hi Caroline I am mum to Owen who will be 3 next week. We began patching very young, around 6 weeks i think. So i am guessing that it must have been easier for...
Hi Hannah, Thanks you very much for your answer. Did you use patches that stick on the eyes or the felt ones on the glasses ? ... I ... dramatised ... always ...
Hi Caroline My son was a little bit older (four) when he started patching, so I suppose he was a little easier to reason with! We took a firmer approach as I...
Hello, my name is Caroline and I was told last week that my 3 years old son (Pierre) will need to wear an eye patch for 2/3 hours each day (He has been wearing...
Hi Cath, I'm Lucie, my daughter Ivy has to wear glasses and a patch after she was born with a cataract in one eye. Lucy sounds brilliant, it's good that she...
Hi Hannah, Well, congratulations!!! That is so fantastic that James' vision has improved so drastically. Well done. It proves that patching really does work! I...
Hi, I'm Cath, my 3 1/2 year old daughter Lucy has a pronounced squint in her right eye. She is extremely longsighted in that eye and it is also a lazy eye....
Hi everyone. It's been a bit quiet on here recently, so I thought I'd do a quick post and let you all know that James had another check-up a few weeks ago and...
Hi Liz, Well done to you and Ella for the improvement! That is really amazing and it shows how patching really does work. So will you be able to fit in the 4...
Hi Everyone, I can understand how quickly you get out of the routine of patching. We had to start patching Ella about 10 weeks ago and at first we were really...
Hi Lucie and Renee and everyone else, Thinking of you Lucie !!! We have just had Grace's (Grace is nearly 4) patching increased from 4 hours a day to 6 !!! She...
Thanks Renee! I am a member of Aphakic but haven't been able to keep up with the digests lately so I hadn't seen those words of wisdom from Christine. She sure...
Hi Lucie, I've copied an extract from a posting on the Aphakic support group (you may also be a member of this - and if not I strongly encourage you to join)....
...It started when I decided that I would give Ivy a 'day off' patching one Thursday as we had been doing so well, we hadn't had a day off for months, and I...
Hannah, that's fantastic news!! Well done to you and well done to James. Isn't it amazing what patching can achieve! I bet James is thrilled that he only has...
Hi Liz James's lazy eye was picked up during his 4yo pre-school checks with the HV back in March. He couldn't even see the big H at the top of the chart with...
Hi Hannah, Thats excellent news about James. I bet he is really happy with the improvement and the reduction in patching. How old is James? You said in your...
Hi All, Just wanted to share with you how James's check went this week. Well, there's still a one-line difference between the two eyes - but it is the 5th/6th...
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