Soon glasses will be perched upon my young sons nose. We recently (as in 2 days ago) found out at a first routine eye exam visit that our lil' man has astigmatism in both eyes, is near sighted, and has been prescribed glasses which are to arrive in 10 business days. He just celebrated his third birthday afew weeks ago and now we are going to have to adjust him to wearing glasses whenever he is awake, which should be quite interesting since he is an active little boy.
I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. Excited because he looks so adorable in them like a little brain, but so worrysome how it will all play out. Will he keep them on, how soon before they get runover by a tonka dumptruck, flushed down the toilet, thrown to the bottom of the toy box, shoved into dinner, or perhaps just avoided as a whole. I really hope it isn't a battle to have him wear them. And then there is the whole issue with name calling. Children have been known to be heartless and cruel to others that are different in any way, and glasses will certainly make Jack stand out once he starts preschool this fall. He is already so sensitive and shy, Im worried children will crush his self esteem with name calling.
I cant protect him for forever. Although I wish I could.
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