Friday, March 13, 2009

Glasses Glamor!

While we were in Thailand, the doctor confirmed suspicions we'd been having for a long while. Archie is cross-eyed. (It's pretty obvious in a lot of pics - including these.) Thus, we purchased his first pair of glasses on our trip to Korea.

He needs to be wearing the glasses full-time by no later than the end of April because our next appointment with the pediatric ophthalmologist is at the end of June and that was the stipulation. It's pretty difficult to get him to keep them on, though. For the first week, he screamed anytime we came near him with the glasses because he thought he might be getting his eyes dilated again - which proved a much more traumatic experience for him than getting a shot in each leg at the pediatrician's right before. Thankfully, he's over that now. Grandma is sending a special strap from America for the back of his head, which we hope helps keep the glasses in place. Right now, we have our best success getting him to wear them at meal time and snack time when he is preoccupied. Hence, all the banana pics.


Eeew! Do I have to wear these?

Studious Archie

Curious Archie

Hungry Archie

Silly Archie


3 comments:

Chad and Krista said...

What a handsome little man! Those glasses sure add some years to him, I'd say he is at least 5. Cute as a button though!

Anonymous said...

At least they are correcting it while he is still young. Kids seem to adapt so well to things. He is soooooo cute!

SouthAsiaRocks said...

He looks so cute in his glasses!! How cute!!!!