I need some pointers, ideas, advice on how I can get Asher to wear his glasses once we get them, and how I can keep him from losing/breaking them. Asher's two, I mentioned that, right? This is gonna be fun :)
Ya know, once I got home this morning, I thought about what he would think when you actually get the glasses on his face, and he sees the difference. Remember the leaves I told you about. I'm thinkin' since he sits so close to the TV, he will be quick to figure it out! Anyway, time will tell with that one.
Get the twisty, bendable kind that are meant for younger kids and don't break easily. And then make it into his favorite thing. I'm not sure about two year olds, but for Dylan I would tell him it gave him some super power or something like that. Whatever "magical" thing you can think of. Or find a TV show he likes with a character who wears glasses like Leo from Little Einstein's or something and play that up a bit. Hopefully that helps. Maybe you could buy the whole family a pair of sunglasses/glasses from the dollar store and have everyone wear them around the house for a couple weeks to help him get used to the idea of wearing glasses. I've seen funny, big glasses that he might think were funny on mom and dad.
We did the glasses thing with Dylan last year and he actually really liked wearing them. He thought they made him look like a detective and played the role brilliantly. But his eyes were on the border of needing glasses anyway so when he bent them several times in a row wrestling with Anthony or his cousins, I gave up and told him he couldn't wear them until he was older or his eyes got worse. That's why my biggest suggestion is to get the flexible kind that stay on them when they are doing summersaults and other toddler-like activities. Also, they cost more, but we got the transition lenses so they change color to be like sunglasses when you go outside and Dylan really liked that. That way he was never squinting in the sun.
If it's a huge problem, you might have to go for bribery. You know, the whole, you get an M&M every time the timer goes off and your glasses are still on or whatever. Hopefully one of those suggestions works. Sometimes you have to just see how they react first and then deal with it from there. But GOOD LUCK!
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Ya know, once I got home this morning, I thought about what he would think when you actually get the glasses on his face, and he sees the difference. Remember the leaves I told you about. I'm thinkin' since he sits so close to the TV, he will be quick to figure it out! Anyway, time will tell with that one.
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Good luck, I was 8 when i got my first pair...Make it a game, see how far away he can see things. That was always really fun.
Get the twisty, bendable kind that are meant for younger kids and don't break easily. And then make it into his favorite thing. I'm not sure about two year olds, but for Dylan I would tell him it gave him some super power or something like that. Whatever "magical" thing you can think of. Or find a TV show he likes with a character who wears glasses like Leo from Little Einstein's or something and play that up a bit. Hopefully that helps. Maybe you could buy the whole family a pair of sunglasses/glasses from the dollar store and have everyone wear them around the house for a couple weeks to help him get used to the idea of wearing glasses. I've seen funny, big glasses that he might think were funny on mom and dad.
We did the glasses thing with Dylan last year and he actually really liked wearing them. He thought they made him look like a detective and played the role brilliantly. But his eyes were on the border of needing glasses anyway so when he bent them several times in a row wrestling with Anthony or his cousins, I gave up and told him he couldn't wear them until he was older or his eyes got worse. That's why my biggest suggestion is to get the flexible kind that stay on them when they are doing summersaults and other toddler-like activities. Also, they cost more, but we got the transition lenses so they change color to be like sunglasses when you go outside and Dylan really liked that. That way he was never squinting in the sun.
If it's a huge problem, you might have to go for bribery. You know, the whole, you get an M&M every time the timer goes off and your glasses are still on or whatever. Hopefully one of those suggestions works. Sometimes you have to just see how they react first and then deal with it from there. But GOOD LUCK!
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