Eye problems

Yay for Josiah getting glasses. dont forget to post a pic. Yeah i know about the CSC but we dont qualify. Although if i took lissy to the doctor more than 12 times a year she would qualify for a high users card and get them subsidised that way.

That's great good support for you. My best friend as been through all this with her wee one he is 2 now, but SCR are great.

Everything sounds like it is going your way Becca.

Just to let you ladies all know we picked up Josiah's completed glasses on Friday. The optomotrist did bring them up with him last Wednesday, but he was so busy he didn't get a chance to drop them into the chemist before they closed, so they got taken back to Wanganui with him. We called in once we got home on Thursday to find the glasses weren't there. I rung Visique, and they said they were going to courier them back up to Ohakune the next day (Friday).

We went to pick them up, to discover that there had been a slight clerical mixup - the right glasses had been sent, but the bill was in the name of my husband's cousin, Joshua (who lives in Wanganui and is also a client of this optomotrist!) The lady at the pharmacy rung Visique and it turns out they hadn't actually entered Josiah into the system, they'd just put all his prescription information into Josh's file! Visique has just got a couple of new receptionists, and given our unusual surname plus two similar first names, it was an easy mistake to make - especially if they took a slight shortcut and just entered "jos" into the computer. Still, all sorted now.

Josiah loves his glasses. We thought that by the end of the second day a reasonable accomplishment would have been to have him wearing them half a dozen times for up to 15-20 minutes a time... by the end of Saturday, he'd worn them all day except for about an hour in the middle of the day, and another hour after dinner! We've been letting him dictate how much and for how long he wears them, and he does seem to notice a difference, as he wants them on and is more settled when he's wearing them! Once the glasses are on his face, Josiah barely touches them.

He's managed to break them already... although, I must admit Nat and I were impressed that it didn't happen until last night! The first thing he did was bend one of the arms straight down, putting too much stress on one of the hinges (that attaches the arm to the frame). Nat bent it back into shape, the screws are fine but the arm moves further than it should but a bit of tape just reinforces it so that the glasses are not too loose on his face. Then last night, he walked around behind the couch wearing them and walked back a minute later without them on so I went looking... he'd twisted the frame enough somehow that one of the lenses popped out! I left them for Nat to sort out (as it was right before I started cooking dinner) and he managed to twist them back into shape enough to get the lense back in place. The frames are a little crooked now, but Josiah still seems to prefer to wear them. We'll take them to Wanganui when Xavier is born and get them properly sorted out then.

Here you are, our little cutie!

ohhh so cute! He really suits them!

heres a photo of kalem at 2 with them and one taken today at school

Yes she is great and Kalem is really good with her to which is great i think it is because she gives him pictures to colour . Kalem has been though 5 pairs of glasses but  is alot better now he is older he hates having them off now and falls asleep with them  on  at night and i take them off when hes asleep. How much did it cost for your boys glasses with subsidty? sorry for being nosey Kalems cost $480 after subsity.

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oh wow...Josiah looks great in his new glasses!!

Glad he like them and wears them....Zaara hates any thing on her eyes ....she has these groovy sunglasses that she refuses to wear!!