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Little Four Eyes · 4d ago

Monday Morning link round-up: strabismus survey, article on reading, and voting for the Great Glasses Play Day logo

Some quick links for this Monday morning (well, it’s not actually morning anymore where I am, but I tried..) Strabismus Survey – Kristal Wheaton is a mother of a boy with accommodative esotropia, she’s also a student at CSU East Bay in the Human Development Department.  For her senior capstone resea
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Little Four Eyes · 2W ago

Reader post: imoms for a chance

Thanks to Melissa who wrote this post on her blog, perfect boy.  A not so perfect eye, and gave her permission to post it here. She’s written for us before, with her fantastic post on patching a toddler, and the lovely, eye believe.  You may also want to check out her other posts about her son [...]
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Little Four Eyes · 3W ago

Youngest member of Mensa wears glasses – and was diagnosed as delayed until she got glasses!

There’s a very sweet and interesting story over on the Today Show website that I’ve seen shared by quite a few friends this evening.  A young girl, Emme, 3 years old, was just admitted to the Mensa (a society for people with a high IQ) as their youngest member.  But that’s not why I’m writing [...]
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Little Four Eyes · 3W ago

Updates and Announcements (Great Glasses Play Day, Pictures, and Contests)

Some quick announcements and updates to start off your week! Great Glasses Play Day (August 5, 2012) – thanks for the great response to the Great Glasses Play Day!  We’ve already heard from people in 8 locations in 3 different countries (!!!) who are interested in helping with a local event, and as
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Little Four Eyes · 1M ago

Announcing the Great Glasses Play Day – August 5, 2012!

Ever since starting Little Four Eyes, I’ve had a dream of somehow putting together an event for this community.  I’ve loved the support that everyone shares here, and if there’s any theme to this blog and our facebook group (ok, other than the obvious kids with glasses thing), it’s that nearly every
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Little Four Eyes · 1M ago

things to say (and not say) to young kids with glasses

Update:  Thank you for all the great responses.  I got some great suggestions and I’ve updated this in response.  As I was reading through the comments on my last post (asking for favorite comments about your child in glasses), it got me thinking about the good things to say to young kids in glasses
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Little Four Eyes · 1M ago

Giveaway #2: shirts

Update: Congratulations to Dee for winning the 12 month onesie, and to Melinda who won the 24 month shirt! First off, congratulations to the winners of the first giveaway: Heather won the Glasses Parade card, and Andrea won the Glasses Rock card! For the next giveaway, I have two  shirts.  Both have
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Little Four Eyes · 1M ago

Giveaway: Happy new glasses cards!

And here’s the promised giveaway, today it’s for two of the new glasses cards. The first card features a stylish cat rocking out on the guitar with the words “Glasses Rock!”  The inside message reads, “…and you’re rocking your glasses!”   The card is 5″x7″ (12.7 cm x 17.8 cm). The second card is a [
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Little Four Eyes · 1M ago

Little Four Eyes store: happy new glasses cards, t-shirts, and stickers

I’m pretty excited to let everyone know that I’ve started a Zazzle store with some Little Four Eyes items.  I asked Meagan Nishi, the artist behind a lot of our coloring pages, to create some images for new glasses cards, t-shirts, and stickers.  At the moment, there are 3 designs for cards, 2 desig
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Little Four Eyes · 2M ago

Reader request: survey on eye patching and books

Janine has asked me to post a survey about eye patching, she writes: I am the mother of a little boy who is having difficulty accepting his glasses after 4 months. We have now started to patch and this has just added to his, and his Mummy’s and Daddy’s, frustration. Added to the worries and [...]
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