Optometrist

Today Jacob had is very first optometrist appointment. And drum roll please......HIS EYES ARE PERFECT! Hooray. I have had a slight lingering anxiety since his birth that he was going to develop bad eyesight as I did, but so far very good.

Jacob did amazingly well. He followed all the doctor's orders, read all his letters and completed and passed all the tests. She said she was impressed and that most 4 year olds don't do quite as well. (Yah, I know..bragging.) :)

I had my first pair of eyeglasses at 5, and since then my eyesight has become worse and worse where my prescription is now at -13 in both eyes. For those that don't know what that means, it basically means I cannot see anything clearly until about an inch away from my nose. The optometrist said that his optic nerve is beautiful, he uses his eye muscles together very well, and that his nearsighted and farsighted vision is excellent. HOORAY! I'll just keep praying that his eyes remain healthy and that he continues to have Aaron's eyesight which is perfect.

I had one concern going in, and that is that sometimes in photos it appears as if Jacob's right eye looks a little shifty. Almost as if it is turning outward a bit. The weird thing is, it seems most noticeable in photos. (See below)


Aaron's eye has done the same thing since he was young, and the optometrist said some people's eyes just have a tendency to do this, and it is most often noticeable when they are tired or when a camera flashes. Makes sense! So my fear of lazy eye has been put to rest. He is fine.

Now, to make that dentist appointment that I have been putting off...yikes! :)