thread: I think there is something wrong with her eye.

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  1. #1
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    Dec 2006
    In my own private paradise
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    my DD has a turn in her right eye and goes cross eyed when she is focussing up close. she actively pulls back if she turns from looking at something far off to something close - i told the GP this when DD was two months. she said normally they wait until much later (around 9-12 months) as baby's eyes are still developing and need time to develop on their own, but due to family history (i have needed glasses since i was 13 months, DH has genetic eye probs, my dad was born blind, DH's niece had surgery for turned eye) we will get a referral to paediatric opthamologist later this month

    if you think something is wrong, and you want to follow up, don't let them fob you off. my mum knew there was something wrong with my eyes when i was only 3 months old - she was fobbed off until i was 9 months old. the attitude of the docs was that a mother wouldn't know - but my dad was born blind - it makes you wary of everything with your kids! anyway, mum and dad moved house when i was 9 months, first thing the GP said when he seen me first time was "she's long sighted" - i had glasses merely months later and still do.

    mothers instinct is often right - and your mum has noticed too - follow it up hun - and if they nurse fobs you off, go further...

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    Jan 2005
    cowtown
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    Its good to follow up early for a number of reasons.
    DH has an eye condition on his right eye. Im not sure what it is, but he says even with glasses he cant see that well with that eye.
    Anyway, it wasnt picked up until he was 4, and they tried a therapy to fix it which worked while his "good" eye was covered, but as soon as they uncovered it the vision in his right eye regressed.

    The specialists told his mum that if they had been able to treat him earlier, the eyesight may have been permanently corrected by the treatment.

    Im not sure exactly what they did but it involved covering one eye and looking at those black and white spiral patterns ona spinning disc, so I guess some sort of occupational therapy.

  3. #3
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    Jan 2005
    Down by the ocean
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    mothers instinct is often right - and your mum has noticed too - follow it up hun - and if they nurse fobs you off, go further...
    Great advice BG!

    Just thought I'd add my experience with this. Two of mine have had a slight turned in eye and it did correct itself by about 8 months or so. In my case it has to do with having a very flat nasal bridge and as they grow it gets better.