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by: Shalu | last updated: June 18, 2009
Category: Health & Safety: Health & Baby Care | Tags: baby glasses
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How To Choose Glasses For A Baby

Learning that a toddler needs to wear glasses is generally a lot more traumatic for the parents than for the baby. But it need not be, if you look at the positive. If glasses are necessary, wearing them will help prevent the kind of development delays and the diminished self esteem that often affects children who can’t see well. I hope this guide will help you in choosing the best glasses for your baby.

 
When choosing glasses, work with an eye specialist who is good with young children. Ask your child’s doctor for recommendation.
 
Once you are in capable hands, consider style, quality, and practicality in making your selection.
 
Safety-glass lenses, while relatively scratch proof, can break. And because they are also generally too heavy for babies, they often slide down the nose. Consider, instead, lenses made of regular plastic or of polycarbonate which is light weight, strong and shatterproof plastic, which reduces the risk of accidental eye injury. Because plastic lenses scratch easily, however a scratch resistant coating may be of good idea.
 
While doing selection, consider, too, how they will be kept in place. For infants, elastic straps are usually substituted for the ear pieces. They hold the glasses in place and allow the child to lie on the side and roll around without discomfort or knocking the glasses off.
 
They may also be practical for very young baby, although most year-old children do well with comfort cables, which secure glasses by ear-pieces that curl around the ears rather than pressing against the head.
 
Flexible hinges are also a good idea, since they tolerate more abuse.
 
Glasses cannot do their job unless they stay put, so good fit is essential. Because young children have fairly broad, flat nasal bridges and their glasses tend to slide down the nose, special attention is required when fitting the nose bridge.
 
Rolled or flared nose bands may help keep glasses in place. The optician may have to drill “rocking” nose pads and arms into the nose bridge to obtain a good fit.

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