Eye Appointment

Really bad eyes run in Kris's family. His nephew (Klebo) had to get glasses when he was 6 months old because he was terribly nearsighted. So we wanted to be sure to get Stian in as early as possible to have them take a look at his eyes. So we took him today to see Kris's ophthalmologist. And his eyes look good! Yay! What a relief! He had to get his eyes dilated, and he cried when they put the drops in because they sting, but he recovered quickly and did really well at the appointment. Stian is a little farsighted - which is normal in babies. Although he is a little less farsighted than is normal. So it's likely he will need glasses at some point. But hopefully his eyes won't be nearly as bad as Daddy's or Klebo's. He also has a slight astigmatism. The doctor didn't want to check for detaching retinas (which also run in Kris's family) because he would have had to pin Stian down, prop his eyes open and poke at his eyes with a Q-tip. Yikes! He said they aren't a problem this early anyway, so we will check when he older. We go back in a year to have them take another look.

They gave Stian these groovy glasses to wear to help with the brightness from having his eyes dilated. He didn't seem to like them all that well, but he wore them the whole way home, I thought for sure he'd yank them off. I think I'm going to have to keep ahold of them though - his other baby sun glasses don't stay on at all.