Have You Ever...

...seen a three-month old wearing glasses? Check back soon for photos! Well, in a week or two probably. It seems that no opticians actually carry such a tiny size. They have to be special ordered.
The reality is that Linus has two different-sized pupils (If you click on the above photo, you might be able to tell.), which is why we went to see the pediatric opthamologist yesterday. (Violet also went for a tear duct follow-up, but was too congested to be evaluated. We'll go back when she's well sometime after the first of the new year.)
As it turns out, his pupils are about 1mm different from one another, but since their is no variation in the difference (they're always the same amount of different, if that makes sense), they are fine. The doctor did a full exam, complete with dilation, and found that Linus is more farsighted than is normal for his age. (He's +3.5 in the right eye and +4 in the left.) So much so, that he expects it will progress to the point of his left eye turning inward within the next year or so. We could wait to put him in glasses when it starts to turn in, but that would probably happen when he's 15 or 18 months old. Our thinking is that putting him in glasses now
1. may prevent the eye from turning in.
and
2. will help us to train him to keep the glasses on as he develops physically, rather than start them in a year when he's VERY able to remove them.
So, we'll see if it's a good decision. It will certainly be an adventure! I started wearing glasses at age three, so my mom warned me that the glasses will probably need to be repaired or replaced often, and to just expect it.
I am so thankful to have discovered this issue so early. How many three month-olds have their vision checked? We didn't go because we thought there was a problem. We just wanted his pupils to be checked out. I believe that God was merciful to us in giving Linus two different-sized pupils, so his farsightedness would be discovered now in order to be treated so early. Soli Deo Goria!